Alesis A6 Recording Equipment User Manual


 
Chapter 2: Playing the A6
74 ANDROMEDA A6 REFERENCE MANUAL
GRAPH and 1 - 8 Parameters
The
GRAPH page is used to set the Note, Velocity, Gate and Type values for the 16
steps:
Pressing soft button
1 (GRAPH) repeatedly cycles through the NOTE, VEL, GATE
and TYPE parameters for the selected Step.
Soft knobs 1 through 8 are used to select and adjust the values in each Step.
The graph on top shows the settings for all Steps at once. The Parameter and
Value rows of the display show the settings for eight Steps at a time (Steps A -
H or Steps I – P). Repeatedly press soft button
8 to tab between the two groups
of Steps.
PAGE PARAMETER
OPTIONS
or RANGE
DESCRIPTION
GRAPH
NOTE E-11 ··· G+10
Semitones
This parameter sets the note value of the Step. A
setting of
C0 indicates that the sequencer will
play the note being played on the A6’s
keyboard or the incoming MIDI Note.
VEL
Velocity
0 ··· 127
This parameter sets the velocity amount of the
note set in the
NOTE parameter, above. 64 is the
default setting.
GATE 0 ··· 100
This parameter sets the gate time or duration of
the note set in the
NOTE parameter, above.
TYPE NOTE, REST
This parameter selects the type of Step, whether
it plays a note or a rest.
If
NOTE is selected, the Step outputs the note set
in the
NOTE parameter along with its associated
VEL and GATE settings.
If
REST is selected, the Step outputs the GATE
time only, effectively playing a musical rest.