Alesis Andromeda A6

On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, fireballxl27 wrote:

> - cheap, wobbly pcb mounted pots/knobs (also the silver finish is 
> different on the different sized knobs, very strange, anyone else have 
> this?),

Interesting.  No, in fact I have always felt the knobs were the most solid 
I've had compared to any of my other synths.  Mine don't wobble at ALL.

>cheap laminated control panel, cheap and fragile end cheeks etc.

The control panel always seemed quite professional looking and feeling in 
quality.  The end panels are not fragile feeling either.

> But the one thing I find most annoying is the screen - it is very low 
> contrast, with poor backlight and poor angle of visibility. I want to 
> replace this with a nice blue/white or black/white LED screen. Has

I'm beginning to think you've got a bum unit. My screen has great contrast 
and just the right brightness.

> Another thing that bothers me greatly is the amount of digital 
> noise/hash that is present in the audio signal, it is very obvious on

Only with the digital effects turned on do I ever feel like there's ever a 
"digital" tonal character in the sound.  There is some noise / hiss 
invoved int he signal path depending on your various amp volumes so check 
those out - and this is normal.

> areas (envelopes, lfos, modulation etc) It is nothing to do with the 
> effects (and don't get me started on that bloody awful reverb - its on 
> every preset practically, including the bass sounds, why!). What bothers

The reverb is not my favorite, but I've heard worse.

> Anyway, sorry for the first post rant! I'm sure that once I learn a bit 
> more about this synth I will hopefully grow to like it a bit more and

It's reasonable considering what you're experiencing.  I think you may 
have a problematic unit though if you have as much noise as you say and 
the knobs are wobbly.

I actually received a bad unit myself (it was sold to me as "new) through 
an online retgailer but was clearly used) it had a lot of problems.  I 
ended up buying a used one manufactured in 2002 and it's a gem.

Good luck!

J.
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