Chapter 9: Custom Modulations; Mod Functions Overview; Avoid Duplication With Hard-Wired Mods - Alesis ANDROMEDA A6 Reference Manual

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USTOM
Chapter 5: Program Functions
programmable functions of the A6's modules that comprise a Program:
,
OSC 2 FILTER 1
mixing modules, plus the modulation source modules of the
.
ENV 3
Referring back to
functions of the A6: how to use the Display, the
ARPEGGIATOR
modules, and the performance wheels, ribbon controller and pedals.
As far as modulation is concerned,
Chapter 7: LFOs, Sample and Hold and Process
modulation sources.
So looking at the A6's front panel, it would be easy to conclude that we've covered
just about all there is to know about the A6.
Well, not quite. Now we'll explain how the modulation sources can be routed and
controlled within a program.
MOD F
UNCTIONS
We've already covered much in the way of modulation when we presented the LFOs
and Envelopes topics in Chapter 6. There were also many instances where a
button was mentioned, if only briefly, as a way to route additional mod sources to
the function being discussed. In this Chapter, we'll detail one of the most flexible
features of the A6 called the Modulation Matrix. This technology expands the
modulation capabilities of the A6 by leaps and bounds.
Where the default and hardwired modulations in the A6 provide the standard, most-
used modulations, you can think of the Mod Matrix as a "system of custom mod
paths". There will be times that the default mod paths won't be able to offer the kind
of modulation you really need to do the job. The Modulation Matrix, which is the
engine underneath the
modulation sources and routing it to any one of 175 destinations. That's 13,825
possible new mod paths. In addition to the standard "hardwired" modulations,
there's almost no route you can imagine that can't be implemented if you're creative
about it.
Between the many "hardwired" and the 45 custom mod paths available, you have
thousands of potential modulations per Program – and they're all programmable.
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VOID DUPLICATION WITH HARD
The functions are so flexible, they may fool you into using them when one of the
MOD
pre-wired modulations would be a wiser choice. For example, in Oscillator 1's
buttons, you can choose
destination...but you don't need to do that to get pitch bend, because that's already
handled by the
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just presented us with a detailed look at the main
and , the
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Chapter 2: Playing the A6
), the module (
MASTER VOLUME
Chapter 6: Modulation and Envelopes
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buttons, permits taking any one of the A6's 79
MOD
PITCH WHEEL
system above the wheel itself. Similarly, the Mod
PITCH ASSIGN
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ANUAL
Chapter 9: The A6 Modulation Matrix
,
POST FILTER MIX
LFOs
, we also covered the performance
module (
CLOCK
and ), the
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covered the most important
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WIRED MODS
as the source and
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and audio
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and
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, and
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