The X-Gator Menu
The X-Gator is turned On and Off, as well as latched (by pressing and holding), using the button above
X-GATOR as follows:
The X-Gator is a patch programmer that literally gates the synth sound over time to allow patterns to be
created. These patterns are set in a 32-step sequencer in the X-Gator Menu, where the remaining X-Gator
parameters can be edited. The X-Gator Menu is accessed by pressing the Menus/Audio button (so that the
lower LED lights) followed by the button above ‘x-gator/arp’. Pressing this button, alternates between the
X-Gator and Arp Menus so make sur
e you can see one of the pages below to ensure you are in the correct
Menu. Once in the X-Gator Menu, use the page up/down buttons next to the LCD screen to cycle through
the following pages, using the data encoder to change the settings for each page:
Page 1 allows the X-Gator patter
n to be set:
Use the x-g buttons (also the Octave buttons) on the 6 to move the cursor through the 32 steps and the
encoder to increase/decrease the level of each step.
XGATE Latch – sets the X-Gator Latch to ON or OFF
XGATE Mode – sets the mode of the X-Gator
MONO 16 – repeats the first 16 steps
MONO-ALT 1 – repeats all 32 steps
MONO-ALT 2 – plays the first 16 steps twice then plays the next 16 steps twice, then repeats
STEREO 16 – pans the first 16 steps (repeated)
ST-SWAP 1 – pans the first 16 steps in an alternating sequence - left then right etc. (repeated)
ST-SWAP 2 – pans the first 16 steps in a different alternating sequence (repeated)
P
ress to turn the X-Gator On and Off, press and
h
old to latch the X-Gator