[A6] Andromeda sidekicks

[tomislav babic]

>I don't know if this has been asked before (it sucks browsing the archives 
>without a search >feature...) but what are you guys using to complement the 
>A6 (analogue only)? What would be a >nice analogue sidekick to the A6? (no 
>digitals or VA synths)

you can go two ways about it. either something disrete-based, mono like 
minimoog, or a
moog voyager, as said before, if you gotta have that moog sound for punchy 
bass/lead.

or, go the oposite way : imo a sound that A6 doesn't cover, and that is very 
complementary
to it, is 1st generation CEM synths - those using CEM3340 for VCOs.

i'm using two, that beside sounding very different from A6, sound different 
from each other:

MKS80 Rev4 w MPG80, and OBXA. MKS is better in terms of 
reliability/maintenance etc.
also it has velocity/AT , midi etc. otoh, OBXA is much fatter, angry and 
with atitude, also
has dry sounding resonance. beautiful sounding 12dB filter. it has a 24dB 
also, but its
nothing special. Its hardware envelopes are faster than MKS80. it's one big 
macho polysynth:
it's double saw sounds are the greatest for emphasizing parts of arrangement 
- they love to
play with guitars, for example.

I agree that, to an extent, that A6 covers sound of "Jupiter". by that, i 
mean Jupiter 8's
silky PWM strings and stuff, i.e. the sound of discrete oscillators. OTOH, 
JP6 and MKS80
Rev4 are not "Jupiters" in that sense - they have CEM VCOs that sound very 
different.
much thinner and quite pure, they have this dry and ripping/cutting quality. 
to simplify:
they dont do nice gooey pads/strings, but great "hard" bass, some leads, 
great "house"
kinda velo-filter polysynths, percussive snyths etc. very popular in todays 
techno and
similar styles..

to get a feel of how MKS80 sounds, check my demos here:
http://www.babic.com/SYN/synthdemo.htm

in conclusion -  I don't own one, but my impression after playing and 
programming one
for a while is that Prophet 5 REV3 is the most complementary polyphonic to 
Andromeda.
Punchy, with fantastic filter. Very animated , sparkly sound. i think the 
reviews on HC
cover it pretty well.


other things that come to mind:

SE ATC-X discrete monophonic with several vintage-style filters. Software 
ENV and LFOs.
KORG MS20 semi modular discrete based monophonic. Great Filters.
PRO ONE - mono, sounds like P5 Rev3, but even punchier/faster. Totally 
not-A6 territory..

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