Alesis airSynth Programming Chart

Prog # Prog Name Description
0 Chopper Use your hand to control the helicopter as it flies left to right
1 Android Choir The direction that your hand approaches chooses the pitch, then twist it around to adjust the tone
2 Beat Machine Slap all around the sensor to add to the drum loop. Next, hold the Program knob down to stop
the metronome and adjust the mix.
3 FM Moving your hand around the sensor triggers a biting, sweeping tone
4 Didgiri-Don't A groaning synthesized digeridoo, try moving from front to back to change the pitch
5 Oberon Swell For the next three programs, approach the sensor from different directions for different pitches,
then move your hand around to change the sound
6 Demon Pad A darker tone, move your hand farther back for some twisted feedback
7 Star Chime After a bell tone attack, moving your hand around the sensors adds filtering and panning effects
8 C-Saw Move left to right to play a pentatonic scale, then back to front to bend the pitch
9 Air-amin A Theremin-like sound whose pitch rises as you hand moves back and to the right
10 Radio Bass A bass rumble with radio interference tones makes this the perfect excuse to end cell phone calls
11 Free Bass Approach from the sides to create a bass line that sweeps up and down an octave
12 Distorted Annoyance The name says it all, your neighbors should start banging on the door in minutes
13 Chewie Make vocal-like sounds understandable only to other airSynths
14 LFO Abuse Sounds like a broken UFO, move from left to right to change the speed and pitch
15 Pet Sounds Theremin-like sound with almost two octaves of range for spooky sci-fi music
16 Square-amin Another theremin, this one has a square-wave timbre
17 Ther-FM-in This theremin uses an FM sound generator, try moving your hand forward to back to change the tone
18 Supergrowl Did you like to break your toys when you were a kid? Then this program is for you.
19 Robo-Vox Strange vocal-sounding theremin, rotate your hand forward and back to change the Filter
20 Water Drum Move from left to right as you airdrum to change the pitch
21 Clockwork Bell Makes a bell tone, try different sides of the sensor for variations on the tone
22 Ring Wood "Strike" high in the field for higher notes, nearer to the dome for lower notes
23 Plink Sounds like a steel drum, add an island beat to your mix
24 Broken Chime If you move your hand towards the back, it adds a bouncing sound
25 Yo-Yo Drum Hold your hand over the sensor after triggering the drum for more zaniness
26 Boom-Boom Chik Kick drum on the right, snare on the left, try not to breakdance when playing this one
27 One Hand Clapping Clap the night away, moving further back adds Decay to the sound
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Program Chart

X AXIS
Left/Right Pan
Pitch/Formant
Each quadrant adds a different drum
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FM Osc. 1 Freq.
Filters
Pitch/shaping
Pitch/shaping
Pitch
Quantized Pitch
Pitch
Osc. frequency
Pitch
Pitch/shaping
Pitch
Pitch & LFO frequency
Pitch
Pitch/Filter
Pitch
Wild interrelation of FM osc.
Pitch
Pitch
Pitch
Pitch
Pitch
Clank
Pitch
Boom/chick
Pitch
Y AXIS Z AXIS
Forward/Back Pan Proximity
Pitch/Formant Volume
FM Osc. 2 Freq. Volume
Pitch Volume
Pitch/shaping Volume
Pitch/shaping/feedback Volume
Filter Volume
Pitch bend Volume
Octaves Volume
Modulation amount Volume
Filter Volume
Shaping Volume
Filter Volume
Filter Volume
Brightness Volume
Duty cycle/Filter Volume
FM Volume
Volume
Filter Volume
Pitch Volume
Pitch Volume
Pitch Pitch
Pitch –
Bounce Volume
Burrble Decay
Drum tone Volume
Decay –