[A6] bass ...

[Chad Gould]

On 26 Jan 2005 at 1:02, Demokid wrote:
> I wish I owned a brand new P5 or JP8. I wonder what it would be like.
> I own an A6 and it is not my favourite polysizer since it is to perfect. it 
> can sound good but not as great as my P5, JP8, OB8 and Model D.

I have played on both a Prophet 5 and a Memorymoog. They were both old at the 
time. I can tell you that they did not keep in tune that well :) although they were both 
usable. I owned a MKS-80, which kept in tune pretty well.

OK, here is my answer.

The Andromeda keeps best in tune with background tuning and temperature tuning 
on, but to me that voice is sterile. With background tuning off and temperature tuning 
(as found in the tune menu), you should only notice slight drift and variation. This 
after auto-tuning of course.

If you have not owned an analog synthesizer before, FYI (I don't know if you are a 
newbie or not), you may not be aware that -- unlike any other new synthesizer 
produced except some exotics, the Andromeda requires a tune-up routine. Hit the 
"auto tune" button twice to activate the auto tuning routine. Without auto-tuning, the 
synth can *really* be off sounding. If you are not used to this fact, no worries. 

If you *have* auto-tuned, and the voices are still way out of whack, you may need to 
perform a hard reset. That's turning the synthesizer on while holding soft button 3. All 
user programs will be wiped to, so *back up your data.* However, tuning tables are 
wiped as well and this may help.

Failing this? You have a synthesizer that needs repair. No question about it -- all you 
should hear is some slight frift during normal operation.