[A6] Andromeda and Micron?

[Richard]

Back to the arpeggiator subject, has anyone any experience with the Mam one?
Could be a simple and inexpensive solution?

http://www.netzmarkt.de/thomann/mam_map1_prodinfo.html?sn=b24667f1ec3eaeb38372e2a4bb5a94e6

Richard
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <cgould11 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: <a6 at code404.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [A6] Andromeda and Micron?


> > You could look for a used ION and have a ball
> > programming. It's MUCH easier than the A6 to
> > program.
>
> Sure. But there's a reason for that. Despite the
> Ion / Micron having a decent amount of complexity,
> sonically I find that, in general, I can do quite a
> bit more with the Andromeda, and it sounds better.
> Not that the Micron is a bad synth, it's actually
> quite a good VA. But I still think of it as sort of
> like comparing a Juno 106 and a Jupiter 8, the
> Micron being the Juno and the A6 being the Jupiter
> of course. The Micron is fun for sketchpads (the
> small keyboard makes it easy) and the times where
> you need sounds that "fit in", but sonically and
> complexity wise it ain't the same. :)
>
> I was hoping that the MIDI spec was up to par on the
> Micron so you could create a nice "knob" interface
> on the computer. Alas, the Sysex seems limited to
> dumps. A pity. The Oberheim Matrix 1000 for
> instance could modify individual parameters via
> Sysex, so you could get away with pseudo-realtime
> editing.
>
> You (at this time) lose the sequencer / arpeggiator
> with the Ion as well, it's only on the Micron right
> now.
>
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