Alesis A6 User Manual

Chapter 6: Modulation and Envelopes

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TIME Page Parameters

The 

TIME

 page is where the selected envelope’s stage duration (

TIME

) and stage

slope (

SHAPE

) parameters are adjusted.

Tip: Although you can select any parameter simply by turning its corresponding soft

knob, this action also changes the parameter’s value which isn’t always
desirable. Sometimes you just want to review the current settings of the
parameters on a page without changing anything.

On Envelope pages, you can select a parameter without changing its value by

pressing its page’s soft button. For these pages pressing a soft button once
selects the page, pressing it again selects the parameter to the right of the active
parameter in the Parameter Row. Repeated pressings cycle though all
parameters from left to right. We call this handy little feature tabbing.

Parameters in the table below marked with a ➟ are also mod destinations – they can

be modulated by another source.

TIME

➟ 

DELAY

Delay Time

OFF ···

131.05 S

From the moment a Note On occurs, this
parameters sets the amount of time that elapses

before the envelope begins its 

 stage.

➟ 

ATTACK

Attack Time

2 M ···  131.05 S

The amount of time it takes the envelope to rise from
minimum to maximum amplitude, from 2 milliseconds to

131.05 seconds. Note that Attack (and Release 2, next page)
differs from the other envelope times in that a 2ms time

minimum is required.

fl  DECAY 1

D1TIME

Decay 1 Time

OFF ···  131.05 S

The amount of time it takes the envelope to decrease from its

maximum amplitude to the D2 LEVEL.

fl  DECAY 2

D2TIME

Decay 2 Time

OFF ···  131.05 S

The amount of time it takes the envelope to decrease from
the D2 LEVEL to SUSTAIN level. The SUSTAIN level is the

target level whether a note is being held or not.