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Micron
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:08 am
by loren!
Any thoughts on the Alesis Micron synth?
I may buy. anything better?
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:25 am
by hugolp
I was thinking on buying it too. But I cant decide between the Micron or the MicroKorg. Any recomendation?
Hugo
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:49 am
by futureproof
Id be willing to bet the micron sounds better....go try them out.
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 11:17 am
by noisetonepause
Micron has a sequencer and MIDI phrase looper. Handy.
-Paws
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 6:58 pm
by montrealbreaks
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.