Alesis A6 User Manual

The following table summarizes the functions of the display’s knobs and buttons:

 button

Enters Global mode, displays Global screen.

 button

Enters Program mode, displays Program screen.

 button

Enters Mix mode, displays Mix screen.

 button

Enters Store mode, Copy mode for Programs, Banks, and Effects, SysEx mode, and the INIT

function used to reset the A6 User banks; displays the screens associated with each of the
above functions.

 button

Enters Compare mode: when editing, the stored versions of the current Program or Mix (including

Distortion and Effects) are recalled permitting a comparison to be made with the edited
versions.

 button

Enters Manual mode: every knob position on the front panel is read by the A6 and made current.

MIX    button group

Group of buttons for selecting the current Mix Channel within a Mix:

SHIFT button

Toggles between the Mix Channels 1-8 and 9-16.

 – 8/16 buttons

Pressing once selects the desired Mix Channel. For the current Mix Channel, pressing again
toggles the Mix Channel on or off. When a Mix Channel is on, its button’s LED will blink when
that Mix Channel is selected.

“Soft Buttons”

Eight buttons below the display that select the page shown on the Page row (the lowest row of

text in the display).

“Soft Knobs”

Eight knobs below the display whose functions are determined by what is currently being

displayed on the second row of text from the bottom (the Parameter row).

▲ and ▼ buttons

Step adjusts the highlighted value for the current parameter. Pressing both arrows together resets

the current parameter to zero, a midpoint or a useful default value

LOCK DISPLAY
button combination

Soft Buttons 7 and 8 pressed together will lock the current display screen. The words

DISPLAY LOCKED will flash in the display.