[A6] Update, important

[MelloT at aol.com]

So I went to Alesis to pick up some equipment. (Including my ION,  which is 
really a good synth and EASY to program!). I didn't take along any  notes or 
list. But I mentioned the activity, and the reply I got was not too  
encouraging. I have the feeling what spurred on all our actuivity was  one Numark factory 
service phone person back East, who  has basic answers for things. We may 
have hoped for too much...
 
The A6 sells, but not very much (the ION is a better seller still and  
continues). If the A6 sold more often, Alesis might consider spending more time  on 
the OS, but they are not likely to. Those there are working very hard on new  
products and updates for the ones that sell the most now (not the A6, I'm  
afraid.) Just as before.
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I mentioned some ideas we had all put forth to encourage more A6 sales:  
Susan and I have mentiond offering them FREE mp3's to put on their website.  
Finding out that Andromeda SOUNDS amazing should be easy - even a demo of single  
sounds should show what other synths cannot do. If anyone wants to do their own 
 website (mentioned here a lot recently), it might help too - as anyone 
browsing  can see how good the A6 "community" support is - it makes you feel better 
about  buying something. [When I was a kid, I bought synths only after they 
were  discontinued - they were at a low price, with factory warranty, but I 
KNEW all  of what that synth would be - no more changes. We may be at the stage 
with the  A6, but that might mean we can help push other people not to worry 
about it;  THIS is the synth, not some promises or hopes. Nothing beats it at 
what it  does.] We could make it so that if anyone gets curious about the A6 - 
they see a  LOT of good things on the web. Have you all posted AMAZING reviews 
of it on all  the review sites? Maybe someone could send us all the relevant 
links?? 
 
So - IF you can write and make proper bug reports, I will still compile and  
submit a "clean and tight" wish list to them. You never know....
 
Cheers -
Brian K