[A6] Andromeda vs. Voyager and........luxury problem ?

Steven Wartofsky s_wartofsky at msn.com
Thu Jan 9 08:52:51 PST 2003


BTW not to underestimate any of the other extremely knowledgeable folks on
the A6 and Analogue Heaven lists, but Chad Gould has, in my opinion, proven
over many years to be one of the most intelligent, informative and
knowledgeable people I've "read" on the lists, and in the world of synthdom.

That's just to say, I'd take his opinion (with appropriate debate from
others with a similar scale of background here) as pretty close to
definitive on such matters.

It's also probably worth noting that the over-hype was not on Alesis' part,
or even on most of the first generation of owners' parts, but on the part of
just a few individuals, and mainly in response to some pretty immature and
uninformed aggressive negativism (aka, trolling) that surged right around
the time the instrument was first released.

Steve



----- Original Message -----
From: "Chad Gould" <Chad_Gould at Jabil.com>
To: <a6 at code404.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:41 AM
Subject: RE: [A6] Andromeda vs. Voyager and........luxury problem ?


> > I want to buy a Andromeda. My impression is that (A6) analog sounds =
> > superior compared with analog modeling synth's. Is it true that the =
>
> I wouldn't say superior. Modelling synths really resemble a high-class DCO
> synth in some ways, and have a harder edge in some respect - so its a
slight
> different sound. True analog synths like this one get a lot of hype
because
> of the passion owners have for these type of synths. But not everyone
wants
> or needs one. I certainly wouldn't for some genres.
>
> > On internet discussion sites =
> > there are people that are ranking the A6 with a 10 and there are how =
> > rank it a 2. Big difference who is that possible ? Is it the high price
=
> > that make magazines and users so full of criticism. When i read a a =
>
> Most magazines have been quite positive of the synthesizer, though aware
of
> the limitations. It didn't win the 2001 Musikmesse award for nothing, now.
>
> Part of the problem with the Internet sites, was that this synths was
> tremendously overhyped in 2001. I think that raised some people's
> expectations beyond reason. No one synth can replace everything. It
doesn't
> help that a few sites are loaded with immature folks - types that I never
> see write a tune, and just bad-mouth everything.
>
> One other thing: this synth is that it is *so* powerful. This is not a
Juno
> 106 - you can't just twist knobs and make it sound good no matter what.
Akin
> to the most powerful digitals and modulars, programming takes time and
> finese. The lack of adequate presets doesn't help (the patches at code404
> and the extra banks on Alesis's site help in this regard). So some might
get
> frustrated with the demands required of them.
>
> There are some legitimate issues - such as the FM tuning and LFO speed not
> suitable for certain sounds. These are minor for many genres. When the
synth
> was first released, there was plenty more issues (a lot of MIDI issues for
> instance) that are pretty much solved, as far as I know.
>
> > It is a old discussion, i now. But is it the real analog sound that =
> > makes the A6 only comparable with moogs and a view other analog synth's.
=
> > Finaly it's the sound that you hear.
>
> >From my point of view - yes. The A6 is my analog gig and I really see
> nothing out there that would change my mind from that. There are few
sounds
> the A6 can't program well from a "classic analog" viewpoint. The A6's
strong
> points really are its complex programming capability in an analog domain
> (which leads to some excellent sounds modelling synths can't emulate). If
> you are just looking for beeps and bloops there are better, quicker-to-use
> synths but the A6's analog workstation concept can't be beat for many
tasks.
> __________
> CHAD GOULD
>
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