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17.12 setting the engine optimizer:
Normally, you
want
to
set
the
engine
optimizer
as
quick
as
possible.
See
“
Sett
ing
the
Eng
ine
Optim
izer”
in
“
Tips
for
Designing
Bass
Sounds”
for
a
description
of
th
is
function,
and
some
suggested
settings
to
use.
You
basicall
y
want
to
set
the
engine
optimizer
to
the
fastest
settings.
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Table of Contents
Default Chapter
2
Table of Contents
2
Introduction to the Andromeda Tips and Tricks Archive
8
Welcome
8
Oscillators and Pre-MIX
10
The Square Bug
10
Thickening up Oscillator Sound
10
Using Vco Intervals to Get Huge Sounds
10
Negative Vs. Positive Sawtooth
10
The Fat, Deep Sawtooth Sound
10
The Fat, Deep Square Squelch
11
Another Interesting Sawtooth Shape
11
Pwm Tricks for Thicker Sounds
11
Tinkly Pad Sounds
11
Thinner Pwm Method from Mike Peake
11
Modulating Lfo with Key Scaling
11
A Nice Thick Oscillator Method
12
A Trick to Get Lower Frequencies in an Oscillator
12
Square Level Note - Setting the same as the Sawtooth
12
Sub Oscillator Mixing Note
12
Sub Oscillator Level Note
12
Phase Cancellation
12
Pwm Lfo Setting Fun
13
Pre-MIX Levels
13
A Possible Cause for Clicks - and a Solution
13
Changing the Voice Rotation
13
Oscillator Sync
14
A Way to Modulate Ring Mod Patches
14
Hints for Creating a Punchy Pwm Sound
14
Stepping Notes in Unison with Unique Arpeggiator Patterns each
15
External Audio, Noise, Filter Feedback
15
Another Way to Do Unison-X
16
Mike Peake Explains the Unison X (Unison Detune) Basics
16
Mike Peake Explains Chord Mode
16
Modulating Oscillators with Noise
17
Pwmod, Fmmod Page
17
Keep in Mind - Osc Frequency Limit and Filter Keytracking Limit
17
Keep in Mind - Pitch Wheel
17
Keep in Mind - Osc Fm (Tuning and Using)
17
Keep in Mind - Portamento Modulation
17
Keep in Mind - Ring Modulation
17
Keep in Mind - the Octave Light
18
Keep in Mind - Vco Semitone Knob will Step
18
More than You Wanted to Know about Soft Sync
18
Filters and Post-MIX
20
The Two Filters Explained
20
Serial Vs. Parallel
20
A Note if You Do Not Like the Filter Knob Sweep Range
20
Getting a Better Filter Sweep
21
Filter 1 Width (Variable State Filters Explained)
21
Improving Filter 2'S Sound by Running Filter 1 in Notch Mode
21
Working Around the Filter 2 Resonance Bass Drop
21
Filter Fm
22
Modulating Filter Fm with Noise, Without Hearing Noise
22
Improving Filter Sweep Range
22
Filter Keytracking Hints
22
Making Two Filters Track each Other
23
Getting a Better Kick out of the Filters
23
Resonance and Bass
23
Using Resonance for Growl
23
Using a Notch Filter
24
Bandpass Vs. Using the High Pass Filter 1 and Low Pass Filter 2 in Series
24
About the Bandpass Invert Button
24
Getting the Filter to Scream
24
Preventing Clipping on the Filters
25
More Ripping Filter Techniques
25
Filter Feedback
25
Adding White Noise
25
Formant Effects
25
Filter Bypass (Making Extremely Bright Sounds)
26
Post-MIX Levels
26
Using the Pre-Filter Knob
26
Advanced - How to Use Filter 1 or Filter 2 Twice in Parallel
26
Really Fake 18Db Technique
27
Example on How to Make a Fat Sound
27
Lfos and S&H
29
Setting up Lfo and S/H Triggers
29
Getting a Fast Lfo (Greater than 25Hz)
29
Polarity
30
Pulse Width
30
Lfo Trigger Modes
30
To Enable Freerunning Lfos
31
About Lfo Triggers
31
Vibrato
31
S&H Trigger Modes
31
Global S&H
31
S&H Once Per Keypress
31
Lfo Sync and the Bpm Knob
31
Lfo Sync: the Tixprd Parameter (1/2 Note Sync, ¼ Note Sync, Etc.)
32
Randomness and the Lfo
32
Global Lfos Vs. Per Voice
32
Envelopes, Voice MIX, Triggers, and the Vca
33
Tuning the Vca
33
Simulating a Freerun Vca Envelope
33
Locking Envelope Knobs
33
Looping Envelope Hints
33
Using the Envelope Shapes
34
Turning off an Envelope Stage
34
Bipolar Envelopes
34
Setting Legato Envelopes (Ala Minimoog Glide)
34
Increasing Envelope Attack with Velocity
34
Setting up Random Panning
34
Colin's Guide to Random Panning
35
Panning Based on Number of Notes Played
35
Quick Reference - Dynamics
35
Quick Reference - Looping
35
Quick Reference - Envelope Modes
36
Creating Tremelo
36
A Possible Way of Doing a Gated Sound
36
Fast Envelopes (by Avoiding Modulation)
36
Improving Envelope 3 Clarity
36
Filter Sustain Hint
36
Colin's Notes on the Shapes and Sound
37
Setting up Envelope Triggers
37
Alternate Triggering Techniques
38
The Mysterious Croutes, Info on Modulations
39
Modulation Tutorial 101
39
What Are Croutes
40
Note: the Croutes Use Only the Slow Loop
40
The Arpeggiator and the Sequencer
41
Sequencer Tutorial 101
41
The Clock Start Parameter Explained
42
Syncing the Andromeda to External Clock
42
Arpeggiator Latch
43
Random Sequencer Mode
43
Simulating Sequencer Slide
43
Rezo's Input Quantize Trick
43
Advanced Trigger Mode Techniques
43
For those with Problems Changing Banks in Logic
44
MIX Mode Tips
45
Quick MIX Mode Guide
45
Fun with the 16 MIX Mode Edit Buffers
46
V1-16 Vs. CV Filter in MIX Mode
46
Issues with V15/V16 Functionality in MIX Mode
46
Using A6 as Master Keyboard Warning
47
F1 MIX Parameter (and Other Post / Pre Filter Mixes)
47
Copying an Fx
47
Hard Allocating MIX Mode Voices
47
Copying MIX Programs to the User Program Bank
47
Affecting All Parameters in MIX Mode at Once
47
Preventing Voice Stealing
48
A Warning on Monophonic Voice Allocations
48
Using the A6 as a Master Controller
48
MIDI Settings
49
Transmit Mode
49
Velocity Curve
49
Controllers
49
Loading the os Via MIDI
49
Saving and Loading Patches Via Sysex
49
Sysex Program Suggestions
49
If You Are Still Having Trouble with Sysex
50
Global MIDI Sync
50
Using External MIDI CC Controllers
50
Transmitting / Receiving Programs
50
Transmitting MIDI Knobs
50
Effects Tips
52
Emulating more Lexicon-Like Sounds
52
Panning a Delay
52
Effects and Clipping
52
Instant Stereo Delay
52
Effects 101
53
Tips for Designing Bass Sounds
54
Resonance and Bass
54
Envelopes
54
The Fat, Deep Sawtooth Sound
54
Filter Feedback
55
Dub Bass Design Hints from Colin
55
Getting Better Bass from Mike Peake
55
Setting the Engine Optimizer
55
Gain Possible Clarity by Running the Filters in Series
56
Colin's Notes on the Shapes and Sound
56
Tips for Designing Wet Sounds
57
The Two Filters Explained
57
Feed the Resonant 12Db Highpass into a 24Db Resonant Lowpass
57
Feed 12Db Lowpass into a 24Db Open Filter, with Feedback
58
Filter Feedback in Place of Resonance
58
Working Around the Filter 2 Resonance Bass Drop
58
Post-MIX Levels and Pre-MIX Levels
59
Preventing Clipping on the Filters
59
The Fat, Deep Square Squelch
60
Getting a Better Minimoog Sound
61
Use Filter 2
61
Run Filter 2 in Series with Filter 1
61
Run Filter 1 in Series with Filter 2, Set Filter 1 Cutoff to 22Khz
61
Use Log1 Envelope Slopes
61
Use the Fast Pitch and Snappy Envelopes in the Engine Optimizer
61
Posted by Consequence
61
Randomizing Hints from Mike Peake
61
Michael Calaroso's Minimoog Squelch Filter Trick
62
Colin's Technique for Adding some Minimoog Snap
63
Michael Caloroso's Filter Feedback Tip
64
Suggestions by Consequence
64
Mike Peake's Suggestions
64
MIX Levels
64
Tips for Designing Pad Sounds
66
Bandpass -> Lowpass Pads
66
Using the Filters for a Jean-Michel Jarre Style Phased Pad
67
Setting the Engine Optimizer
67
Real Time Keytracking
68
Designing Strings, Choirs, Acoustic Inst, Effects
69
Formant Effects
69
Thinner Pwm Method from Mike Peake
69
Thicker Strings with Unison Detune
69
Acoustic "Piano" Simulation Tips
69
String Synthesizer Simulation
71
Pwm Tricks for Thicker Sounds
71
Tips for Designing Effects Sounds
72
Create a Better Storm Sound
72
Tips for Designing Drum Sounds
74
First, Let's Introduce a Good Tutorial
74
Using Portamento on the Vco to Do Your Attack
74
Some Notes on Playing the Portamento
75
Inverting Envelopes and Getting the most Speed out of Envelopes
75
Use Envelope Delay to Add a Percussive Snap
75
Use Freerun Envelopes to Improve Drum Sound Clarity
75
Getting a Better Kick out of the Filters (Take Advantage of Slower Mod Routes!)
75
Use Negative Envelopes for Drum Sounds
76
Noise Techniques for Analog Snares and Cymbals
76
Colin Describes His 808 Sounds
76
My First Tr-808 Sound
77
Setting the Engine Optimizer
78
Tips for Warming up Your A6
79
Turn off Background Tuning, or (Optionally) Temperature Tuning
79
Use the Random Function
80
Also Use some Keytracking Modulation to the Vcos
80
Use Sample and Hold to Produce a Random Modulation on the Oscillator
80
Use a Slow Random Lfo Waveform
80
Other Tips Posted by Brian Kehew
80
Making the Andromeda Sound Big
81
The Andromeda Patch Archives
82
Troubleshooting Beyond the Standard Methods
84
Software Reset
84
Hardware Reset
84
Corrupt Patch
84
Diagnostic Mode
84
Problems with Loading the os
84
If You Still Hear Sounds with All Filters off
84
If a Voice Is Shut off During Tuning
85
Technical Stuff
86
Microtuning and Music Perception
86
Why the Moog Filter (Filter 2) Attenuates Bass
86
Filters Just Aren't Perfect
88
Temperature Tuning
88
Solving Ground Loop Problems
89
The Last Tip Page
92
Current os Version
92
Unison X Button Bug
92
Ribbon Techniques
92
Locking the Display
93
Making the Knobs Not Jump to the Current Value
93
Navigating the Menus Better
93
Locking the Controls
93
Jumping to Common Default Values
93
Quick Reference - Copying Patches
93
Setting Which Voice a Monophonic Sound Uses
94
Voice Stealing
94
Patch Remain
94
Notes on External Cards for Patch Storage
94
Initializing an Sram Card
95
Overwriting a Preset Bank with a User Bank
95
Create a New Program
95
Methods of Selecting a Program
95
External Inputs (CV and Audio)
95
External Modulations
97
Using the CV Inputs
97
CV Inputs Must be Triggered by Another Method
98
External Output Quick Reference
99
Preventing External Inputs from Causing Sound Jumps
99
Preventing the Screen from Jumping
99
Using Voice 15/16 as a Schmitt Trigger
99
Use Aux Outs for a Slightly Purer Signal Path
100
Voice Random Explained
100
Global Volume Override with a Pedal
100
Alternate Knobs
100
Speeding up Patch Naming
101
Run out of Things to Do
101
Hoover Emulation
102
Sysex and the A6
102
For Fun - the Andromeda Light Easter Egg
103
For Fun - the History of the A6 Name
103
For Fun - some Factory Sound Designers
104
Other manuals for Alesis ANDROMEDA A6
Reference Manual
280 pages
Service Manual
131 pages
Using
18 pages
Supplementary Guide
9 pages
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Brand
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Model
ANDROMEDA A6
Category
Synthesizer
Language
English
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