Contents
4ANDROMEDA A6 REFERENCE MANUAL
Chapter 4: Overview of the Andromeda A6 ..........................................................93
A Few Basic Concepts........................................................................................................................93
A6 Function List..................................................................................................................................95
A6 Functions At-a-Glance.................................................................................................................97
MIDI Overview.................................................................................................................................102
Chapter 5: Oscillators and Filters...........................................................................10 3
Oscillators...........................................................................................................................................103
Oscillator Parameter Descriptions..................................................................................104
VCO Modulation............................................................................................................... 107
Filters...................................................................................................................................................116
What Filters Do.................................................................................................................. 116
How Filters Are Designed................................................................................................117
How Filters Work.............................................................................................................. 122
Filter Parameter Descriptions..........................................................................................127
Chapter 6: Modulation and Envelopes .................................................................13 1
Modulation.........................................................................................................................................131
Background.........................................................................................................................131
Modulation Principles...................................................................................................... 131
Hardware and Software Modulation, Default Mod Paths........................................ 133
Envelopes........................................................................................................................................... 134
Envelope Properties.......................................................................................................... 134
Envelope Parameter Descriptions.................................................................................. 135
TIME Page Parameters......................................................................................................137
SHAPE: Selecting the Stage Slope ................................................................................. 139
LEVEL Page Parameters ..................................................................................................141
TRIG Page Parameters .....................................................................................................142
Envelope Modes (Norm 1 & 2, Freerun, Susrel)..........................................................144
Envelope Modulation Triggering (MODTRG).............................................................153
How Modulation Triggering Works .............................................................................155
DYN Page Parameters...................................................................................................... 158
LOOP Page Parameters.................................................................................................... 160
MOD Pages.........................................................................................................................164
Envelope Examples........................................................................................................... 165
Chapter 7: LFOs, Sample & Hold and Process..................................................... 171
Low Frequency Oscillators............................................................................................................. 171
LFO Parameter Descriptions........................................................................................... 171
WAVE Page........................................................................................................................ 172
TRIG Page........................................................................................................................... 175
SYNC Page..........................................................................................................................176
MOD Page...........................................................................................................................176
Using LFOs as a Trigger Source......................................................................................176
Sample and Hold..............................................................................................................................177
PROCESS Module.............................................................................................................................179
Tracking Generator (TGEN)............................................................................................179
Track Gen Level and Track Gen Step.............................................................................179
Tracking Generator Parameter Descriptions................................................................180
Chapter 8: The A6 Mixing System........................................................................ 183
Pre Filter Mix/Post Filter Mix........................................................................................................183
Pre Filter Mix Overview..................................................................................................................183
Pre Filter Mix Operation..................................................................................................................184
OSC and SUB OSC Controls............................................................................................184
RING MOD Control..........................................................................................................184
NOISE/EXTERNAL Control...........................................................................................185
Signal Routing through the Filters................................................................................. 187