[A6] A6 vs. Ion

[David Evans]

  Seeing as my September SOS was in my mailbox when I arrived home, here's
an apropos observation from Paul Nagle.

    The Andromeda was a daring experiment: a modern analogue
    keyboard-based megasynth, seemingly designed by committee and with
    a plethora of features to befuddle us elderly gentlemen raised on
    Jupiters and Prophets. On my first encounter with it, I remember
    gazing helplessly over its complex facade and wondering where to
    start. In contrast, the Ion's spacious panel is much less
    intimidating and, although it hasn't a true analogue bone in its
    body, any major compromise in sound is hard to spot except,
    inevitably, in the minds of those for whom analogue will always be
    best.

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David Evans          (NeXTMail/MIME OK)             dfevans at bbcr.uwaterloo.ca
Ph.D. Candidate, Computer/Synth Junkie     http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/
University of Waterloo         "Default is the value selected by the composer
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