[A6] SoundDiver and the a6

[Chad Gould]

> It really sounds like a lot of whining is going on!  It's not Alesis's
> responisbility to redo their entire A6 OS because Sound Diver cannot
access
> certain parameters, besides who needs Sound Diver?  

To me, Sound Diver is nice for those synths which have few knobs and a
crappy menu system, in order to edit patches. Even then, I'm not so sure.
I've gotten used to cryptic menu systems like the DX27 after a while. The A6
does not belong in that category, it's intuitively laid out (though
complicated if you are not used to synthesis) so I wouldn't be interested.
Oh well.

> Now as far as selling the A6 because of these problems, or using only
> software synths... People can do what they like, but I fail to see how
> someone could even compare a true analog, warm, powerful synth like the A6
> to a software synth.  

[opinion mode on] No you can't. I've been playing around with Fruityloops
recently with some hard, heavy trance type stuff recently -- my opinion
hasn't change. Plugins can't cut it if you want *meat*. At least none that
I've tried. Plugins get nice and digital, true. Yes, Plugins are great for
pretty blips that take no space, which is great for some genres. However,
not all. 

In fact, IMHO, certain electronic genres have sucked wind compared to what
they used to be -- due to the lack of meat in tracks, coming from people
moving from being MIDI nerds to PC nerds. Feel free to disagree, but that's
why I have an A6 eh? :) That's my opinion and I'm sticking with it. :) Right
now, I feel I get far better results, even in a loop-y ACID-y environment,
by sampling my two analogs (the A6 and the Waldorf Pulse Plus) for bass and
wall-o-sound stabs, or doing live tracks on occasion for pads.
__________
CHAD GOULD