Alesis A6 Recording Equipment User Manual


 
Chapter 2: Playing the A6
80 ANDROMEDA A6 REFERENCE MANUAL
Arpeggiator CONFIG Parameters
PAGE PARAMETER
OPTIONS
or RANGE
DESCRIPTION
CNFG
Arpeggiator
Configuration
LOCBPM
Beats per Minute
.46 ··· 600
The speed or rate of the Arpeggiator displayed
in “bpm” or beats per minute. This setting is
independent of any
TEMPO setting for the Clock
or Sequencer, and is only effective when the
Arpeggiator is set to
LOCAL in the SYNC menu.
LENGTH
0 ··· 100
Modifies the Release 2 times of the envelopes.
OCTAVE
-10 ··· +1`0
Sets the number of octaves the arpeggio will
play.
0 indicates that a held chord will only
arpeggiate the notes actually held. Positive
values transpose the arpeggio up that number
of octaves; negative values transpose the
arpeggio down that number of octaves.
CENTER
OFF, ON
Places the held notes in the “center” of the
arpeggio: if the
OCTAVE parameter above is set
to
3, the arpeggio will play three octaves above
and below the chord played.
TYPE
Determines the direction the Arpeggiator will play notes:
FORWRD
The arpeggio will play notes in order from the
lowest to the highest, and additional octaves (as
set in the
OCTAVE parameter, above) from
lowest to highest.
REVERS
The arpeggio will play notes in reverse order
from the highest to the lowest, and additional
octaves (as set in the
OCTAVE parameter, above)
from highest to lowest.
RNRINC
Rock-n-Roll Inclusive – the sequence will play the
arpeggio forward then in reverse, including the
end notes twice: once when completing the
forward direction and once when starting the
reverse direction.
RNRCIR
Rock-n-Roll Circle – the sequence will play the
arpeggio forward then in reverse, but will not
play the end notes twice as in
RNRINC.
CHORD
OFF, ON
When off, a held chord arpeggiates as single
notes. When on, a held chord is heard as a
chord along with its arpeggiated notes.
LATCH
UNLATCHED
LATCHED
Latch keeps the arpeggio playing after you let
go of the keys. This function uses soft button
7
and is available when any Arpeggio page is
displayed.
RUN
STOPPED
RUNNING
Turns the arpeggio on or off. This function uses
soft button
8 and is available when any
Arpeggio page is displayed.