Alesis micron User Manual

 

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.  
 
5. add part.  The rhythm is added as a brand new beat.  All 
other beat parameters are set to their default values. 
 

Press the control knob to create a new setup.  The setup will have 
one beat, using this rhythm, but will otherwise be empty.  You can 
then add parts and additional beats to the setup, either by directly 
editing the setup or via the “Send to setup?” option in other 
modes. 
 
The setup’s name will be the same as this rhythm’s, except 
preceeded with a plus character.  This ensures that the new setup 
will appear near the beginning of the alphabetized setups list.  You 
can change the name later if you want to keep the setup, or simply 
delete the setup if not.   
 

Select one of 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2 or 4 bars.   
 
The rhythm will always play from the first note of the first bar.  So, 
if you select a value shorter than the current one, the latter parts of 
the rhythm will be truncated.  If you select a value longer than the 
current one and the latter part of the rhythm does not contain any 
notes, the new notes at the end of the rhythm will be empty. 
 

Choose 8, 12, 14, 16, 20, 24, or 32 steps per bar, or choose 
unquantized.  Shortening the scale decreases the quantizing 
resolution.  You’re more likely to hear double notes and simpler 
syncopations at low values.   
 
Straight-ahead feels tend to result from using 8, 16, and 32 steps 
per bar.  Swing and shuffle feels tend to result from choosing 12 or 
24 steps per bar.  But you can create some pretty wild rhythms by 
using fractions of bars along with less obvious grid values, like 14 
and 20.