Alesis ANDROMEDA A6 Manuale Utente

Splits and layers are constructed from Mix Channels in Mix mode. So make sure that
the A6 is in Mix mode: the LED next to the 

 button should be on. If not, press the

 button.

To create a layer, we’ll “stack” one Mix Channel on top of another. This is
accomplished by assigning the same keyboard range to both Mix Channels. This
effectively creates two note commands for every one key that is played on the A6’s
keyboard:

1. Press the 

 button. The display will show you the 

STATUS

 of Mix Channel 1

on the right side of the screen. If 

OFF

, press the 

 button again or use soft

knob 

 to turn Mix Channel 1 

ON

. The LED above the 

 button will blink.

2. Do the same for Mix Channel 2: press the 

 button. If the the status of Mix

Channel 2 is OFF, press the 

 button again or use soft knob 

 to turn Mix

Channel 2 

ON

. The LED above the 

 button will blink; the LED above the 

button will light steady.

3. We only want to use two Mix Channels, so make sure that the LEDs above the

remaining 

 buttons are off. Also, press the 

 button to make

sure that Mix Channels 9 - 16 are off as well.

4. Next, we will assign a different Program to each Mix Channel and adjust the

performance parameters. Press the 

 button to select Mix Channel 1. Press

soft button 

 to enter the 

PROG

 page:

a. Use the 

 and 

 buttons to assign a

Program to this Mix Channel.

b. Use soft knob 1 to set the Mix Channel’s output level and soft knob 

 to set

its panning position. For our purposes in this example, set 

PAN

 to 

-100

 (all

the way left).

c. Use soft knob 

 to set the 

OUTPUT

 to 

MAIN

. Mix Channels normally default

to 

MAIN

, so just make sure that 

MAIN

 is selected. Settings for 

SEMI

, 

CENTS

,

and 

MIDICH

 are optional for this example.

d. Press soft button 

 to display the 

KBD

 page. Make sure that 

KBD LO

 is set to

C-1

 and 

KBD HI

 is set to 

G9

. These are the default settings for a Mix

Channel’s keyboard range which spans the entire MIDI note range of 0 -
127. Last, make sure that 

ENABLE

 is set to

 - ON -

.

e. Settings on the 

CNTL

 page for 

MIDIIN

 and 

MIDOUT

 are optional for this

example.

5. Press the 

 button to select Mix Channel 2 and soft button 

 to re-enter the

PROG

 page. Follow sub-steps a. through e. above in setting up Mix Channel 2

with the exception of step b. where you want to set the panning to 

+100

instead of 

-100

. By panning Mix Channel 1 hard left and Mix Channel 2 hard

right, it’s easier to hear the layer.

6. Play the A6’s keyboard. For every key you play, you should hear two

Programs at the same time. Note that the A6’s 16 voices are divided between
the two Mix Channels. Each Mix Channel plays eight voices.