[A6] bugs wishes list

[leo]

  lots of questions and uncertainties  excist regarding the A6 andromeda.
in this respect it seems to be helpfull to not only read the manual and 
tips and tricks document carefully, but to also know what not to expect 
from this very nice synth.
alesis/ numark seems to be unwilling to solve excisting bugs / upgrade 
the software / give other people the opportunity to do so / even react 
to letters and other demands of longtime product-users.
seems we'l have to live with it so, hereby a comprehended list of most 
shortcomings. hope it helps people to get round easier with this machine
sunny

( follow buglist and wishlist  a6)


Bug #1
Status: OPEN
Submitted by: ?
Title: Square wave duty cycle bug
Description: A setting of 52 is currently the true 50% duty cycle,
rather than 50.
Can be reproduced:checked,sunny Y
Reproduced by: mschultz

Bug #2
Status: OPEN
Submitted by: ?
Title: Portamento tracking on unison voices
Description: When using portamento (normal mode) on a mono patch with
unison (2) turned on, it seems that only 1 voice is affected - the other
seems to jump right up/down to the destination pitch. Switch port mode
to 'chord', it works as I expected normal to. Is this a bug?
Can be reproduced:checked, however not found on my A6! -
Reproduced by: -

Bug #3
Status: OPEN
Submitted by: ?
Title: VCO Pitch slide
Description: When a note is triggered, the Osc audibly "slides" up to
the new pitch, even with fast engine settings.
Can be reproduced:checked, depends on engine settings and
tuningsettings,therefore to me, no real bug, always could get some extra
attention though -
Reproduced by: -

Bug #4
Status: OPEN
Submitted by: ?
Title: Sequencer hangs while using the sustain pedal.
Description: Using sustain pedal and sequencer concurrently causes stuck
notes until the sustain pedal is depressed again.
Can be reproduced:checked, not found on my A6!sunny Y
Reproduced by: mschultz

Bug #5
Status: OPEN
Submitted by: ?
Title: Dropped NOTE OFF events in MIX mode when using external sequencer
Description: Notes stick on a midi sequencer with the A6 in mix mode
logic or cubase.
Can be reproduced:checked, not found on my A6!sunny -
Reproduced by:

Bug #6
Status: OPEN%% Submitted by: ?
Title: No polyphonic aftertouch from MIDI input
Description: Described as working in the manual, but not implemented.
Can be reproduced:checked true, sunny -
Reproduced by: confirmed-Poly Aftertouch NOT responding to Kurz
MIDIBoard-Marzzz

Bug #7
Status: FEATURE REQUEST
Submitted by: ?
Title: "Klicky" envelopes
Description: It is almost impossible to create fast and deep bass sounds
without an audible "klick" sound.
Can be reproduced:when minimum attacktime of 6ms, no problem, therefore
to my opinion,no bug!, sunny -
Reproduced by: -

Bug #8
Status: OPEN Submitted by: mschultz
Title: Corrupt patch in edit buffer requires a soft reset.
Description: Inadverently loading a bad patch into the edit buffed
causes the synth to crash. Power cycle causes an endless booting loop.
Power cycle after a 10 second wait will sometimes clear the problem. At
other times a soft reset is required. I will provide more details shortly.
Can be repoduced:not checked for obvious reasons, probably true,sunny Y
Reproduced by: -

Bug #9
Status:OPEN
Submitted by: mschultz
Title: Audible artifacts in PWM
Description: The status of this as a bug is arguable. Using PWM of any
sort creates audible quantization noise or low freqency digital hash in
the output. Easily heard on the factory preset patch PULSE STRINGS or
most patches with PWM enabled. This problem renders all PWM capabilities
of the synth unuseable IMO. Sounds like a crappy VA.
Problem exists whether PWM is being modded from an LFO, a looping
envelope or an external pedal.
Problem can be somewhat worked around using external HPF. Or using
another synth altogether. Can be reproduced:checked,for this reason a
verysmooth lfo/pwm engine setting has been developped with hardly
noticable difference,fm of pw seems to work better, should get a renewed
attention, sunny
Reproduced by:

Bug #10
Status: OPEN
Submitted by: mschultz
Title: Screen redraws getting dropped
Description: Under certain circumstances, the display does not refresh
when switching to another page. I will try to find a scenario when this
can be consistently reproduced. Low priority.
Can be reproduced:too little info provided therefore couldn't be
checked, maybe its a result of high processor usage whereby the screen
rightfully doesn't get prioriy, sunny
Reproduced by:

Bug #11
Status: OPEN
Submitted by: chris.pickett
Title: Fast filter settings noise on key release
Description: the midrange "grating" or "metallic" noise that can be
heard on key release using bass patches with fast filter settings, e.g.
the Venus Bass patch. the same noise is also apparent in many
high-pitched string patches.
Comments: is this not the PWM problem? - mschultz. perhaps, but it
happens even with PWM disabled - chris.pickett
Can be reproduced:checked, wonder if i mean the same noise/ sound as
you, in my case it dissapeared when the release times where set to a
value of 10ms or bigger(which is a bit long i admit), sunny
Reproduced by:chris.pickett

Bug #12
Status: OPEN
Submitted by:
Title:AUTOTUNE
Description:autotune doesn't work well enough due to hardware/chip
quality, differences often are too big, manualadjustment possibility of
single oscillators would be neccesary( and spare chip/soundboard
replacements)! maybe user definable savable tuningtables would also do
the trick.
Can be reproduced:checked,sunny
Reproduced by:spedaal

Bug #13
Status: OPEN
Submitted by:
Title:releasevelocity
Description:release velocity depending on attackvelocity, specifically,
if struck a note softly, no possibility of release velocity is left, the
two should be uncouppled, b.e. by always letting releasevelocity start
from a standard(127)value and then react depending on the speed of
releasing the key
Can be reproduced:checked, sunny
Reproduced by:spedaal

Bug #14
Status: OPEN
Submitted by:
Title:delay
Description:when fiddling around for some minutes with the envelops and
especially the delaytimes of them , the following happens: delay of
envelope 3 only works propely when also delay on envelop 1 and 2 is set
on times that are bigger then that of the delay of envelope 3 , although
logical in some ways, it's annoying, limiting and unneccesary in most
Can be reproduced: rewritten,checked, true, sunny
Reproduced by:spedaal

Bug #15
Status: OPEN
Submitted by:
Title:up/down buttons when saving
Description:when saving a patch in the list, and wanting to select the
place where to save to, the up/down buttons act the other way round (
espec.down instead of up and vise versa)
Can be reproduced:checked,true,sunny
Reproduced by:spedaal

Bug #16
Status: OPEN
Submitted by:
Title:pw reset
Description: the the wavelevel of the pulse is reset to 50 when changing
the button from on to out and on again, this is inconvenient
Can be reproduced:checked,true, sunny
Reproduced by:spedaal

Bug #17
Status: OPEN
Submitted by:
Title:Cannot send program data via sysex to edit buffer
Description:When sending a sysex message with opcode 2 (i.e. F0 00 00 0E
1D 02 <editbuf#> <data> F7) the A6 should place the received program in
it's edit buffer. The A6Helper application, written for Alesis, requires
this and the program author's documentation written on behalf of Alesis
suggest this function should work. It does not.
Can be reproduced:checked, sunny, same result
Reproduced by:Daz

Bug #18__
Status: OPEN
Submitted by: unknown
Title: diverse / 2. objects selected from previous lists
Description: 1 NORM2 envelope mode that's referred to in the manual but
has never functioned differently from NORM1..... number 2. Envelope
Re-triggering/ Implementation of envelope re-triggering in mod-t/g mode
Can be reproduced:needs checking,
Reproduced by:






(wishlist)



1) Polyphonic aftertouch response from MIDI Input

2) Random Patch generator (maybe with limitations on VOL. etc)

3) Knob "fine tune" option to have more gradual parameter changes

4) Sequencer "Latch" mode

5) Random Arpeggiator mode

6) When in MONO mode (high/low/last) "note priority" setting

7) Keyboard HOLD function

8) Send MIDI notes from ARP or SEQ

9) Sync delays to Tempo

10) "Step Entry" on SEQ

11) Portamento time knob should respond to changes while a note is held
down (right now a note retains the original portamento time from when
the key was first pressed, ignoring knob input until the next keypress)

12) Polyphonic FM

13) modulation of the effectparameters, like on" the wedge"

14) split hold for the ribboncontroller

15) being able to adress the mod's of the envelopes and lfo-mod's as
controlroutedestination

16) possibility to retune the 12 keys of an octave to different scales

17) to mark the steps of the sequenzer as it's playing, to know where it is

18) Auto-sync to midi clock. (Having the internal clock automatically
sync to

 MIDI without having to set it to sync or manual)

19) handling of 4 MB SRAM card

20) Random Patch Generator

21) LED Knobs as Sequencer Use the 8 multi led/knobs as a TR-style
sequencer (the hardware is there!) 16-64 steps

22)Zero Reference Point Option for Ribbon

 wherever you first touch it is "zero" and you can modulate up or down
from there

23) Ribbon Controller as Trigger Ability for programs to use ribbon
controller (any value > 0) as trigger, instead of keyboard

24) LFO Speed Up LFO speed up, the silly mode for fast lfo mods and
halving the voice numbers for speed issues

25) Mod Page One page where you could see all modulations at work in one
patch

26) Knobs Range Knobs range can be shifted or when you select a button
you can use the ribbon for fine adjustment

27) Change Default Presets ( make custom default patch and save it)

28) Toggling Between( se;ected) Pages

29) Pot Values Also helpful for live would be a function where I could
set the value when the pots react. Now it's just when you go through the
original value or otherwise when you "breathe" at the pot

30) FineTune? Mode A fine tune mode while changing values with whatever
knob (like shift-turn a knob will give smaller steps)

31) Sostenuto Pedal Sostenuto pedal (pedal does not affect notes turned
on *after* sustain pedal is pressed, only ones being held when pedal is
pressed)

32) increase sequencer steps number

33)increase arp programmability

34) Correctly save/load Mix + associated patches via sysex

35) more curves selectionable for aftertouch and velocity responds

36) real time record for sequencer

37) filter FM to be set separately .. so no offset of FM on filter 2 but
a real OSC FM amount to filter

38)Operate at all even divisions of BPM, only within a reasonable range
of course (40bpm-200bpm) but everything from 1 to max would be nice

39) a "Vegas mode" - where all the lights flash randomly on the front