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Originally Posted by Keith Phillips
Check out that tips and tricks page and look at sections "9.11." It details exactly how to setup the A6 to send and receive panel data for the knobs.
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Ok, I will check it.
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Originally Posted by Keith Phillips
I guess it is far easier to program this thing than say a softsynth? I find that it takes WAY TOO LONG to try to get a sound out of a softsynth (prime example: Z3ta+) with just endless mouse clicking. It is so arduous it isn't even funny. I want knobs!  |
I don't like to program soft synths much either (depending on the synth plugin of course). Anyway, I could say that andromeda is at least funnier to program assuming that you know how the synthesis works. There are tons of parameters in A6 which you don't need or wouldn't like to touch at all. A good example of this are the envelope dynamics settings. Usually every synthesizer has logarithmic attack, decay, sustain and release but with A6 you can define all these (different exponential, linear and logarithmic curves. "Linear" in "A6 language" here means logarithmic voltage and "logarithmic" means 2 log (log (x)), I guess) and the A6 has 2 decays and releases which makes things a little confusing at first and sometimes you have to tweak these dynamic settings to get a normal envelope behaviour.
These extra parameters make alot more things possible but sometimes I wish I couldn't change them. If you know what button you have to push and what knob to twist, you can do sounds without problems but at first you will be a little confused because there are so many buttons and knobs (altough you were familiar with analog synthesis). After using the synth for some time, the editing will get alot faster. However, altough the A6 has so many buttons and knobs, you still have to tweak some parameters from the lcd. Usually if you turn a knob or push any button, the lcd follows your moves and shows you all the parameters of the group which' parameter you changed.