[A6] i would pay Alesis for a new os/bug fix

[Chad Gould]

On 21 Aug 2004 at 23:44, MIDIMEL at aol.com wrote:
> first of all the cost would be so unreasonably high that no one could afford 
> it-second of all they simply dont care

Honestly, it would be nice if they could fix some of the bugs. 

Personally, I would concentrate more on *bug fixes* than *new features* at this 
stage... Some folks may find the bugs annoying, but as a live performer I find no big 
deal except for the following issue:

* Pitch bend and vibrato sometimes do not seem to reset to the wheel value when 
switching patches, notably in mix mode

... and that's it. 

Oh, there's little things here and there, but frankly I don't care enough. I'm happy with 
the synth overall. Sounds great and powerful; can compete with electric guitars; 
flexible enough to meet the 80s cover needs that I have; etc.

I do consider us lucky to have the Andromeda these days, and the issues I've run 
into I mostly can work around. It would be nice if this synth sold well, but it didn't, 
despite having from what I know a pretty good pro reputation. For the masses these 
days its all about people running around with laptops and cracked audio plugin warez 
junk. Or VAs which to me are a different synth type. 

Why would they care? I bet the Alesis Ion is selling alright. *shrug* It costs a lot less. 
Doesn't sound as good though IMHO, but that's not the priority these days. :)