FW: [A6] A6 sine osc

[Christopher W Deppe]

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher W Deppe 
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 2:36 PM
To: 'jammer'
Subject: RE: [A6] A6 sine osc

I agree that it's power and unpredictability are what makes it
attractive for creativity, but what surprises me is that so many people
jump to defend a piece of equipment that has some serious reliability
issues and noticeable flaws. It provides lots of bang, but the buck part
is a bit steep for the quality. Would you feel the same if you bought
any other piece of equipment for almost three thousand bucks that has so
many issues? For instance, if I bought a prosumer video camera for the
same as what the A6 cost me, and it had noise issues, idiosyncratic
tendencies and reliability problems, I would send it back in a
heartbeat. You seem to not be able to separate power and quality with
regards to value. When paying that kind of money for ANYTHING, I expect
better quality. If this was any other product it would have been
recalled due to these issues. Don't get me wrong, I still love it. It is
the most powerful synth I have ever owned. I will be playing with it for
a very long time, but I have bought many items with a higher usability
to cost ratio in the past, hence the term value. If you are offended by
my practicality, I am truly sorry but I refuse to give a pass to
products that are this "troubled" just to justify a luxurious
expenditure.


-----Original Message-----
From: jammer [mailto:jammer at jammer.biz] 
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 2:13 PM
To: Christopher W Deppe
Subject: Re: [A6] A6 sine osc

Christopher W Deppe wrote:
> Yea sure, it's nice to be able to get that harder edge but my problems
> is that, when I want to color the signal just a bit with sub osc or
> other subtle effect, I get that unwanted raspiness too. It makes it
very
> difficult and time consuming to tweak out the right sound. Sometimes I
> just give up because I can't get what I want from it. It would have
been
> nice if they had given just a bit more headroom before the distortion
> kills the effect. I see this as a flaw no matter how you try to shine
it
> up. Can I live with it? Yes, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
> There sure are a lot of problems with the A6 design for what they are
> charging for it. In terms of value for the money, it does not rank up
> there with most of my other purchases. I will still keep it, but it
sure
> won't displace any of my other gear.

i'm so surprised to be hearing users saying things like this.

when i first got my a6 i was a little troubled by a few things.  i'm 
also not ashamed to admit i was also a little daunted  by the beast. 
but now, i'm finding it one hell of a useful piece of equipment.

i'm currently sketching out ideas for my next album, i've sketched out 
about 6 ideas in the last two weeks and the A6 has already firmly 
inserted itself into that workflow.  as far as i'm concerned almost 
everything that falls out of it is useable.  it is a bit of a fecker at 
times to get things out of it and really feel like your at the heart of 
the thing, but then who said making music was easy?

i feel the same way about my juno 60 and waldorf pulse.  they are great 
sounding and very playable, they just take time.  i still don't feel 
totally in control of the A6 but then i'm also unsure if i ever want to 
be, surprise is a great thing in the studio ... who wants things to be 
100% predictable?

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jammer
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