Alesis MICRON Reference Manual page 52

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Setups
d. Low Key
Carefully assigning parts and beats to different portions of
the keyboard can make the difference between good setups
and awesome ones.
In this screen, set the lowest keyboard note to which the part
will respond. Any notes lower than the note you select here
will be ignored by this part.
To select a note, turn the control knob or play a key. You
can use the [octave] buttons if your desired note is outside of
the current key range.
e. High Key
Set the highest keyboard note to which the part will respond.
Any notes higher than the note you select here will be
ignored by this part.
Remember that you can set these keys across the entire MIDI
note number range, not just the Micron's 37 notes.
Remember that you can always use the [octave] buttons to
adjust the note range of the Micron's keyboard.
f. Latch
Set the latch status of the part to latched or not latched. The
default is not latched.
When latch is on, the part will continue playing after you
remove your hands from the keys, as if the sustain pedal were
held down. To release the latched notes, let up on all of the
keys and then play a new note or chord. To stop the part
entirely, switch to another setup or press a mode button.
Latching is especially useful when you have more parts than
you have hands, or if your parts don't all fit within the
Micron's three-octave key range. If your bassline and pad
parts are latched, you can simply let them play on their own
while you use both hands to play the lead, and then return to
them when it's time for a chord change.
Latching with the [latch] button is similar. If you hold down
the
[latch] button and play an unlatched part, it will become
latched as long as the button is activated.
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Carving out a hole in the
keyboard range
Anarchist types will
inevitably wonder what
happens when you set the low
note higher than the high
note. In such cases, the notes
in between the two will be
silent, but all notes outside of
that range will play, resulting
in a hole in playing range.