Alesis Melody 54, User Manual

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Operation
Choosing Your Keyboard Tone
Melody 54 comes with 300 unique tones for you to choose from.
To select a tone for the keyboard :
1. Press the Tone button .
2. Use the Number buttons to pick a specific tone or use the + / – buttons to cycle through the
tones one-by-one. Follow the guide at the top of the keyboard to see which tones correspond to
which numbers. The number corresponding to the currently selected tone will update on the
keyboard’s
Display .
3. Play the keyboard to hear the tone you selected.
To enhance the tone with the keyboard’s sustain effect, press the Sustain button . SUS will
temporarily appear on the Display . If this feature is activated, the keys will sound out longer when
played, mimicking the effect of an acoustic piano’s sustain pedal. This feature can be applied to any
of the keyboard’s 300 tones. To deactivate the effect, press the
Sustain button again, and OFF will
temporarily appear on the Display .
To enhance the tone with the keyboard’s vibrato effect, press the Vibrato button . Vib will
temporarily appear on the Display . If this feature is activated, the pitch of the keys will be slight bent
up and down when they are played. This feature can be applied to any of the keyboard’s 300 tones.
To deactivate the effect, press the
Vibrato button again, and OFF will temporarily appear on the
Display .
To increase or decrease the pitch of the keyboard by a half-step, press the Tra or
Transpose – button . The keyboard can be transposed up or down within six half-steps. The Display
will temporarily show the new setting once it is changed. Press the Tra and Transpose –
buttons simultaneously to reset the keyboard to its default pitch range of C1–F6 (indicated by the
numbers 00 on the Display ).
Dual Mode
Dual Mode allows for two different tones to be layered together.
To layer two tones together:
1. Press the Dual button . dOU will temporarily appear on the Display . The tone that was selected
before you pressed the Dual button will automatically be used as the first tone in the layer.
2. To change the tone for the added layer, use the Number buttons to pick a specific tone or use
the + / – buttons to cycle through the tones one-by-one. Follow the guide at the top of the
keyboard to see which tones correspond to which numbers. The number corresponding to the
currently selected tone will update on the keyboard’s
Display .
Note: When you reach Step 2, the tone that you most recently used for the added layer will be
automatically selected. If it is the first time you are entering Dual Mode since powering on the
keyboard,
t48 (Ensemble) will be automatically selected.
3. Play the keyboard to hear the two tones at the same time.
To exit Dual Mode, press the Dual button again. OFF will temporarily appear on the Display .