[A6] Does anone have both an A6 and an Ion?

[Robert van der Kamp]

On Tuesday 11 January 2005 18:57, 
sayersafe-andromeda at yahoo.com wrote:
> So, are there unique sound capabilities of the Ion versus
> the A6?
>
> I plan to get an A6 eventually.... and if I decide not to
> keep the Nord Modular G2x I will need a smaller
> controller keyboard to use with my PC. Thinking the Ion
> might offer some cool sounds along with controller
> keyboard functionality.

I've tried the Ion a couple of times at my music shop. What 
it tries to do is emulating the Andro. It does a nice job 
for a VA, unless you have the real thing. ;)

The Ion has 3 oscs though, and a ton of filter models. The 
interface *looks* fast, but I'm not sure if it really is. 
The sound though, is still very VA. Compared with the real 
thing (Andro) it's cold and lifeless. 

Now that's not a problem at all, unless you also have the 
Andro! Why use it then? Okay, you could use it for the more 
modern sounds that typically require a VA. Problem then is 
that all of the preset banks have 'analog' style sounds, so 
it's a lot of work to make your own new soundset then. 

Maybe the Micron is a nice alternative, because it has more 
features (more fx, more sequencers), and has a nice price. 
The Micron has this toy-on-the-couch quality, more fun.

- Robert