Alesis A6 Recording Equipment User Manual


 
Chapter 7: LFOs, S&H and Process
180 ANDROMEDA A6 REFERENCE MANUAL
TRACKING GENERATOR PARAMETER DESCRIPTIONS
The A6 has a 16-stage (maximum) Tracking Generator for each voice. The parameters
are described in detail below.
SOFT KNOB
PAGE TAB
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OUTPUT INLVL STAGE QUANTZ SIZE ENABLE CURVE OUTLVL --
INPUT SOURCE LEVEL OFFSET ENABLE
DISPLAY
PAGE
PARAMETER
DISPLAY
OPTIONS
or RANGE DESCRIPTION
OUTPUT
INLVL
Input Level
-100 ···
+100
This "sets the X point" of the Tracking Generator. It defines
what input level will be affected by the current
STAGE (see
below). Note that the bar in the display moves from left to
right as this is changed, but an Input Level of a stage cannot
be moved lower than the stage below it or higher than the
stage above.
STAGE
Stage selection
1 ···
16
This is effectively the "cursor" of the display, allowing you
to select any of the 16 stages for editing. The number of the
currently-selected stage will be shown above
STAGE and its
bar will blink on and off.
QUANTZ
Quantize
OFF ···
ON
This determines whether the output of the tracking
generator will be quantized to a specific multiple or fraction
of the input (-120 S to +120 S), or output a particular value
(–100.00 to +100.00)
SIZE
TGen Size
2 ···
16
Sets the number of stages in the Tracking Generator. More
stages give more detail, but are also more complex to
program.
ENABLE
OFF ···
ON
Turns the output of TGEN on or off.
CURVE
LINEAR
EXP 1,2,3
LOG 1,2,3
SCURV1,2
This recalls several preset curves for you to use as starting
points for editing.
OUTLVL
TGen Output
Level
-120S -
+120S
(if quantized)
-100 ···+100
(if not)
Sets the output level of the currently-selected stage of the
tracking generator.