[A6] Another Andromeda bites the dust

[Steven Wartofsky]

I heard back from Justin, on a Saturday, I appreciate that.  I'm in despair, it's like having a Stradivarius destroyed, to me.

He's suggested I ship it off to T.S.I. in Paramus, NJ (as it's years out of warranty); I've contacted them.  I've had a horrible time lately with nobody being able to get things fixed right, shipping people losing things and I'm out of hope that I'll actually be able to get the synth shipped and back in one piece, with the problem fixed and everything else okay.

I suspect if it's not a corrupted OS, that the memory or flash RAM on the main PCB has been damaged in some way, as the system won't take an OS reload via MIDI no matter which way I try it (it always stops on Received 1 block, and doesn't get any further).

Ack.  I've never had something like this make me so miserable!  It's been my favorite synth for many years.

Steve

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Soarer A6<mailto:soarera6 at gmail.com> 
  To: Steven Wartofsky<mailto:s_wartofsky at msn.com> 
  Cc: A6 at code404.com<mailto:A6 at code404.com> 
  Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 7:07 AM
  Subject: Re: [A6] Another Andromeda bites the dust


  Hi Steven

  It's sad to hear about this problem of yours!
  You sound like you have completely given up on your Andromeda?

  This precious thing can be repaired, you know. Send it to a repair or even to the factory in germany. 
  I bought mine at about 3 months ago but it had a tuning problem so I send it back free of charge.
  I received it on January the 4th and Alesis's engineers had repaired it fine :-)

  Go for it (you know it's worth it!). 

  Email Justin Baro of Alesis and ask him what it takes to get your Andy up and running again. 
  He always responded the very next day when i had a question.

  jbaro at numark.com<mailto:jbaro at numark.com>

  Good luck! We feel your pain too!

  Soarer



  On 2/3/07, Steven Wartofsky <s_wartofsky at msn.com <mailto:s_wartofsky at msn.com>> wrote: 
    Well, my A6 seems to have just up and died this morning.  Have had it since before 2001, now when I turn it on, it just hangs.  Have tried all the reset options, no luck.  Have tried reloading OS, just gets stuck at loading block 1.

    Cheesy Alesis manufacture strikes again, or anything specific I can do?

    It's very strange, I've been _so_ careful with this synth for so many years, not a single shake, odd shock or anything.

    Oh well, on to the world of softsynths and digital, this thing was special once upon a time.

    Steve


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