[A6] A6 filter wierdness

[David Evans]

On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 12:18:58AM +0100, Richard wrote:
> Firstly, I admit I'm no synth genuis. I've had my A6 for a couple of months
> and I've gotta say I don't think much of  the manual and do not find the
> interface exactly intuitive - its a nice enough read, it just doesn't tell
> you how the synth works.
> 

  Yeah, I agree.  The manual isn't terribly helpful when you want to know
how a particular feature works.  This can be especially frustrating to a
beginner, as the A6 is a fairly complex beast.

> 1. some simple standard patches, without any prest modulations,  to use as
> building blocks
> 

  The Default Pgm. isn't that bad, really.  The modulations that it provides
are fairly useful and if you want to use one of the mod slots, you're going to
need to set the source anyway.  The only hidden gotcha that I can think of
is the CROUTE for the mod wheel.

> 2. some way of getting an overview of what the hell is modulating what
> without having to check ten or twenty different pages
> 

  Yeah, a mod summary page would be nice.  However, at least you can see at
a glace what mod destinations are active; you then just need to push the
button in question to figure out the details.

> 3. most importantly there is strangeness with the filters that seems
> different from ANY other synth I've used. On some patches they work as
> expected but on others they hardly affect the sound at all - as if the bulk
> of the sound was bypasing them and just a small amount was being filtered.

  Did you take a look at what's going on in the post filter mixer?  That's
really the key to figure out the filter situation.

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