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

[MelloT at aol.com]

TIMING is everything... Imagine if the A6 had somehow come out a few years 
earlier - remember when Techno was driving as a new force; People were buying up 
old drum machines, and synths. The only virtual analog was the Nord system, 
which was like a Juno 106, but with worse sound quality. Nothing analog was 
made, synthwise, except a few modular designs, very few.

In a way, the A6 missed its heyday, that Techno/Euro period. And Alesis 
backed the larger studio consoles, outboard effects and the HD24 right about the 
time ProTools killed off non-computer recording. Not quite forseeable, but it 
was a major part of their business, the studio market.

PS - I just love thinking about the A6 as a "lost 1986 monster synth". It 
would be worth about $40,000 for what it does!

Brian