Micron

loren! · Post by **loren!** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:08 am

Any thoughts on the Alesis Micron synth?
I may buy. anything better?

hugolp · Post by **hugolp** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:25 am

I was thinking on buying it too. But I cant decide between the Micron or the MicroKorg. Any recomendation?

Hugo

futureproof · Post by **futureproof** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:49 am

Id be willing to bet the micron sounds better....go try them out.

noisetonepause · Post by **noisetonepause** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 11:17 am

Micron has a sequencer and MIDI phrase looper. Handy.

-Paws

montrealbreaks · Post by **montrealbreaks** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 6:58 pm

noisetonepause wrote:Micron has a sequencer and MIDI phrase looper. Handy.

-Paws

I am a big fan of these things... I have played with them in music stores a few times, getting kicked out after an hour or so.

Anyways, one issue to consider is without the software editor, they would be NIGHTMARES to program. Not a big deal for us computer users, but for a lot of musos, that's a dealkiller.

Second, it has a higher than normal MIDI information bit rate, I think 12 or 14 bits for all it's CC messages. Not that it's a good controller with only two sliders, a wheel and three knobs, but it won't work properly with most other MIDI gear (other than the ION). I don't know about RECEIVING midi, if it has some sort of bit converter...

BUT, they do sound sweet, and look cool too.