Tony, Andromeda?

[James Coplin]

I'm wondering if one of my complaints is with my particular unit or is
endemic to all Andromedas.  I can never get mine to sound clean.  There
always sounds like there is some distortion to the signal regardless of
how low I turn down everything.  If I just take a single OSC set to saw
and run it through the filter with the cutoff fully open, it still sounds
like there is some distortion going on.  Not a ton but it just never
sounds clean.  Is this just mine or all A6s?

James R. Coplin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org [mailto:music-bar-
> bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Christian Borg
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 6:24 PM
> To: Music-bar
> Subject: Re: Tony, Andromeda?
>
> Unfortunately I agree with the filter thingy there. Those filters are
> very characteristic
> and lack that kind of Moog softness that you sometimes want. I actually
> think the Korg
> software does that better (well the monopoly and ms-20 filter that is;
> love my Korg legacy
> still).
>
> But I wouldn't want to part from it. It's tricky to edit, sure, but
> also a lot of fun
> jamming with. It can punch some really awesome basslines, arp patterns
> and crazy effects.
> And I like routing stuff to the ribbon (as with the JP8000) because
> that's delightful to
> pick and scratch when jamming as well.
>
> .christian
>
>
> James Coplin skrev 2011-07-14 20:13:
> > I have a mixed relationship with mine.  On the one hand, from a
> capability
> > point, it is a wonderful synth.  However, I always feel let down by
> the
> > filters.  Mine sounds like there are pillows or something in front of
> the
> > speakers when I use it.  I have all the autotune/auto-compensate etc.
> off
> > but it just fatigues my ears like crazy when I use it.  What really
> sucks
> > is all they would have had to have done was make the filters decent
> or
> > passable and it could have been the greatest analog poly ever.
> Instead,
> > they made some of the worst filters ever in my opinion.  I have older
> > digital emulated filters that sound better than the A6's.  Also, it
> is an
> > instrument you really need to slate a bunch of time to learn.  It is
> > picky, touchy, and unyielding.  There are great rewards for getting
> your
> > head around all the peculiarities but it isn't immediate.  I also
> found
> > programming on it to be less than enjoyable because you have just way
> too
> > many options.
> >
> > James R. Coplin
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org [mailto:music-bar-
> >> bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Joost Schuttelaar
> >> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:49 AM
> >> To: Music-bar
> >> Subject: Tony, Andromeda?
> >>
> >> Hey Tony, I remember you sold your Andromeda, correct? Or do you
> still
> >> have it? Why did you get rid of it? No clear advantage of 'real
> analog'
> >> versus VA?
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Joost Schuttelaar
> >> The Hague, NL
> >>
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