[A6] Beware ribbon hold

[Tom Remi Flygel]

You should've seen the "hilarious" bug they introduced in a bugfix for the 
Ion.
They implemented normal MIDI CC codes on all the knobs, effectively making 
the synth the dream MIDI controller/master keyboard. But they messed up all 
the ranges, so instead of sending 0-127 codes, they all send 14-114 instead. 
So you can't max out a knob, and can't get minimum value. Making the whole 
thing pretty useless. And that was 1,5 years ago.
The A6 doesn't have anything but NPRN control codes, and neither did the Ion 
before that update.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Schultz" <mschultz at magma.ca>
To: "A6" <a6 at code404.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [A6] Beware ribbon hold


>
> No doubt, some of these problems can only be identified after  rigorous 
> testing and software QC; it is easy to get burned by  boundary.  I have 
> done enough coding and support to know that some of  these items could be 
> easily corrected if Alesis so chose.  They have  enough resources to 
> develop the Fusion, for crying out loud.  Or get  a contractor on it for a 
> week or two.  In fact, I think I'll go offer  my services right now.
>
> I had a brief have look into this Haskell.  Intriguing.
>
> I just can't fathom why anyone should make excuses for poor software 
> quality.  It's the pathos of a generation reared on the blue screen  of 
> death.  Other synths may also have bugs, even worse ones.  THAT  SUCKS 
> EVEN MORE!
>
> C'mon!  Raise yer fists!  We're not going to take it anymore! (cue  dee 
> snider =:-D)
> Mike S
>
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>
> On Nov 19, 2005, at 1:20 PM, David Evans wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 12:15:55PM -0800, Doug Pearson wrote:
>>> Note that the mod wheel behaves in essentially the same way: if you
>>> change mixes with the mod wheel set to a value other than zero,
>>> programs in the new mix will behave using that non-zero mod wheel
>>> value, but will reset when the mod wheel is moved, UNLESS the mod
>>> wheel is turned OFF for that mix channel.
>>>
>> ...
>>> I don't know that I'd necessarily call that a bug, but the A6 mix  mode
>>> sure has a TON of quirks that it's good to be aware of ...
>>>
>>
>>   I'd call it a bug, but it's easy to see how it came about.  Getting
>> all the edge cases right for this sort of thing is a major PITA.  It's
>> a good argument for writing synth firmware in soemthing like  Haskell, I
>> guess.  :P
>>
>> -- 
>> David Evans
>> Faculty of Computer Science 
>> dfevans at bbcr.uwaterloo.ca
>> Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada  http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/ 
>> ~dfevans/
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