[A6] Future of A6 - the wishlist for alesis..

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> On Tuesday, January 7, 2003, at 12:37 PM, Chad Gould wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> What is the likelihood of an OS update for the a6 which reconsiders
>>> the
>>> needs of musicians and addresses many of the problems we've been
>>> complaining about since the beta cycles?
>> 
>> Alesis is now Numark. That should say what you want to know.
> 
> Since the biggest trade show of the year (NAMM) is in one week
> (1/16-19), you might want to hold off until then before making any
> assumptions about synth software updates. The lack of responses by
> Alesis engineers doesn't mean that they don't want to answer; they are
> probably too busy to read this list right now. If they are working on a
> big project, which they are (Ion), they won't have time for A6 updates
> until that ships. And NAMM is the perfect time for a product to ship.
> So I doubt there will be any A6 updates until at least 2 months after
> the Ion ships. (Allowing time for Ion version 1.01 bug fixes.)
> 
> That said, a big software update for a synth is a great way to
> "relaunch" it, so an "A6 2.0" is not out of the question. We know that
> BT loves his A6, maybe a bank of BT programs could be included? This is
> exactly the type of thing I would have suggested when I was working
> there (1993-1999.) However, this is TOTAL SPECULATION, I no longer
> represent Alesis or work for them or anything. If I did know anything,
> this would be a blatant NDA violation so nobody should read into this.
> 
> I will be attending the NAMM show and will ask Alesis about the
> potential for A6 software updates. If someone wants to consolidate a
> prioritized list of requested features, I will pass this along to an
> engineer I know at the factory. Maybe this can be a list project -- if
> someone has a list of features and wants to keep score, we can all vote
> on features and prioritize them for Alesis. I'm sure they would like to
> have that information, and it might help the engineers sell the idea of
> an A6 update to the VPs.
> 
> Thanks, -jl
> 
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Good idea!!
So again I will post this for ease of use ;)

Well, I posted my wishes some days ago
They are:

-Lfo speed up, the silly mode for fast lfo mods and halving the voice
numbers for speed issues (could be in the process menu)..

-fm could be more accurate, maybe this is not an OS-issue..

-scaling of resonance on filter 1 and tuning it down with resonance could be
scaled and optimized for bigger range of resonating to colouring by the
filter - in short: more like the moogs do it.. ;) IMO this is a calibration
thing..?

-CC assignments (not on top of the list)

-there are hardware things, that may not be considerable like rack a6,
modular a6 (the asics freely routable like nordmodular), ringmod behind
filters & routable to oscs / feedback..
..

Step sequencer: more than one pattern - real time "recording" into the
sequencer?.. Xchangeable patterns as seen on the waldorf Q..
Maybe more than 16 steps possible?..


Ok,most of them posted already.. So this is for you jeff ;)

Filter fm to filter 1 separately adjustable so no need to fm filter 2 also
to mod filter 1 with osc speed.. (atm one has to set a minimum fm to filter
1 to get fm on filter 2..)

Maybe make it possible to make an lfo a simple env. (AD or so..)
To have room for more mods..

Well.. And still: I like it as is.. So these are some suggestions ;)
Maybe: check the display update: sometimes when the seq. Is running the
value will not be updated on the display.. Or it takes very long.. So:
better it takes long rather then it doesn't update..
It should update with pressing the view button at least..

This is,what I got in mind for the first time ;)

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