Alesis Fusion Tutorial

ALESIS FUSION ANALOG SYNTHESIS TUTORIAL
Every sound has an envelope. A piano, for example, has a fast attack and a long decay:
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A guitar or harp or bass guitar has a similar envelope. A plucked (pizzicato) violin has a similar
shape but is much shorter because there is not enough physical energy in the short, thin
strings for it to last long:
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A drum or a marimba and other percussive instruments will have similar envelopes.
Some instruments, however, have slower envelopes (depending on how they are played). For
example, a legato string orchestra will have a slow attack but can sustain:
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In very slow pieces, the attack can be quite languid:
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Alesis Fusion Specifications

General

Type	Workstation
Polyphony	64 voices
Synthesis Types	Sample Playback, Virtual Analog, FM, Physical Modeling
Display	240 x 128 pixel LCD
MIDI	In, Out, Thru
RAM	64MB (expandable to 192MB)
Weight (61-key)	28 lbs
Keyboard	61 or 88 keys
Keyboard Type	Semi-weighted (61-key), Hammer action (88-key)
Effects	Reverb, Chorus, Delay, Flanger, Phaser, Distortion, EQ
Storage	40GB internal hard drive
Sampling	Yes
Inputs	2 x 1/4" inputs, 1 x XLR
Outputs	4 x 1/4" outputs, 1 x Headphone