Alesis Andromeda A6

there's a thread about it at: http://mailman.code404.com/mailman/ 
listinfo/a6

basically alesis has shipped a faulty batch of A6s and for those  
unfortunate folks who have gotten them have had their "fixed" ones  
also be faulty... here it the first post i was regarding it.

"Hello,

I have seen the current topic going on the list regarding the faulty  
batch of
Andromedas released by Alesis.

Months ago I posted my own experience, a big challenge that has left me
without Andromeda, and with Alesis not shipping a new batch, until  
today.

Alesis is having trouble making Andromedas because they don't have  
delivery of
certain chips to make them. This fact was not disclosed by both  
Alesis and its
Canadian distributor, Intellimix.

I got my A6 in February of this year. Shortly after, I found just by  
editing a
bit of the portamento on the preset patch "UniStack Porta" that one  
of the
oscillators was getting stuck, and it would not disengage not even  
changing
patches.

I returned my A6 back to my local Alesis distributor here in Calgary,  
Alberta,
Canada. They sent it to Intellimix, the Canadian distributor, for  
repair.
Intellimix did not fix the problem, and returned the synth damaged.  
After
discovering that it was not fixed, I asked my local store to get me a  
brand
new Andromeda. It's already November, and they have not received any  
news.

Alesis mentioned to the store that they were expecting a shipment at the
beginning of October, but this has not happened.

After this experience, I am extremely disappointed at Alesis, at  
their Quality
Control, and at the Canadian distributor. I want to let everybody on  
this A6
list know that there is a seriously faulted batch of Andromedas going  
around.
After reading the reports on the A6 Mailing List, I realize that  
several of us
A6 enthusiasts are getting hit with the bugged keyboards.

We need to identify this faulty batch, post their serial numbers and  
make
aware the rest of A6 users that these units should be red flagged and  
not
acquired. I am very weary of buying a "newer" A6 via eBay, because  
the issue
happens with the newer Andromedas. The pre-Numark Andromedas may be  
without
these bugs.

If anyone has more info, please advise, and make it available to  
everyone.

Regards,

Carlos"


On Dec 12, 2006, at 7:45 PM, Jason Creek wrote:

> Hi, Ted,
>
> What is the "new problem board?"  What characteristics do they  
> have, and at
> what serial number do A6's with "new problem boards" begin,  
> approxmately?  I
> have never heard of this...  !
>
> Thanks.
> Jason
>
>
>> From: Ted Slominski <ted.slominski@sbcglobal.net>
>> Reply-To: Andromeda_A6-ION@yahoogroups.com
>> To: Andromeda_A6-ION@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [Andromeda_A6-ION] LCD screen burn on Andromeda?
>> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:42:38 -0800 (PST)
>>
>> this is similar to what happened to mine.  i would leave it on  
>> quite a bit.
>>  it crashed at one point so i cycled power, came back... there was  
>> some
>> hiss on the outputs, but no sounds and funny screen happenings.   
>> the thing
>> eventually came back but would repete this behavior every couple  
>> of days.
>> sadly, the thing doesn't do much anything anymore.  most of the  
>> voices will
>> pass the auto tune, but i can't get it to generate any sound aside  
>> from the
>> ocasional rougue sin ramp.  i've been wanting to send it off the  
>> new jersey
>> to have it fixed, but i don't want one of the new problem boards.   
>> i think
>> my vca's are blown... something like that anyway.
>>
>> I hope that your's doesn't suffer the same fate.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: s a <lucinniega@yahoo.com>
>> To: Andromeda_A6-ION@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 4:21:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Andromeda_A6-ION] LCD screen burn on Andromeda?
>>
>> That happend to me before. I had left the A6 on for a couple of  
>> days and
>> this burn-in type of behavior occured. It went away eventually.
>>
>> Jussi Valter Aleksei Väisänen <jvaisane@tols16. oulu.fi> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I propably overloaded the Andromeda OS with a bit too much things
>> going on in the midi department, then it kind of hanged. I switched
>> the unit off, then back on. I went to do some other things. When I
>> came back I noticed some noise coming out of the outputs of the
>> Andromeda but it had not booted. There was a single black line in the
>> middle of the lcd display.
>>
>> I switched the unit off, then back on. The line persisted. Andromeda
>> booted up, the line was still very visible.. I tried to search
>> previous posts about this thing but did not find anything.. Has  
>> anyone
>> experienced this?
>>
>> Now propably 1,5 hours have gone, the line is not that visible  
>> anymore
>> if I adjust the contrast properly.
>>
>> It would be sooo nice to have a more stable OS for this thing.
>>
>> -JussiV
>> http://ambient. aldabra.fi
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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