An "F" with a few lines after it in an earlier post of mine?
I don't care about F words and re. your Alesis writings, I think it's good to read about bad experiences as well.
I do however care about how people treat each other on this forum, and that's the sole issue I was addressing. _________________ Jan
also .. could someone please turn down the thermostat a bit.
Keep in mind that a support team is often seen as a nest of nonproductive asses way down the food chain - by their bosses that is. I really hope that isn´t the case here. However, obviously the marketing and sales department should have been made aware of this and then some sort of PR diversion should have been pulled off.
Where did you order this one? At some store which never really ordered the A6 themselves.. and now they think you are just about ripe for an upmarket Korg polkaboard? _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
Joined: Apr 14, 2007 Posts: 52 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia,Canada
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject:
Hey Sunny
Sorry if I offended you. I come from a very political country (we speak our minds). We are not as soft spoken as American's would lead you to believe. Ha!
Joined: May 08, 2007 Posts: 218 Location: Pittsburgh, USA
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject:
analogstndrpusy wrote:
I spoke with a tech over at Alesis today and he told me that the reason that they're so backed up on their orders is because their ICU chip manufacturer went out of business. They recently found another company to make it so theyre now saying that next batch will come out some time late October.
That's actually the best news I've heard on this topic so far. (And I'm the guy who started this whole crazy thread!)
I think it's good news that Alesis bothered to seek out a new manufacturer for the chip. Most companies would drop a 7-year-old product that isn't their major breadwinner over a manufacturing hiccup like that.
It gives me confidence that the A6 may yet be around for a while. You don't spend money bringing another chip vendor on line unless you intend to make the money back by selling more units. ASIC NRE charges (non-recurring engineering charge) run in the tens of thousands of dollars.
I'll keep waiting; hopefully the October timeframe is correct. I've kept myself otherwise entertained in the meantime.
Thanks to analogstndrpusy for the update on the manufacturing issue. At least now I have a "why" instead of just a "not yet".
Joined: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 134 Location: Australia
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:59 pm Post subject:
Mars Wants Flesh wrote:
Hey hackbox
4 weeks is nothing. Have you been following this thread at all?
6 months for me and I gave up.
All I can say is "Run to the hills" "Run for your life!" Ha!
Alesis will break your heart.
Mars is gaining support.
Oh I've had a wee gander at it, but only since laying out the deposit for the Andy. Like I said I want box fresh if I can get it.
When I ordered the synth I'd originally intended to have the cash at the end of November(about 10 weeks later I think). So I'm not too fussed about having to wait another 2 from now. If it becomes an ordeal I'll take the shelf unit no problem. Otherwise I'll just get the deposit back and go buy some modules for my modular
6 months is a bit rough, but I fully expect it to be in when they told me as they're the only reliable seller of Andromeda's in Melbourne if not Australia _________________ My DIY and Instrument addiction blog.
Sorry if I offended you. I come from a very political country (we speak our minds). We are not as soft spoken as American's would lead you to believe. Ha!
My apologies brother.
Love Mars
you're welcome my friend. sorry for my piece of bad humor on the beginning and end of my writing. seemed it distracted the attention to what i wrote furthermore: the company really doesn't bother you biting your teeth to pieces on this forum ! so guess if you really want to do something you'll have to visit them in person and talk it over over some fancy diner or so.
so simply watch you're health. ( and yes i agree it's not nice to let people wait so long , if that wasn't clear already)
Joined: Nov 24, 2004 Posts: 331 Location: Elmo's Mud Wrestling Club
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:33 pm Post subject:
elektro80 wrote:
Keep in mind that a support team is often seen as a nest of nonproductive asses way down the food chain - by their bosses that is. I really hope that isn´t the case here. However, obviously the marketing and sales department should have been made aware of this and then some sort of PR diversion should have been pulled off.
Lousy support is one of the issues that actually is too typical when a normally consumer-level company takes on a higher-end project... no matter what field you are in. Not surprising.
rh2y wrote:
I think it's good news that Alesis bothered to seek out a new manufacturer for the chip. Most companies would drop a 7-year-old product that isn't their major breadwinner over a manufacturing hiccup like that.
That does surprise me (unless its grandstanding before an official discontinuation), but if production does continue in spite of sourcing problems it must mean that there is *some* demand for the Andromeda right now. It's damn surprising to see a Future Music reviewing the A6 in 2007, after all. (Though I guess product cycles for hardware synths are getting much longer than they used to be. The K2600 is out still, for instance; that was released shortly before the A6 was.)
Joined: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 134 Location: Australia
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:11 pm Post subject:
Mars Wants Flesh wrote:
I'm glad that I have livened this site and thread.
Love Mars and family.
Ha!
So... seriously is this a North America supply issue?
Every time I've been to the local they've had one on hand.
Still waiting for mine though.
I am a patient man, next week is when they said I'd likely have a box fresh! _________________ My DIY and Instrument addiction blog.
Mars Wants Flesh....how about you post some Prophet 08 demos? I'm considering this board but the demos I've heard don't sound anywhere near as good as the Andromeda demos I've heard. Maybe recording some Prophet 08 demos with an outboard reverb unit would do the trick!
Or maybe I need to listen to some andromeda demos without any effects to keep me patient.
Joined: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 134 Location: Australia
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:19 am Post subject:
analogstndrpusy wrote:
Mars Wants Flesh....how about you post some Prophet 08 demos? I'm considering this board but the demos I've heard don't sound anywhere near as good as the Andromeda demos I've heard. Maybe recording some Prophet 08 demos with an outboard reverb unit would do the trick!
Or maybe I need to listen to some andromeda demos without any effects to keep me patient.
I found the opposite to be honest.
the only Andy demo that sounds half way decent is this
I am going to try out the P8 on Friday. My A6 was supposed to be in store this week... we'll see. They aren't selling the demo models either so I'll be stuck waiting a while longer.
Question is, should I choose sound or function?
I already have the beginnings of a modular... _________________ My DIY and Instrument addiction blog.
Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 164 Location: Burbank, CA
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:18 pm Post subject:
I had zero interest in a P08 originally but it's a pretty nice sounding synth (at least from those demos). I may pick one up in the future but I'm not about to sell my Andromeda for one.
I like the Andy sound, I liked sound of the Prophet 600 I had.
so far I like the demo's I've heard of it, though tipplers seems to be better engineered than most.
Most A6 demo's don't have much in the way of "mastering" the 2nd link you posted sounds nice though the sounds there are no where near the experience of the A6 and I think most synths VA and analogue could do a pretty good job at those.
I really like the sound of those Curtis chips...... I'd have bought a poly Evolver if it was 8 voice. _________________ My DIY and Instrument addiction blog.
i got an update from my retailer stating that the A6 shipment has been delayed once again. Theyre saying that the next batch won't be ready untill December.
noticed that in the recent and last (1/2 years and received today) catalogues of the big "music store in germany" the a6 wasn't mentioned anymore. on the website it stands:on order
? is it still newly available or has the would be story at last ended ?
if a good secondhands for a fair price would arrive , i would also maybe consider it. or otherwise the polyevolver+expension ??
anybody..
I cant understand what has happened I ordered my A6 and got it in a month, I played the P08 today for the third time as well as the SE CODE and must say the P08 is cool, but I feel the A6 is way more powerful.
The CODE as much as I wanted one is just OK for me, I think I am SEMed out, I hav a MKS 80 vers 4 which is huge fat and dirty
Joined: May 08, 2007 Posts: 218 Location: Pittsburgh, USA
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:13 pm Post subject:
analogstndrpusy wrote:
i got an update from my retailer stating that the A6 shipment has been delayed once again. Theyre saying that the next batch won't be ready untill December.
Man, that stinks. The last I heard was still "Sometime in October".
I did some checking of a couple online retailers. One is still showing a delivery date of Nov 8, another is showing Dec 18. The rest just say "on backorder".
I was hoping to get to play with mine some this winter. I'm thinking about getting a SLMS (www.musicfromouterspace.com) to tide me over, in case the A6 doesn't show up until some time next year.
And I'm starting to consider going and playing a PEK and a P08 just to
see how they sound in person. I haven't given up yet, but it's been six months since I placed my order.
The local dealer I ordered it thru said that last year they had that problem getting IONs --- They had a customer who ordered an ION and it took almost exactly one year to ship.
don't understand why numark don't react to the rumours and just clears the air a bit by saying what's going on or presumably going to happen.
this way it gives a rather amateuristic impression, to mho
? is this arrogance or incompetence, after all we talk about Customers who are willing to spent a lot of money now and maybe also in futher.
( maybe i'm too oldfashioned in my views ??)
Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 164 Location: Burbank, CA
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:47 pm Post subject:
sunny pedaal wrote:
don't understand why numark don't react to the rumours and just clears the air a bit by saying what's going on or presumably going to happen.
Because Numark doesn't care about anything outside of their core business (DJ equipment). Synths are an annoyance that they got stuck with...in my opinion...
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