Alesis Andromeda A6

I don't have a Q,but I do have the Micro Q and XT.The first thing I 
noticed when comparing the Waldorf sound to the Andromeda is that 
they share some common ground,both have great pads,as well as 
strings,and basses. After a while,I began to notice the Waldorf pads 
have a somewhat digital graininess to them,while the Andromeda's pads 
were more smooth in texture. I like both,and there's a place in music 
for all sounds. The Andromeda does better leads,period. The Waldorfs 
leads,even the ones emulating analog,just don't sound as good. Both 
machines have(Q and A6)their own good and bad points,but if you can 
afford to have them both,you can cover a lot of sonic 
territory.Weren't the Q and Andromeda both designed by Axel 
Hartmann,maker of the new Neuron synth?

Actually the MicroQ and Q have the same technology inside each other...
appart some other precisions.
So your answer has some importance.
Problem i wouldn't be able to keep both... but i would be happy of course
like most of you would. =: )
Well i can actually but my money economies in bank would get very low.

Ahhhhh i have to check this thing about Hartmann...
It's important i think.
Thanks

Moreno

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry <heroesforghosts@...>
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>Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 12:07 AM
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>Subject: [Andromeda_A6] Re:Andromeda really good to get
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>I don't have a Q,but I do have the Micro Q and XT.The first thing I
>noticed when comparing the Waldorf sound to the Andromeda is that
>they share some common ground,both have great pads,as well as
>strings,and basses. After a while,I began to notice the Waldorf pads
>have a somewhat digital graininess to them,while the Andromeda's pads
>were more smooth in texture. I like both,and there's a place in music
>for all sounds. The Andromeda does better leads,period. The Waldorfs
>leads,even the ones emulating analog,just don't sound as good. Both
>machines have(Q and A6)their own good and bad points,but if you can
>afford to have them both,you can cover a lot of sonic
>territory.Weren't the Q and Andromeda both designed by Axel
>Hartmann,maker of the new Neuron synth?
>
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Axel Hartmann is one industrial designer, so its true about the 
"External Shell" of the synths...in that regard I think he is more 
successful with the Waldorf designs...I never liked the A6 
looks...thats why I got one alternative front pannel and got into the 
trouble of changing that...

In sound I think there is not a lot of common ground (except that 
they are all "not the MW" subtractive synths with a lot of modulation 
power) and for pads (warm smooth ones) I do think there is no 
comparison between the Q and A6...the A6 its a master piece...

Paulo


> I don't have a Q,but I do have the Micro Q and XT.The first thing I 
> noticed when comparing the Waldorf sound to the Andromeda is that 
> they share some common ground,both have great pads,as well as 
> strings,and basses. After a while,I began to notice the Waldorf pads have
> a somewhat digital graininess to them,while the Andromeda's pads were more
> smooth in texture. I like both,and there's a place in music for all
> sounds. The Andromeda does better leads,period. The Waldorfs leads,even
> the ones emulating analog,just don't sound as good. Both machines have(Q
> and A6)their own good and bad points,but if you can afford to have them
> both,you can cover a lot of sonic territory.Weren't the Q and Andromeda
> both designed by Axel Hartmann,maker of the new Neuron synth?
> 
> 
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> Andromeda_A6-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
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Paulo Abreu


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peabreu@...

There is a lot of similarities between the Q and MicroQ, but 
attention that there are some substancial differences, not only in 
synthesis power (namely at the filters and their combinations, but 
also, very clearly in my opinion in the smoothness of the sound, the 
micro seems even more agressive and is never capable to achieve the Q 
smoothness (I don't know if this has to do with sonic quality of the 
converters or on the algorithms side, I guess its the later)...the Q 
has more than twice the DSP power and a lot less voices...this must 
mean something...

About leads...I have to confess that it really depends, because while 
for the more smooth wistling leads, like the "old" mono moogs, than 
the A6 is way better but I have, and there are on the net, some Q 
leads that are fantastic...one of them, I do not recall names, its 
one of my favourites of all time, much like some I could get with the 
old roland SH1 , quite "hip-hop/rap" leads from the 80's.

Paulo


> Actually the MicroQ and Q have the same technology inside each other...
> appart some other precisions. So your answer has some importance. Problem
> i wouldn't be able to keep both... but i would be happy of course like
> most of you would. =: ) Well i can actually but my money economies in bank
> would get very low.
> 
> Ahhhhh i have to check this thing about Hartmann...
> It's important i think.
> Thanks
> 
> Moreno
> 


Paulo Abreu


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peabreu@...

Hey Paulo,

Do you have any picture from your changed front panel A6???
I am curious to see that.
=: )

Moreno

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paulo Abreu [mailto:peabreu@...]
>Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 3:04 PM
>To: Andromeda_A6@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Andromeda_A6] Re:Andromeda really good to get
>
>Axel Hartmann is one industrial designer, so its true about the 
>"External Shell" of the synths...in that regard I think he is more 
>successful with the Waldorf designs...I never liked the A6 
>looks...thats why I got one alternative front pannel and got into the 
>trouble of changing that...
>
>Paulo