Members Khazul Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 Can think of any good reason beyond its made by Alesis whom I shall never forgive nor forget for the fusion fiasco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrcpro Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 I've gotta admit that I've never really played an Andromeda even thought I've tried to three times. They were all malfunctioning in major ways. If you go through with this idea, just be very careful. An in person demo would be advised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members G-bus v2.0 Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 Does anyone know if the tuning issues of new Andy's has been sorted, I seem to remember a while back someone having major problems with 1 or 2 voices out of tune... I was one of those people. I still have two voices out of tune, one much worse than the other. It is easy to work around, as I just switch those voices off and it becomes a 14 voice synth. Nevertheless, I want to get it fixed. I emailed Alesis about it, and they dismissed my request for a fix saying "we are currently not working on any out-of-warranty Andromedas. Look for an authorized repair facility in your area". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Real MC Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 I owned a beta A6 since 2000. I started having voices 5, 6, 7, and 8 go out of tune and out of commission in 2005. When I replaced the battery on the cpu board, I had to unplug the large connector to the voice boards. When I plugged this connector back in, the bad voices started working! Dirty connector contacts seems to be a common problem on polysynths (esp memorymoog). If your A6 has problems with voices, try re-seating the connectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members G-bus v2.0 Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 I owned a beta A6 since 2000.I started having voices 5, 6, 7, and 8 go out of tune and out of commission in 2005.When I replaced the battery on the cpu board, I had to unplug the large connector to the voice boards. When I plugged this connector back in, the bad voices started working!Dirty connector contacts seems to be a common problem on polysynths (esp memorymoog). If your A6 has problems with voices, try re-seating the connectors. Interesting.. and thanks, I will definitely give this a shot. Were your bad voices consistently out of tune? After tuning the synth, voice 4 is always slightly flat, and gets progressively flatter moving down the keyboard. I always figured it must be a bad chip, but I'll try re-seating the connectors and report back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keanu reeves Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 just my 2 cents. i will never own an andromeda because i don't like how it sounds. i have played an andromeda at a couple of music stores. i have heard hundreds of mp3 samples. nothing about the andromeda sound is that fantastic to me. i would much much rather own a prophet 08. or even most VAs! maybe it's just that i'm not that wild about the oberheim sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members droolmaster0 Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 Talk you out of it? Well, I owned one for awhile, and will probably get one again at some point. But what I didn't like about it....no complaints about the sound, or the sheer number of mod routings. I'm all for those...however I didn't think that the sound was as good as the that of the sunsyn (by a pretty good margin), and I really didn't think that the interface was very good. The comparison was made to a modular - and it's true - it's a very powerful synth. But on a modular, everything is right there in front of you, and on the Andromeda, it's scattered all over the place mostly in menus, and it just doesn't feel that immediate to me. Now, the Xpander is an awfully poweful synth also, but it's so, so much faster to edit. The sunsyn doesn't have the sheer number of mod routings, but you can do crazy stuff with it, and again - it's really easy to edit it - everything is right there in front of you. Now, I'm emphasizing what I feel are the bad points, because that's what you're looking for - I did like it, and I can't remember the exact reason why I sold it. I'd like to give it another try...but (I hope) I have a Q+ Phoenix coming, and (to my mind) I prefer the sound and the interface to the Andromeda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Real MC Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 Were your bad voices consistently out of tune? After tuning the synth, voice 4 is always slightly flat, and gets progressively flatter moving down the keyboard. I always figured it must be a bad chip, but I'll try re-seating the connectors and report back. They were out of tune and resembled nothing like a musical tone - sounded like random noise. Autotune would freeze, I had to disable the voices using the global menu. They would work fine when the A6 was fired up cold, as it warmed up they would eventually fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members börje Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 "Talk me out of buying an Andromeda A6." Well, it depends how used you are to the old midi hardware paradigm. Myself, since there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Real MC Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 "Talk me out of buying an Andromeda A6." Well, it depends how used you are to the old midi hardware paradigm. Myself, since there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members raffor Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 The comparison was made to a modular - and it's true - it's a very powerful synth. But on a modular, everything is right there in front of you, and on the Andromeda, it's scattered all over the place mostly in menus, and it just doesn't feel that immediate to me. Now, the Xpander is an awfully poweful synth also, but it's so, so much faster to edit. There is not much you can do when a synth has such a deep structure. I for my part like the Xpander approach better too though since everything is treated as a module. The common approach of giving common parameters their own knob/slider can be cumbersome to master since lots of features are buried in the menu. Just be prepared to spend lots of time learning and tweaking the A6. If you need to practice this technique you always can start with an ION. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members börje Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 That is true of any hardware synth and is a petty issue IMO. Sorry, but you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundwave106 Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 Sorry, but you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members börje Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 Vyzor has it an editor for the A6 listed "under development", but under development is not "complete", and I've heard mixed reviews about their Polyevolver VST librarian anyways.) Yeah, I know, they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Real MC Posted January 22, 2008 Members Share Posted January 22, 2008 Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members G-bus v2.0 Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 In terms of ease of use expectations, we're living in a new age yet again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Severalist Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 Well I hated it, therefore it's objectively bad. If I could play I assume it would have been a bit more fun, but who can really say in this crazy mixed up world. You have to factor in of course I'm not an analog freak, and that I, heresy of heresies, preferred the Virus. Therefore I'm obviuosly mad and should be ignored. But it sucks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Severalist Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Severalist Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 I actually heard it's a fire hazard and apparently it's a lousy lay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pighood Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 I actually heard it's a fire hazard and apparently it's a lousy lay. Good thing there's a low sodium version available in 6-oz. cans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Severalist Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 Good thing there's a low sodium version available in 6-oz. cans. Good thing your completely mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kpatz Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 "Talk me out of buying an Andromeda A6." Ok, don't buy an A6. It's ugly looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members program_insect Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 Ok, tell me this...if you could only have ONE, would you rather have an A6 or a Voyager? I know I know, apples and oranges...but? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mildbill Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 If you can be talked out of buying it, you don't want it bad enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pighood Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 Good thing your completely mad. I named a steamed clam "orangello" just because it's legal to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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