[A6] ANDROMEDA FAULTY BATCH
Tom Englefield
Tom at Hiddenvirtue.com
Mon Nov 20 12:36:27 PST 2006
Yea, I did a good read up on A6s about how much attention they may need
before making the purchase. Ive warmed it up for over 30 mins,
auto-tuned, had it back off for a couple of hours, done the hard reset,
then re-warmed up again and re-tuned, those 2 voices still bad.
Ah well, as I say, 14 is better than none :-)
Cheers,
Tom.
schaltstern wrote:
> The one thing I can already say, being an newbie on the A6 - give it
> something like 15 minutes to warm up before you start playing it.
Tom Englefield wrote:
> Just got my replacement andy delivered today. It still has problems
> and I've had to disable 2 voices which seem to be bad, but its MUCH
> better than the first one which had random bad voices that would come
> and go all over the place.
>
> I will keep trying to tune them in the hope they go right over time
> but I guess 14 voices of A6 is better than none, still pretty happy
> with it :-)
>
> tom
>
>
>
> Tom Englefield wrote:
>> I just sent mine back after it refused to go into tune when playing
>> poly patches.
>>
>> Serial is :(21) A10607045700587
>>
>> Such a shame this amazing synth is plagued with now what seems to be
>> shoddy components and poor quality control. Alesis/Numark get your
>> shit together please.
>>
>> I have another one being shipped out so fingers crossed that one is ok.
>>
>> tom
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael Dropps wrote:
>>> The S/N of the damaged Andromeda I received was (21)A10607045600496.
>>> As cool a synth as the Andromeda is, it wasn't worth the hassle for
>>> me. I instead went with a Dave Smith Poly Evolver keyboard, which
>>> will be here tomorrow.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/5/06, *kam6* <kam6 at inregina.com <mailto:kam6 at inregina.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >===== Original Message From "jurij.es.a.szakkor" <
>>> list at technikaszakkor.hu <mailto:list at technikaszakkor.hu>>
>>> =====
>>> >stevie>> I just bought a new andromeda
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > does anyone happen to know where the new batch
>>> > of andromedas come from? is it still the "original"
>>> > manufacturing plant or perhaps a new one in china?
>>> > i've seen couple alesis products recently whose
>>> > has been manufactured in china, thats why i am asking.
>>> > i would also highly appreciate any information
>>> > on the "faulty batch" topic, as it was highlighted
>>> > in this thread earlier by a fellow listmember.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > thanks in advance,
>>> > jurij.es.a.szakkor
>>> >
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