[A6] how to tell faulty A6?

[Tom Englefield]

Thanks for the info.  This is my first analog synth so I am not so used 
to the quirks they might exhibit.

I was wondering if anyone has the time they could do me a couple of 
small mp3 demo clips of some of the factory presets?  I get the 
de-tuning on several patches when they hit a certain voice amount (I 
have tried disabling certain voices but this problem still remains.)

Listening to someones which is in a working condition will allow me to 
identify if mine does infact have a problem or not.

If you could do a clip of any of these with 5-10 voices it would be 
greatly appreciated...

User / 012- Sea Es Eighty
User / 015- Ambient Fields
User / 017- Highest Strings
User / 018- Nasal Strings
User / 027- The Dream
Preset 2 / 004 Soft Strings
Preset 2 / 002 MeltsInYourMouth

It seems to happen worse on string/pad patches, although playing it 
again now through all those I think its definitely got a problem, it 
just sounds awful when three or more keys are pressed together.

Such a shame, lovely sounding synth.  Shame Alesis/Numark cant get their 
act together on it.

Many thanks,

Tom.




> Hi,
>
> I tested it and it seems ok with mine. Or maybe I just don't hear the 
> difference. Playing mostly real analogues made me not too picky on 
> small detunes. So if yours is detuning heavily it behaves wrong, 
> obviously.
>
> I also wait for 15 minutes or so before playing it.
>
> Regards,
>   schaltstern 


Tom Englefield wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got my a6 allegedly brand new from Digital Village in the UK a 
> couple of weeks back.
>
> I first booted it up and let it warm  for a while and then did the 
> auto-tune.  Everything seems to be fine with the vast majority of 
> patches, but a couple of specific ones will go out of tune if I use 
> around 5-7 voices.
>
> User 012- Sea Es Eighty
> User 015- Ambient Fields
>
> Those two seem to be the worst, really going out of tune when playing 
> a few chords.  Is this normal as most other patches work fine in poly 
> mode with high voice counts.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> Michael Dropps wrote:
>> It's very easy. The voices will never go in tune, and any polyphonic 
>> patches will sound horrible.  Hope your A6 is fine.
>>  
>> Michael
>>
>>  
>> On 11/6/06, *schaltstern* <schaltstern at curious-electric.com 
>> <mailto:schaltstern at curious-electric.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     first post here, and as a new owner of an A6 I am quite 
>> interested in
>>     this: is there a way to tell the suspected faulty ones from the
>>     others?
>>
>>     Other than that I am very happy with this synth so far.
>>
>>     Thanks.
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