[A6] A6 sine osc

[Marcus Couto]

And don't forget the great little silver dance machine. If Roland only knew 
what it was really for...

By the way, I guarantee you that in a few years you'll see a softsynth 
version of a "classic" A6, with all the quirks included ;)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MelloT at aol.com>
To: <a6 at code404.com>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [A6] A6 sine osc


>
> You act as if Alesis - a new company that did not design and build the A6,
> could do something now. They really can't the synth is DONE. It becomes 
> your
> problem if your attitude is - this tiny flaw makes me not want to use such 
> a
> powerful instrument.
>
>>>> Have fun, for you have contributed to the fall of  manufacturing
> accountability and the rise of  cheapness.>>
>
>
> We are having fun, making music. And evidently, you don't know the history
> of keyboards, this is all nothing new to Alesis or this synth:
>
> The Hammond B3 - has a noticeable "key click" as  the contacts stuck down
> each time. They factory could NOT get rid  of it, but Hammond organs still
> survived, I believe. And the players came  to find that they WANTED this 
> sound. The
> Hammond is not considered cheap, but it  has major flaws.
>
> The Mellotron - used by Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Bowie,  King Crimson,
> Radiohead, Bjork, Moody Blues, nearly everyone. ALL of its sounds  are 
> recorded
> out of tune. That's why it has  character that is not found in  samplers
> nowadays. There is not Attack or Decay, which is unthinkable on any 
> sampler-based
> instrument. But it still gets revered and used all the time.
>
> The Minimoog - with terrible oscillators that drifted out  of tune all the
> time. It was a success, and later, they "fixed" the oscillators  until 
> they
> didn't drift - and didn't sound good.
>
> The Prophet V - the Rev1 instruments ALL have major  problems and blow up. 
> It
> went on to become one of the most popular analog synths  of the 80's. When
> they "fixed" it - it didn't sound as good anymore.
>
> Old programmable drum machines (808, CR series, Linndrum,  etc) used to
> hesitate a slight bit before they jumped to a new pattern, during  your 
> song! But
> it HAD to be that way - it's how the tiny slow computers worked  then. And
> people made us of them, and the companies succeeded.
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