[A6] MIX Mode --- was (SoundDiver and the a6

[Richard]

"It's amazing that they fit 32 analog oscillators and 32 filters on the damn
thing already, it's not going to have all the perks of a Virtual Analog that
runs in DSP. "

I'm down with that. The A6 only exists at all by some freak of capitalism  -
basically letting a bunch of programmers go mental and bankrupt the company
in the process (perhaps it wasn't really like that, but its a nice
story...). It should cost twice what it does, in which case it probably
wouldn't have existed at all cos they'd never have sold more than a
hundred...  its pretty bug free considering the OS never quite got the
chance to be developed as thoroughly as other products do...

But then I've been spending too much time on Akai forums recently - those
guys really are angry and bitter about lack of support for the MPC4000 OS
really isn't finished yet...... quite nasty actually,


so overall I feel pretty grateful to have paid £1400 (used) to own such an
unlikely and monsterous synth, not perfect but still a dream come true

Richard


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony J" <protokol13 at hotmail.com>
To: <a6 at code404.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: [A6] MIX Mode --- was (SoundDiver and the a6


> >Personally, I just record one part at a time, so I get the maximum
> >number of voices.  If I want to hear one part playing while I record
> >another part, I play back the best MIDI take and record it to audio.  I
> >think I would only use mix mode live.
> >
> >However ... why can't you record MIDI in mix mode, to get the
> >arrangement sounding right, even if some patches sound weak, and
>
> I switch between single and mix, depending on the situation.  If I'm using
> the a A6 for a great deal of voices, I like sitcking with mixmode to get a
> general 'groove' in the song.  I rarely run into issues, unless I plan on
> using unison or large pads with a lot of FX, but even then I usually run
it
> through outboard gear.  I usually don't like recording to audio until I
know
> all the patches are tweaked for the song, but I have done it if voices
were
> becoming an issue.  There are certainly ways around the limitations of the
> A6, and the MixMode IMHO is not 'broken'.  It's amazing that they fit 32
> analog oscillators and 32 filters on the damn thing already, it's not
going
> to have all the perks of a Virtual Analog that runs in DSP.  I don't
> understand why Cyril is so angry, but if the A6 is not for him, he could
> simply sell it.  I did a lot of research before I even undertook buying
the
> A6 and I knew what i was getting into...  Even after that, I had trouble
for
> quite a few weeks when I tried getting good sounds, because the A6 can go
> from good to bad with just a little knob movement.
>
> After I finally figured out the tricks to make good sounds, I gave up
trying
> to cope with old analog gear going out of tune.
>
> -proto-
>
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