[A6] Second Andro / B-stock?

[Chris Pickett]

Hi Tom,

I read some reviews about the Notron ... it seems pretty awesome.  It 
looks like it's from another planet.

Can you still buy them new?  Have they stopped supporting it?  How much 
do they go for used?  Tell us about it.  Compare it to sequencing with 
Cubase / Logic / PT / Sonar.

I personally spend all my time staring at a computer screen (school, and 
because I have no life), and so when I make music it would be nice to 
have it as hardware-oriented as possible. 

Cheers,
Chris

Tom Moravansky wrote:

>>>As it stands now, I'll probably end up keeping it.  Two
>>>main reasons - 1) the selling price for a used one keeps
>>>dropping and at a certain point, it's not worth it to
>>>sell.
>>>      
>>>
>>May I ask what made you doubt in the first place?
>>
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>>
>
>In summary, I have a lot of poly analog synths.  The A6
>doesn't stack up to them as far as raw sound goes.  Pure and
>simple.  I don't gig, so there's no worry about taking old
>gear out on the road, some of the older gear has a decent
>MIDI implementation.  Some of the missing features,  bugs, etc
>that should have been taken care of aren't and won't be and
>that ticks me off.  Given all that, the A6 sound (in general,
>I repeat - in general) is redundant and I don't find myself
>reaching for it when I want an analog polysynth.  
>
>The relative complexity of the synth ends up causing a negative
>feedback loop - if you don't play with it regularly, you
>forget a lot of it and that makes you less likely to power
>it back up again, which causes you to forget more of the 
>advanced features, etc.
>
>However, that changed when I started really getting into
>this hardware MIDI sequencer.  I suddenly found myself
>needing a decent sounding analog synth with a very
>robust MIDI spec and routing scheme.  Looking around the
>marketplace, there's not many machines that fit that bill.
>
>With the exception of the Linntronics MemoryMoog, Matrix 12,
>and Chroma (with the 'good' MIDI kit) and some slightly less 
>analog machines like the Prophet VS and some of the Roland rack
>synths, not much of the vintage gear supports the extensive 
>CC use and flexible mapping that takes full advantage of what 
>the Notron generates.
>
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