I understand. I can\u2019t believe, still, how well it emulates the Mini... Incredible, really, without considering the FM, which cannot be duplicated, I am sure.
I don\u2019t know whether you already answered question #2 below, but if you did, I must have lost the email. Here it is again:
> 2. I also wrote about shaky tuning- is that just endemic to themachine?
And, in detail, it\u2019s when you have two oscillators in any particular voice VERY closely tuned (saws are probably best)- you try to get the beating slowed down as much as possible, so the two are exactly tuned- and it can\u2019t be done. It is more noticeable in higher notes (due to shorter wavelengths, I am sure)... And, even when you do get them tuned very closely together, they don\u2019t smoothly beat against each other- they seem to quiver the whole time. Although the A6\u2019s tuning drifts less than on a Minimoog, the Mini seems to hold \u201cstiller\u201d than the A6 in this situation.
This phenomenon can be observed no matter whether the background or temp tuning are on or off.
Can you comment on this?
Thanks.
Jason
on 3/10/04 11:06 PM, its_peake at its_peake@... wrote:
--- In Andromeda_A6-ION@yahoogroups.com, Jason Creek
wrote:
> Mike-
>
> Thanks for that.
>
> 1. What are you referring to when you say \u201cworking with a minimoog
sound
> the fast setting was too fast?\u201d
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
> > wrote:
> >> > Mike,
> >> >
> >> > Speaking of Engine Optimizer settings- I found out something
about my A6
> >> > that you might be interested in... I don\u2019t 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 \u201cnormal\u201d (\u201dfast\u201d or \u201cultra\u201d 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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