Making Two Filters Track Each Other; Getting A Better Kick Out Of The Filters; Resonance And Bass; Using Resonance For Growl - Alesis Andromeda A6 Tips And Tricks Manual

The Amount is rated at +/- 100; for some reason a value of 50 is equal key tracking, which would be
"100" on a Minimoog. It can easily be acheived by tweaking the Tracking parameter pot and then
simultaneously pressing Inc/Dec. Lots of parameters "snap" to zero or useful values in this manner.
Regarding a centre note selection: there is one o the Envelope Velocity scaling, but not on the
keytrack yet. You can use the Offset soft pot (#6) which is right next to the Keytrack parameters.

3.12 making two filters track each other:

Posted by Brian K.:
My only thought of you wanting to do this is to make the two filters TRACK each other, which may
already be on the "to do" list. There are ways to make this happen the tough way - experiment with
resonating filters
1. set Resonance high enough to feedback into a note. Note the range you need to make it
transpose 4 octaves (for example).
2. set the other filter to Resonate and do the same.
3. Then each one can be swept with an LFO or an Envelope to make them track each other, and
you could then add Offsets to make other sounds happen.

3.13 getting a better kick out of the filters:

(take advantage of slower mod routes!)
This technique is good for zaps; this also can help you debug short little " glitches" that
sometimes you hear in the filter modulation, I imagine!
Colin wrote:
The mod buttons run slower than the hardwired modulations such as the filter envelope - by how
much Mike? (ed: 2ms updates fast mods, 10ms slow mods) In any case I've had good results taken
advantage of the slower speed :) Why waste an envelope when you can use the natural curve of the
mods. For example -
You can crank the resonance of Filter 2 to max, and then use a mod button with
OFFSET only of -100. Sounds great. You get the intial spike of resonance to punch the attack up,
before the offset modulation kicks in to slam the resonance back down to zero - real zero that is!
Remember there is some lingering resonance in the filters! :) Turn resonance back to zero, and it
sounds dead in comparison In this case the atatck will be slighlty lower in volume due to Filter2's
characteristic volume drop with high resonance. Set the AMP enevlope to spike the attack levels. Ie
set Decay 1 to 30ms, decay to 2ms and set sustain to a lower level

3.14 resonance and bass:

The two filters handle resonance differently, based on their style. When you crank up filter 2,
the resonance cancels out some of the bass. This is exactly the same way the Moog Modular,
and the Moogerfooger filter, handle resonance as well. Unfortunately, this means that for
resonant bass sounds, filter two is not always the best choice.
Filter one has positive resonance: When you crank up the resonance, the bass does not
decrease. This makes it idea for bass sounds. However, filter one does not self oscillate. If
you want self-oscillation, you have to use filter two.

3.15 using resonance for growl:

Colin wrote: