[A6] micron musings

[Robert van der Kamp]

On Friday 02 September 2005 19:05, Richard wrote:
> 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...

Thanks, Doug and Richard, for the info. Bummer, but now at 
least I know. I like the description of the super-long 
reverb tail settings, but I also need a delay at the same 
time, no way around it. Yes, Alesis are a nice bunch of 
freaks. :)

>
> 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!

Okay, that's a very good and detailed answer. Thanks!

- Robert