[A6] bass ...

Larry Pham alienpsyche at rogers.com
Wed Jan 26 15:54:04 PST 2005


Pretty cool tune Boele.

It's always nice to hear your tracks :-)

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Boele Gerkes" <scd at synthmusic.info>
To: <a6 at code404.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:58 AM
Subject: Fwd: [A6] bass ...


> I even feel that temperature tuning is too much in the wrong direction 
> :-))
> 
> Since I own two A6's now, I can compare, and I really really like the 
> A6 with *no* background and temperature tuning way above one with the 
> temperature tuning on.
> 
> But it is necessairy that it's on for some time, have a forced tuning 
> then (and again once in a while).
> 
> Boele
> 
> Oh, here is my last song using two Andromeda's, the Evolver and the 
> Alesis DMpro :-))
> 
> http://www.synthmusic.info/mp3s/deuxandrosv2.mp3
> 
> For the gearfreaks:
>   First sequence: Andromeda
>   0.08 Drums: DMpro
>   0.08 first pad: Andromeda
>   0.26 Bass: Waldorf Pulse
>   0.26+2.02 Lead: Andromeda
>   0.45+2.02 Second sequence: Evolver
>   1.19+2.37 Mellotron-alike sound: Andromeda
>   3.11 third sequence: Andromeda
>   3.11 airy pad: Andromeda
>   3.18 slightly right panned sequence: Evolver
>   3.57 slightly left panned sequence: Andromeda
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Op 26-jan-05 om 2:23 heeft Chad Gould het volgende geschreven:
> 
> > 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.
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