Alesis Andromeda A6

Seems like you're looking for a synth for trance production, and also need
instant gratification :)

Frankly, the A6 would not be my primary choice for that.
I would suggest looking at the Nords, Access Virus or Novations.

Now, if you want nice strings, some analog growls and non-cliched sounds, go
for it.
The A6 is pretty advanced technologically, and has extensive MIDI support,
etc. and should work with all sequencing software.
It does not come with any software for patches, banks, etc.
You won't find a lot of arp patterns, but your sequencer software might.

You will need to spend some time to come with your own sounds, but that's
true for most synths.

Alesis is not evolving the product at all. You might get some customer
support but that's it.

Also, if you want to play live in the club circuit, this synth is not very
easy to haul around.

Btw, I have no idea about the ES6...the gurus on this list will respond to
that.

Good luck.

Take care,
RA
 
http://www.sanyama.com - Music for the Mind.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tommy_trance [mailto:tommy_trance@...]
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 12:01 AM
> To: Andromeda_A6-ION@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Andromeda_A6-ION] Want to buy one... seeking answers....
> 
> Hi,
> I want to know if this beast is right for me.  So far, this is all I
> know about it:
> 1.  It looks SICK!
> 
> 2.  I hear samples of this thing but never songs, samples/clips
> of it sound great but nothing sounds like it if I don't hear it
> live.  Guitar center doesn't have on demo, nor does any other music
> store around here.
> 
> I have some questions, please help:
> 1.  How is alesis support for this product?  for example:  customer
> service, OS updates, videos?
> 
> 2.  Does it have arp patterns?  How many?
> 
> 3.  Can you map knobs and buttons to midi?  Are notes midi-editable?
> 
> 4.  How does this sync up to Sonar 3.0?  anyone notice drifting?
> How does it behave when sending data via midi to Sonar?
> 
> 5.  What's the learning curve to creating warm phat anaolog sounds
> for someone who's never owned a keyboard and has keyboard/synth
> experience only through Reason's software?