Alesis Andromeda A6

Hi, all
Just got a new A6, been doing a lot of tweaking and experimenting.  
I found that the Aux outputs sound about 500% better than the main outs, to my ears-  
sounds like an imitation of itself.  
The difference in sound is makes me think there could even be a A/D conversion stage 
going on in there- whatever it is, it's gnarly.  

I spent the past week trying to reverse-engineer the robust Moog-style bass tone coming 
out of my ATC-1 monosynth.      It was an educational, but I wasn't able to get the A6 into 
the same ballpark tonally as the ATC. 
Switched outputs, major difference.   Still two different-sounding axes, but the Andy is 
sounding great, much more open, "real" and present.
I've switched back to listen to the main outs again several times to confirm; the difference 
is huge I think.

Seems like there are a lot of ways to cheese up the sound of this instrument!   
I had to check in with this list and learn about disabling background tuning, process 
engine settings, etc-  and now the outputs, before I could start getting a hip sound  (I also 
got good results changing envelope dynamics to "analog" whenever the "legato" setting 
isn't necessary, curious about how this works) 

I'm not sure if some kind of DSP circuitry is stepping on the tone at times or what.  
The Aux output defeats the master volume control, for example.  
But I'm glad the instrument's flexible enough to be able to get around a lot of this stuff.
I haven't found out how to reset outputs in Program mode at all, though..!
hoping I don't have to customize and reload entire banks of sounds, one by one since I 
prefer the Aux outputs, even without master volume control.

Any other technical info or tips for getting maximum tone would be great.  I'm gonna hit 
the books in the meanwhile...

Peace
Josh
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