[A6] micron musings

[Richard]

My typing is getting worse: I meant to say

"I think the micron could be easier to slot in some mixes than
something like the Andromeda or evolver"

R

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard" <richard at chorlton.com>
To: <robnet at wxs.nl>; <a6 at code404.com>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [A6] micron musings


> as doug said, no you can't have both verb and delay. However the verb is 
> very interesting and can be used as a quasi delay unit; set a hall or 
> plate or plate to a high value and it extends the sound of the synth in a 
> quite nice and unusual way - not at all normal! I like these Alesis 
> guys... they are doing more than copying everyone else, they are thinking 
> about what they are doing...
>
> as for your question about the micron's sonic character:  well, there is 
> no language we can agree on to describe such things. In my review I said 
> "smooth digi, clean digi, nice digi... " and I can't do much better - it s 
> got that 24bit modern VA sound, similar to the the nord G2 (not the more 
> biting original nord modular) , but with more analog sounding filters - 
> and you may indeed call that bland, but didn't people once think that 
> Rolands were bland? I think the micron could be easier to slot in some 
> mixes than something like the Andromeda or micron. I don't think it has 
> the character of absynth, or a yamaha fr1r, a Waldorf or a korg 
> wavestation but I think it has a lot more of a pleasing tone than most 
> VAs, romplers and softsynths, especially the filters which are nice, but 
> still quite digi, tools... what it definitely lacks is a bit of balls, 
> some moog modular oomf - but for micron's price you probably can't even 
> buy one moog module!
>
> BTW I just listened to Its About Time by Tonto's Expanding Headband which 
> really underlined how unanalogue these VAs actually sound... I wish they's 
> call them subtractive digital synths instead, It may not be literally 
> correct but it would be more honest and more accurate
>
> Richard
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert van der Kamp" <robnet at wxs.nl>
> To: <a6 at code404.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 4:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [A6] micron musings
>
>
>> On Friday 02 September 2005 15:08, Richard wrote:
>>> well its an interesting question because with ALL VA
>>> synths you really need a ton of fx - whereas I hardly use
>>> any on the A6 - it really doesn't need a lot adding :)
>>
>> Very true. :)
>>
>>>
>>> I'm not in front of the micron right now and the manual
>>> isn't very informative on the subject of fx so if someone
>>> doesn't answer this before me I'll give you an answer
>>> later
>>
>> Thanks for that. I *did* read the Micron manual, but indeed,
>> it isn't very clear. My guess is it isn't possible, but it
>> sure would be nice.
>>
>> Time for another question then: what about the 'character'
>> of the Micron (and Ion) sound? I toyed once or twice with
>> and Ion in the shop over headphones, never heard a Micron.
>> The Ion's sound struck me as a little bland, characterless,
>> neutral. Am I wrong here?
>>
>> - Robert
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