FW: [A6] Future of the A6... Comment.

[consequence at moogulator.de]

my post wasn't meant as "synths are built for updates".. I like it and
KEEP it and USE it a lot!..
but since other companies do that,(since it is possible) why i is some
sort of offence to just ask for it??

I posted this to get an answer. I would not change my "love" ;)
I also do NOT believe in the lfo acceleration thing.. for lots of
reasons (mostly the one ,that some "low profile users" will be confused
is the most  posted answer by companies.. and: it is ok (please: no
offence for that word, I am silly enough.. just to say why...) 

second: the ENV trick is an old one, it doesn't replace smoothly tempo
changing lfo speedups.. just check it out! it works , but I need those
ENVs for the most sounds..so it's not realy what is best.. so why not
asking for this??.. if it's a no, it's ok.. but since there are not many
polysynths out with fast lfos this doesn't make it better imo ;)

and the fm keyboard tracking: thats a feature that my xpander does well.
the a6 has lin. & exp fm, but doesn't track correct (no calibration
helps here..)
may be cause by the VCA controlling it maybe..
maybe it also doesn't work for tech reasons.. all ok, just want to hear
it officially "discontinued OS" or "no FM KB tracking ever possible" or
"lfo stays at 35hz for ever"..

that would be nice to read.. best of course is: they will do another
nice os, even one to buy.. that will do it..

anyway. no matter WHAT happens. i like it. I also like alesis for their
courage to just DO a synth like  this!!.. and they did it.. fine!!..

but anyway I'd like to support justins question for the os future..
thats all..

hope I did not "Attack" some one with this..(or with this posting) just
a question.. and my cheap 1.5 cent.


thanks.
mic.
www.moogulator.com
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MelloT at aol.com schrieb am 07.01.2003, 20:19:39:
> I get a little tired of peopole complaining, as if every product now should 
> be PERFECT in every way. It cannot do everything we all want - be happy with 
> what it DOES. It does SO MUCH that nothing else will. Let me point out the 
> problems of ANY keyboard and it will take all day... People now expect to buy 
> a keyboard and the company should constanlty update it for free. Be happy 
> they DID do updates for a while, taking requests from users. We are lucky the 
> A6 is even being made - I'm sure it is not a financial winner for Numark, but 
> it is a supreior product to what ANYONE else has. I cannot imagine they will 
> pay a programmer/team to redo things at this point. 
> 
> I know faster LFO's were an issue that was knwon LONG before the A6 was 
> finished, but they could nto do anything about it without a redesign. Just 
> because there are "tricks" to make them a little faster doesn't mean it is 
> possible to make them always faster. The FM on the A6 does things (such as 
> wide range) that are not possible on most other synths. It takes minute 
> calibration to get this to track exactly, and may have been not feasible 
> financially or technically. They were aware of it YEARS before anyone here 
> had an A6, so it's not that they forgot it or didn't want to do it. It would 
> have been done. 
> 
> So they A6 cannot do everything - be realistic, and use it for what it DOES, 
> like ANY keyboard or any instrument (or human musician!)
> 
> Ranting over...
> Brian K