[A6] Andromeda, last of its kind? [getting off topic now...]

[cgould11 at tampabay.rr.com]

> It seems to me that the major synth companies 
> are not planning to release analog subtractive
> synthesizers anymore and the A6 is the last of 
> its kind. 
> I don't know about you guys but I think that
> currently subtractive synthesis is suffering 
> with the current VA instruments out there. 

Shall I launch into a diatribe about how today's 
VA tone, while inspiring to those Euro charts,
basically killed the synth (save for those old
Moogs) out of the minds of the trendies of college
America? Nah. :)

> I also thought that the A6 would sparkle 
> interest again and a whole new bread of 
> analogue synthesizer would come out from the 
> big players out there. I know the price 
> of real analogues would drop a lot if they 
> were released by them. 

The "majors" I think (especially being Japanese,
them all) only see the techno market, which pretty
much has faded into Eurotrance VA zone by now, 
IMHO. And honestly the only reason they even saw
*this* was the Clavia Nord Lead. 

Which is for good reason. I could also launch yet
*another* diatribe about how the bass in today's 
so-called "hip hop" ain't deep and rich, TR-808 
samples notwithstanding. If a naff Whitney Houston
ballad from the 1980s schools certain modern 
hip-hop songs on bass, it is time to pack up 
and start over. :)

> I wonder what drove the market to the 
> current direction. 

Insert another diatribe about all these bored
unemployed Europeans pirating plugins. I wonder
how much less Europe would make if it weren't for
Chinese warez sites and P2P. :)