Alesis micron User Manual
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Rhythms
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2. Send to setup?
Pressing the control knob at this option sends you to [setups]
mode and allows you to make this rhythm a beat of the last-
selected setup.
If the setup does not have any beats, this rhythm is automatically
assigned to the setup’s beat A.
If the setup already has one or more beats, you will be able to add
the rhythm in one of the following ways:
1. send to beat. The setup’s beat is replaced by the current
rhythm. The setup beat’s level, effects mix, key range, and latch
status are retained.
2. layer. The setup's existing beat is duplicated, resulting in a new
beat. The rhythm is then sent to the new beat.
3. split low. The setup’s existing beat is split in two at a
particular key.
The Micron prompts for a note on the keyboard at which to
execute the split. The rhythm is then sent to the lower beat of the
split. Every note below the one you select will use this new rhythm.
Every note including and higher than the note you select will use the
setup’s existing beat.
The new beat is assigned the next letter after the split beat. For
example, if the setup contains beats A, B, C, and D, and beat B is
the beat that gets split, then beat C will be the newly-added beat.
All later beats’ letters are incremented by one.
To select the split point, turn the control knob or play a key. You
can use the [octave] buttons if your desired split point is outside
of the current key range..
4. split high. The setup’s existing beat is split in two at a
particular key.
As with the split low option, the Micron prompts for a note on the
keyboard at which to execute the split. The rhythm is then sent to
the upper beat of the split. Every note above the one you select will
use this new rhythm. Every note including and lower than the note
you select will use the setup’s existing beat.
mode and allows you to make this rhythm a beat of the last-
selected setup.
If the setup does not have any beats, this rhythm is automatically
assigned to the setup’s beat A.
If the setup already has one or more beats, you will be able to add
the rhythm in one of the following ways:
1. send to beat. The setup’s beat is replaced by the current
rhythm. The setup beat’s level, effects mix, key range, and latch
status are retained.
2. layer. The setup's existing beat is duplicated, resulting in a new
beat. The rhythm is then sent to the new beat.
3. split low. The setup’s existing beat is split in two at a
particular key.
The Micron prompts for a note on the keyboard at which to
execute the split. The rhythm is then sent to the lower beat of the
split. Every note below the one you select will use this new rhythm.
Every note including and higher than the note you select will use the
setup’s existing beat.
The new beat is assigned the next letter after the split beat. For
example, if the setup contains beats A, B, C, and D, and beat B is
the beat that gets split, then beat C will be the newly-added beat.
All later beats’ letters are incremented by one.
To select the split point, turn the control knob or play a key. You
can use the [octave] buttons if your desired split point is outside
of the current key range..
4. split high. The setup’s existing beat is split in two at a
particular key.
As with the split low option, the Micron prompts for a note on the
keyboard at which to execute the split. The rhythm is then sent to
the upper beat of the split. Every note above the one you select will
use this new rhythm. Every note including and lower than the note
you select will use the setup’s existing beat.
Send to setup only allows the
option of sending the rhythm
to the current setup.
Therefore, you may need to
jump out of rhythm editing to
choose a setup before
returning to rhythms and
following this procedure.
option of sending the rhythm
to the current setup.
Therefore, you may need to
jump out of rhythm editing to
choose a setup before
returning to rhythms and
following this procedure.
How beat letters change
when “layer,” “split low,”
and “split high” are used
When beats are layered or
split high, the new beat is
assigned the next letter after
the targeted beat. All
subsequent beat letters are
incremented by one.
For example, consider a
setup with four existent beats:
A
B
C
D
If we split beat B, the result is
as follows:
A
when “layer,” “split low,”
and “split high” are used
When beats are layered or
split high, the new beat is
assigned the next letter after
the targeted beat. All
subsequent beat letters are
incremented by one.
For example, consider a
setup with four existent beats:
A
B
C
D
If we split beat B, the result is
as follows:
A
B (low split of B)
C (high split of B)
D (formerly “C”)
E
(formerly
“D”)