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  select it's second layer, Retrig, which allows you to have the 
  Envelope fire repeatedly from Sources such as LFOs etc. 
  Envelope 3 can be Retriggered and Triggered from the Mod Sources, 
  but you must play notes to fire as many voices as you desire.  
  You must also change Programs to stop the voices from sounding 
  when Env 3 is cyclicly Retriggered. (You can also stop it by pressing 
  the Trig button if the setting is Retrig; it will Disable the parameter.) 
-Envelope Dynamics are fairly straightforward; press Dynamics.  
  Keytrack will scale all Times across the keyboard. A setting of 100 
  is useful to create an open/closed hihat sound using one mono  
  voice. Key Track Base (Soft Pot 4) sets the center point that  
  these parameters scale from. Level Track changes the output level 
  of the Env across the keyboard. Velmod introduces velocity 
  modulation of the Env level. When set to 0, there is no response 
  to velocity and the Env will output it's full Level. Set it to 30 and 
  it will output a Level of 70 at minimum velocity; max velocity will 
  increase the output Level to 100.  
-Looping Envelopes should be fairly self-explanatory. Any stage 
  can be selected as the start and end point of a 'loop'. Soft Pot 3 
  sets the number of times that the loop will occur, from none, once, 
  to 240 times before it stops looping. Beyond 240 are the Sustain 
  and Infinite settings. In Sustain, it will loop as long as a note is 
  held. Available Types are Forward, Backward, and RockRoll, which 
  alternates Forward and Backward. Smoothing creates a new stage 
  between the end point and the beginning. The change from end to 
  beginning can be abrupt or if you increase Smoothing, well,  
  'smooth'. Smooth Shape allows the same choice of 9 slopes for the 
  Smooth stage as for the rest of the stages.  
 
  Looping envelopes will also produce LFO-style waveforms, and will 
  also exceed the LFO rates at the selected Envelope destinations 
  (Envelope 2 into Filter Fc, etc.) 
 
–Note that to be able to utilize all of the available Stages in a Loop, 
  the Envelope Trigger Mode must either be Freerun or Modtrg. All 
  others will not allow the Loop to continue after the key(s) is (are) 
  released.  
-To create tremelo, modulate Envelope 3's Level with an LFO.  
 

Voice Mix 

-The Main and Auxilliary outputs are polyphonic and are assignable per Program 
as well as per Mix Channel. You can use them as four individual polyphonic 
outputs in Mix mode by panning two Programs hard left and right in the Main and 
two Programs hard left and right in the Aux. Note that the FX only appear at the 
Main outputs.  
 
The individual hardware voice outputs can be used in a number of ways, 
including having a single Program rotate through them or for predictable 

Summary of Contents for ANDROMEDA A6

Page 1: ...rs etc PROGRAM MODE FRONT PANEL MODULES Defining each section of the front panel and some tips on using each Keyboard performance parameters LFOs Sample and Hold Process Audio Rate FM Oscillators and...

Page 2: ...faster envelope response times than previous versions but at the cost of a bit of zipper noise in the parameters VCAs and with large pitch modulations On the Filt VCA chip this allows for faster ampli...

Page 3: ...nd followthe prompts This will clear the tuning tables and the ribbon calibration as well you should Autotune after a Soft Reset the instrument should be warmed up already If this doesn t work try pow...

Page 4: ...ght of the Display are useful in a number of ways You will notice that most parameters have fractional values meaning that they have much greater resolution than 1 127 or so The keys can be used to ze...

Page 5: ...place of the hardware required on other analog synthesizers which require occasional calibration and over time possible replacement After the above tune the unit again after about five minutes All sho...

Page 6: ...with a Trigger Page LFOs S H Envelopes Seq Arp etc can either be caused to advance a single increment begin running or reset LFO Phase whenever the selected Source any Source whether it s a Clock or n...

Page 7: ...s In this case the LFO to Oscillator pitch routing s overall amount has the Mod Wheel assigned to control it Any controller Envelope LFO velocity etc may be assigned Sample and Hold A module that memo...

Page 8: ...nd the output VCAs The Fastest setting will allow for sharper percussion sounds especially the type produced by analog drum machines and popularized by Kraftwerk etc I ve noted in creating a Minimoog...

Page 9: ...oice and uses the summed outputs of the Oscillators Suboctaves as the inputs the Analog Noise or External Inputs and a modest Filter Feedback which basically squares signals up it doesn t punch like t...

Page 10: ...1 s LP and HP outputs are again live on the Post Filter Mix module in parallel to the output of Filter 2 4 The output of the Pre Filter Mix module is sent into Filter 1 only Nothing is fed into the in...

Page 11: ...remain active even if you set them to their minimum setting This of course allows you to use the controls as if it were a typical analog hardware Envelope which is especially comfortable if you enjoy...

Page 12: ...will occur from none once to 240 times before it stops looping Beyond 240 are the Sustain and Infinite settings In Sustain it will loop as long as a note is held Available Types are Forward Backward...

Page 13: ...y sending each Individual Output to an external mixer and panning them individually The signals will be output depending upon the Keyboard Mode assignment From the A6 manual Page 59 LOWEST This will a...

Page 14: ...ogram if you are on a page that is directly related to the Program if you see Mix level parameters in the display and press Store you will see a prompt relating to Storing the Mix You may solo a Mix C...

Page 15: ...Bank numbers 120 through 123 inclusive take advantage of this path Be sure to play across the keyboard as the filters are set to track the keyboard in the same manner as with the factory Program 045...

Page 16: ...e input amount to best function with your external gear To set up continuous Oscillator modulation Press the OSC button in the External Inputs section Select a Mod in the target oscillator and select...

Page 17: ...each note but the phase will be free running If VOXTRG ON TRIG and TRIG ON and Freerun OFF then the Clock will start upon the first received Trigger from the Mod Add Freerun and the LFO will start cl...

Page 18: ...an Envelope simply set the Source to that LFO in the Trig and ReTrig pages and set the Level and Polarity the same on each page or differently Note Only one Trigger Mode is allowed it is global for T...

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