Alesis AIRSYNTH PROGRAMCHART User Manual
Program Chart
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Prog # Prog Name Description X AXIS Y AXIS Z AXIS
0 Chopper Use your hand to control the helicopter as it flies left to right Left/Right Pan Forward/Back Pan Proximity
1 Android Choir The direction that your hand approaches chooses the pitch, then twist it around to adjust the tone Pitch/Formant Pitch/Formant Volume
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 FM Osc. 1 Freq. FM Osc. 2 Freq. Volume
4 Didgiri-Don't A groaning synthesized digeridoo, try moving from front to back to change the pitch Filters Pitch Volume
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 Pitch/shaping Pitch/shaping Volume
6 Demon Pad A darker tone, move your hand farther back for some twisted feedback Pitch/shaping Pitch/shaping/feedback Volume
7 Star Chime After a bell tone attack, moving your hand around the sensors adds filtering and panning effects Pitch Filter Volume
8 C-Saw Move left to right to play a pentatonic scale, then back to front to bend the pitch Quantized Pitch Pitch bend Volume
9 Air-amin A Theremin-like sound whose pitch rises as you hand moves back and to the right Pitch Octaves Volume
10 Radio Bass A bass rumble with radio interference tones makes this the perfect excuse to end cell phone calls Osc. frequency Modulation amount Volume
11 Free Bass Approach from the sides to create a bass line that sweeps up and down an octave Pitch Filter Volume
12 Distorted Annoyance The name says it all, your neighbors should start banging on the door in minutes Pitch/shaping Shaping Volume
13 Chewie Make vocal-like sounds understandable only to other airSynths Pitch Filter Volume
14 LFO Abuse Sounds like a broken UFO, move from left to right to change the speed and pitch Pitch & LFO frequency Filter Volume
15 Pet Sounds Theremin-like sound with almost two octaves of range for spooky sci-fi music Pitch Brightness Volume
16 Square-amin Another theremin, this one has a square-wave timbre Pitch/Filter Duty cycle/Filter Volume
17 Ther-FM-in
This theremin uses an FM sound generator, try moving your hand forward to back to change the tone
Pitch FM Volume
18 Supergrowl Did you like to break your toys when you were a kid? Then this program is for you. Volume
19 Robo-Vox Strange vocal-sounding theremin, rotate your hand forward and back to change the Filter Pitch Filter Volume
20 Water Drum Move from left to right as you airdrum to change the pitch Pitch Pitch Volume
21 Clockwork Bell Makes a bell tone, try different sides of the sensor for variations on the tone Pitch Pitch Volume
22 Ring Wood “Strike” high in the field for higher notes, nearer to the dome for lower notes Pitch Pitch Pitch
23 Plink Sounds like a steel drum, add an island beat to your mix Pitch Pitch –
24 Broken Chime If you move your hand towards the back, it adds a bouncing sound Clank Bounce Volume
25 Yo-Yo Drum Hold your hand over the sensor after triggering the drum for more zaniness Pitch Burrble Decay
26 Boom-Boom Chik Kick drum on the right, snare on the left, try not to breakdance when playing this one Boom/chick Drum tone Volume
27 One Hand Clapping Clap the night away, moving further back adds Decay to the sound Pitch Decay –
HIGH FIVEPERCUSSION TONE
Each quadrant adds a different drum
Wild interrelation of FM osc.
28 Time Bells Floating hammered bells change pitch and tone as you wave you hand around Volume
29 Cyber Chant Chanting robotic voices, try going to Program "--" to change the tempo Pitch Morphing Volume
30 Off The Dial "We interrupt this broadcast…", try using this radio interference program to disrupt
the signal coming into the inputs Shaping Shaping Volume
31 Soul Craft Cool transport effect which adds a stereo panning effect when you move your hand away LFO Freq/Tone Freq. Filter Volume
32 Water Torture Sounds like water dripping in a pan, move from side to side to change the pitch Sample/Hold value Pitch Volume
33 Ishara Like the pounding surf with sweeping filter effects, a great ambience bed Filter coefficients Filter coefficients Volume
34 Vega Transmission Great sci-fi transmission sound, move from side to side for some interesting stereo panning Modulation amounts Pitch Volume
35 Whispering Wind Spooky talking wind effect, let the airSynth tell you ghost stories
Formant change frequency
Volume
36 Phoneme-anon Quite possibly the most annoying sound ever Formant/consonant Formant/consonant Volume
37 Idle Growl Great engine effect - move your hand to the left to step on the gas RPM's Amount of muffler Volume
38 Gunplay Stage your own battle, or a Chinese New Year if you're a pacifist Resonance of Filter Ferocity of battle Volume
39 Processing… The sound that computers make on game shows and cartoons FM osc. 1 frequency FM osc. 2 frequency Sample and hold level
40 Soap Dish Fun bubbly effect, stereo panning from left to right sounds great in headphones Panning Pitch Volume
41 Sabre Tooth A squeaky alien roar, try very slow movements around the sensors FM amount Roar! Volume
42 Bongo Beat Slap all around the sensor to add to the drum loop. Next, hold the Program knob down to
stop the metronome and Filter the loop Filter LPF Filter Q –
43 Caloopso This program allows you to program your own steel drum melody. Hold the sequence
to change the key. Hold to change key – –
44 Walking Bass Another sequencer program, this one lets you program a bass line.
Try changing the key after you press hold. Hold to change key – –
45 Jungle Boogie This drum sequencer uses deep bass notes and synth sounds to create hypnotic dance loops.
Use the Hold function to Filter the loop. Filter LPF Filter Q –
46 Auto-Bass Hold your hand over the sensor to create a random bass line. Next, hold the PROGRAM knob
to freeze the melody so you can Filter it. LP Filter Portamento –
47 Auto-Melody Like the last program, only this one creates a random melody. Use the Hold function to control
Portamento amount. Octave jump Portamento –
48 Auto-Techno Another random melody generator, this one uses a techno lead tone for dance leads. Use the
Hold function to add Filtering. LP Filter Portamento –
49 Auto-Pop This random melody generator has a mellower tone for pop songs and robotic soap opera themes LP Filter Portamento –
- - Global Tempo Tap your hand over the sensor to the beat to set the tempo for every rhythm program in the airSynth
Prog # Prog Name Description X AXIS Y AXIS Z AXIS
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