Alesis Andromeda A6

--- In Andromeda_A6-ION@yahoogroups.com, Jason Creek <jasoncreek@h...>
wrote:
> Mike-
> 
> Thanks for that.  
> 
> 1.  What are you referring to when you say ³working with a minimoog
sound
> the fast setting was too fast?²

The Fast optimizer setting for the Filter/VCA chip didn't sound right
when creating a Minimoog sound, in direct comparison to a Minimoog.
The next slower setting sounded correct, if my memory serves. 

Easier,

-Mike

> 2.  I also wrote about shaky tuning- is that just endemic to the
machine?
> 
> Jason 
> 
> 
> on 3/9/04 9:22 PM, its_peake at its_peake@y... wrote:
> 
> > --- In Andromeda_A6-ION@yahoogroups.com, Jason Creek <jasoncreek@h...>
> > wrote:
> >> > Mike,
> >> > 
> >> > Speaking of Engine Optimizer settings- I found out something
about my A6
> >> > that you might be interested in...  I don¹t know whether such tiny
> > variances
> >> > are just incurable or "to be expected" with analog gear of this
caliber.
> >> > 
> >> > First, about 3 or 4 of the voices seem to release more slowly
on the
> > left
> >> > channel than on the right.  To illustrate this most quickly, you
> > would use
> >> > the arpeggiator with very short pulses on a voice with 0 attack and
> > 0 decay,
> >> > and 100% sustain, with a saw wave on both oscillators, filter
> > bypassed.  As
> >> > it cycles through the 16 voices, I hear some of them releasing more
> > slowly
> >> > in the left channel than the right- there will appear to be a sort
> > of stereo
> >> > lag.  Strangely, the cure is to set the VCF engine optimizer at any
> > speed
> >> > faster than ³normal² (²fast² or ³ultra² knock this problem out).
> > Yes, VCF,
> >> > not VCA.
> > 
> > Sounds like you could use a VCA calibration (check the Tune page,
> > select VCA, and let it autotune after it's done with that).
> > 
> > The output VCAs are on the Filter chip, so the Filter optimizer
> > setting effects them as well. Working on a Minimoog sound, the Fast
> > setting was actually too fast...
> > 
> > Easier,
> > 
> > -Mike
> > 
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