[A6] Brand New andromeda, Brand new problems....

[Chris Pickett]

What I would do: send it back, look for a used one that you know works. 
  $1700 is a fair price.

Chris

Shawn O. wrote:
> well,. just got my "Brand New Factory Sealed" Andromeda today, with 2 
> year warranty cost me a whole 300$ extra, I sent the NFS one with the 
> iffy voice 13 and non functional mod wheel back.
> 
> With the new one I have a hole new host of problems, and some old ones 
> showing up in new areas.
> 
> When I received it the glass display plate was loose from the front 
> panel , it was sitting on the keyboard when I opened it, no biggie just 
> to put it back on really, got it setup in the studio, powered on and 
> began to test, here is what I found.
> 
> Voice 10 has the same problem my last Andromeda had with voice 13, but  
> the mod wheel works fine on the new one. :)
> 
> I had it crash on me a couple of times, was just playing the keyboard on 
> a default user poly patch, not playing with any controllers or anything, 
> notes started locking up, getting stuck like the sustain pedal was 
> depressed, I turned the unit off "popping noise from the mixer,. never 
> had the previous one make a sound when I turned it off before, when I 
> turned it back on a single line across the very bottom of the screen was 
> as far as it got into booting back up, I had to turn it off and on about 
> 15 times before it booted back up all the way,  then every time I turned 
> it back on and off that same line would appear in a different location 
> on the screen for a moment or so, I dont remember this happening on the 
> previous Andromeda.
> 
> Also this one doesnt seem to have as much of a low end as my previous 
> Andromeda, call me crazy but it doesnt seem to be as full in the bass 
> department, allot of the sounds have a somewhat noisy and "tinny" 
> quality compared to my last one, I ran the same midi tracks I made for 
> multitracking my old one through my new one and re-recorded bassically 
> the same tracks and compared them to the old ones, I didnt change any 
> mixer settings or anything, you can tell a difference.
> 
> this is all very strange, you would think that an andromeda is an 
> andromeda, some may have a iffy voice chip here and thier, but this 
> doesnt sound as nice as the last one at all, if I had demo'd this new 
> one in a music store I would have decided against buying it.
> 
> YAAAAARG
> 
> how many of these do I have to return before I get one with NO voice 
> problems or any other problems ??
> 
> have any of you experienced things like this ?
> 
> whats number of times you have had to return an andromeda till you get a 
> decent one that not only sounds great but is fully functional and doesnt 
> crash ?
> 
> Hopefully the answer is three !
> 
> If any of you have gone through this torment please give me some words  
> to help me keep the faith.
> 
> ~Shawn O'Brien
> 
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