[A6] New User, various questions

Michael E. Caloroso analoguediehard at att.net
Tue May 20 22:00:52 PDT 2003


Tony Scharf wrote:
> Ok, I went in to buy an NL3, and ended up walking out with an A6...
> 
> Really, I have many other synths in my studio (virus KC, Nord
> Modular, and MS2k to name a few) and the A6 really has a sound that
> stands out - its filters are just different sounding.
> 
> Anyway, here are my questions:
> 
> 1.  anyone know where a good ATA flight case can be had?  I am
> thinking of taking the A6 on the road as my main controller, and it
> doesn't fit the standard SKB cases.

(sorry for the delay, I've been out of town since 5/4/03)

Anvil ATA with recessed latches and handles, cost $360.  It's worth the $$$.

I thought for sure that Brian would beat me to Anvil, but my case took 
longer because they had to get the dimensions from Alesis as it was the 
first one they made for an Andromeda.

It's a really well made case.  Anvil even left clearance over the knobs 
and put really firm foam on the endcaps to hold it down when closed and 
to prevent damage to the knobs.  That's a serious plus when carting 
stuff with knobs - years ago I had a busted knob on my Memorymoog in its 
Anvil case when it fell six feet face down, and there wasn't any 
clearance over the knobs - smush!

> 2.  Does anyone have any experience with regard to the road
> worthiness of the A6?  I'm not talking about doing 100 cities in 100
> nights or anything that extreme, but I do have a 6 city tour coming
> up, and the A6 is such a joy to have in front of me - I like the feel
> of it much better than my Virus KC.

It's very roadworthy as long as you're gentle with the knobs when 
handling it.  The shafts on those pots aren't metal.  I've been gigging 
with it since 2001.  And watch those endcaps.

> 3.  In a multi, can you set a channel to send midi only and not
> trigger the internal sound engine?  this would be required for
> several of my setups. How is the a6 in general in this situation?  I
> will need it to control both a Triton Rack, and an A4000 sampler
> live, in addition to providing a few bread & butter analog sounds.

I haven't tried it but the A6 was designed to be a controller so it 
should be able to do this.

> p.s.  my favorite feature, is the bright blue LED on the back of the
> A6 :)

Red ones sound better ;)

MC




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