ANX:
well there's a SID inside analogX!
... don't be afraid of the SID!
... ok... I'll stop teasing now
Well, mine scrambled too when I had it actually... don't know why really, but you get around it by powering the unit up, with a certain comb. of keys pressed, to make an initialization of the memory... you'd have to dump all patches into it again though... don't know why it was to unreliable, but maybe because it's Elektrons first project... it's even controlled with a motorola CPU comparable to the one in an AMIGA... in fact they coded the OS on an AMIGA, and transfered it ... They told me so themselves once.
One thing to remember about the SID though is the envelope bug... the AMP envelopes of the three oscillators are buggy, and any other setting where the attack, decay and release are not set to 0, the sound will be sluggish... it can only be prevented by a delay of approx. 25ms which make live playing bad (25ms latency)... but if you sacrifice the AMP env. the SID rocks 100%!
Your mean four 8580R5 right? there is no 8580R4 unless you have something I don't!
Don't worry about me by the way... I'm reasonable in my requests to Thorsten, ... I think
How many mixing channels? ... too few... I've got 16 stereo channels, and 4 stereo AUX returns... all are clogged up with synths and FX units exept for 1 stereo channel and 1 AUX
... I'm actually reaching the limit of my setup very soon... (which is good for my wallet!)
Now with regard to the AOUT module... yeah, it's a nice feature, but I really don't get the hype about the moog or CEM filters... I mean, it's SID for gods sake! it has analog filters, and it's those that is special, and different... take the filters out of the SID chip, and you don't really have a that extrodinary music chip... if I want CEM og MOOG I could buy those (if I had the money)... I think taking those extra filters into the project is a little overkill for my liking, but if someone want it, it's always nice that it's there of course.
A thing I'd rather see with the AOUT is a controlling of a simple amplifier of the SIDs output... with that, you could design an overall AMP envelope to compensate for the SIDs envelope bug... you'd just let the SID get no note-off messages so that the tone keep "ringing", and shape the AMP with a software EG... now THAT I'd like to see, and Thorsten say it's definitely possible... but this is the farthest I will wander out of the SIDs own sound... simply correct a bug, and that's it.
Another thing is, that the AOUT is basically a CV output I guess, so you should be able to control any module on an analog modular synth with this... it does give lots of opportunities...
... but I'll manage somethin'
