Tour of the Grip | Alesis Legacy Series Audio Processor Synthesizer

4A Tour of the GRIP

Front Panel

POWER Button

Press this to turn the GRIP on and off. The button is lit blue when the GRIP is receiving power. This is a “soft” power switch that does not actually interrupt power, but simply suspends operation and turns off the front-panel LEDs.

INPUT Knob

This knob adjusts the level of the input signal.

INPUT LEVEL LED Meter

This is the green meter that you see on the right side of the front panel. It displays the average level of the louder of the Right or Left input signals. It lights from left to right as the level of the input signal increases.

CLIP LED Indicator

This indicator is the red light located to the right of the INPUT meter. When lit it indicates that the input signal is clipping, which means that the signal is too great for the GRIP to handle. This can cause unpleasant distortion, so if this indicator lights up, you should lower the level of the input signal.

Crossover (XOVER) Knob

This knob adjusts the frequency of the GRIP’s two-way crossover. The GRIP will process only those frequencies that fall below the one you set with the XOVER knob. This ensures that the unit processes only the frequencies you want it to process, leaving the higher frequencies untouched. The range of this control sweeps from 40 Hz to 160 Hz.