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ALESIS Micron

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ALESIS Micron Digital Synthesizer + step sequencer by ALESIS

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Digital Synthesizer
ALESIS Micron
built in 2003
8 Voices / Stimmen 8x Multitimbral
Memory / Speicher large
estimated value / Gebrauchtwert 400 € (not rare)
Tech pwm hard+soft sync ring fm algorithms
subtractive digital hybrid tech: no
Waves morph saw-tri pulse sine noise
3 OSCs - info © sequencer.de
2 Filter lpf hpf bpf notch vocal self reso 2-8 Pole
2 LFOs pulse sine tri saw random
3 ENVs 3x ADSSR
Ctrl/Trig midi controller
49 Keys repond to AT/VEL velocity aftertouch
Arpeggiator yes Sequencer step sequencer

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	like Ion but with cute seuencer for performance and smaller..	Wie Alesis Ion, aber mit sehr nettem Performance-Sequencer und kleiner..
Tec
	cool Sample and Hold unit, a Real one - LFOs are VERY fast (1khz), all OSC waves can be set in symmetry. routings for sync and FM with 3 OSCs (hard/soft), LFO are being routed in the mod-matrix and the waveform is set in the matrix, too! real cool sequencer with something like step-chase light for performance with split sections..	Sample and Hold Einheit (eine richtige), sehr schnelle LFOs bis 1khz. OSC-wellenformen können in der Symmetrie eingestellt werden. Verschaltungen bei Sync (hard/soft) und FM mit 3 OSCs (!), LFOs werden in der Matrix geroutet und haben erst dort eine Wellenform. netter Sequencer, der an einen Lauflicht-Stepper erinnert.. wirklich klasse!
Use
	nice FX but always with some plastic in it.. very cool performance and fun machine	FX ohne Ende, allerdings mit reichlich VA-Plastikschwurbel.. sehr spassiger sequencer für kleine performances, sogar mit split und "bergleit"-sequencer (im wirklich besten sinne!)
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	micron (3okt keys), ion (5okt)	micron (3okt keys), ion (5okt)

alesis micron vs. ion

micron

alesis micron (+ compare ion / micron)
same as ion but with nice kind of one-finger-sequencer with programming on the display.. it's a small synth but it works..
the structure is 3 OSCs and 2 fast LFOs (1khz), modmatrx and 2 filters with some "emulations" of filter types: jupiter, moog, oberheim and formant filter types are available. well, it's still a VA and so you should not expect it to replace a moog or jupiter.. but it isn't a bad sound!!! it has 8 voices.
ION vs. MICRON: the micron has the same engine but a 3oct. keyboard and horizontal wheels. when you edit a sound you have to choose "OSC" on the keypad and press the button, then you can go to a specific OSC parameter (like OSC1 pitch) using the dial.. click again on the knob and you can select another OSC parameter..

there is an ARP'er (ion) and a little sequencer (micron) on board, more for the rhythmic part of your life.. but it is there! some sort of motion recording for controllers is there ,too.
the micron also has a SEQUENCER which is prette close to TR-type step - for rhythm and melody stuff .. step and realtime. for it's small display this is a real cool user interface. the ion has no sequencer aboard. it lets you make sets to play rhythms and melodies instantly.. just by playing.. incl latch mode.

the structure is very different from a microkorg, but it may be theeeee competitor for it.. well, the micron has the more powerful engine and double voices and multimode... (4 slots).. well, I'd say it is quicker on a microkorg to program it and to find the parameters on stage.. but the micron has a full size keyboard and the more flexible sound engine..
of course there is OSC sync and FM aboard and also those 20 filter types..
modmatrx has 12 slots with 114 sources and 78 destinations..
FX: 2 master FX and one per voice in one slot (so it's 4)
vocoder 40 bands.

audio inputs are available in both..

ALESIS MANUFACTURER INFO:

strange, they always had real usable things, they invented the ADAT recorders and a series of well known FX boxes. the best known one and now discontinued is the 16 voiced real analogue Andromeda, which drew much more attention to Alesis as a synth manufacturer who instroduced VA synths later. today they changed more to the DAW kind of products which are still interesting like more affordable CC boxes for DAW and Mixing. after the release of Andromeda they went into insolvency and where bought by Numark, the DJ mixer company and the A6 dropped the price but the Andro team was fired. anyway it was the most remarkable product of Alesis ever made. there's no other 16 voice poly synth of that complexity around and will sooner or later be mentioned along with the Jupiter 8, the Matrx 12 or the Prophet 5. So thanks to Dave Bryce and Mike Peake (and others) for struggeling to make it real and hope there will be a second generation "Andromeda" incl. 3 Octave, Desktop and Rack Verison with faster LFO as they all wish.
Official Int. URL : http://www.alesis.com

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LEGEND (english)..
1) the structure on layered synths with combination algorithms (layers that interact like on Rolands JV and JD Serie) will add, so if each layer has one LFO it will be displayed as 4 LFOs - on drummachines all envs will counted in: means: if there are 6 parts with Decay you will find 6 ENVs plus 6xD in the Database.. on nwer groovemachines it stands for ALL so ANY parts has decay then..
2) if the machine accepts midi controllers CTRL will read -midi controller-, if it's real time sysex it will read -midi sysex-
3) on drum machines any voice pad will count as one voice, so the xbase is 3 voice with 3 OSCs.. in fact EACH drum sound is one OSC in my database. so if you sort -OSC-wise drum machines will be listed first.
4) if it's a synth family some versions may only differ in keyboard or rom size, you'll find most of them under -versions- and tech text. general: multi of course tells the number of DIFFERENT sounds at the same time, so duophonic is still one, splitable keyboards are 2times multi and most newer ones are 16times multi.. AT/VEL tells if the machine actually has pads or keys that respond to velocity or aftertouch or poly-pressure (pressure instead of aftertouch), some machines accept dynamics externally, so this refers to the pads and keys on the box.. images can always be enlarged by clicking on them!
the old site section can be reached via the links after selecting a manufacturer and Synth.. (-more- link!)

LEGENDE (deutsch)..
1) es wird bei Layerstrukturen, die miteinander interagieren alles aufaddiert. bei offenen layers wird nur ein layer angegeben, so kommt es dazu, dass bei einigen instrumenten zB 1 oder 2 LFOs pro Stimme, bei anderen 8 LFOs pro gesamtlayer zustande kommen wie bei den JV und JD Synthesizern von Roland (da hier Ringmod und Filter unterschiedlich gerouted sind!!) - bei den Huellkurven werden auch die von Drummachines angezeigt, zB wenn es 6 parts mit decay gibt sind das 6xD typ 6 ENVs.. steht es nur ein mal da gilt es pro part oder fuer alles zusammen!
2) wenn der Synthesizer midi controller versteht, steht das auch so hinter -Ctrl-, wenn er in SysEx realtime-steuerbar ist steht midi sysex da, nur midi bedeutet keine komplette echtzeitsteuerung weit ueber ein paar standardcontroller hinaus..
3) bei drummaschinen und grooveboxen zaehle ich jeden drumsound als Oszillator, daher werden viele Drummachines immer oben stehen ,wenn man nach OSC-Anzahl sucht. Wenn es also 10 Drumpads gibt, steht unter OSCs 14, sofern er das auch wirklich gleichzeitig wiedergeben kann.
4) hin und wieder gibt es eine Synthesizerfamilie,die sehr aehnliche Daten hat, dann stehen sie zusammen und die Versionen unten drin , Keyboardgroessen oder Rom-Groessen stehen an entsprechender Stelle im Text. generell: multi gibt an, wie viele unterschiedliche sounds gleichzeitig moeglich sind, duophonie bleibt also bei 1fach, splitbarkeit waere 2fach multitimbral und neuere sind idR 16fach multitimbral. AT/VEL sagt, ob es anschlagdynamik oder Aftertouch ueber interne moeglichkeiten gibt, speziell bei drummachines ist nur velocity da, wenn die pads auch dynamisch sind! intern sind viele maschinen dennoch dynamisch. pressure bedeutet poly-pressure, haben nur wenige! Bilder koennen immer durch click vergroessert werden!
die alten site sektionen findest du nachdem du einen synthesizer (zuerst hersteller) ausgewaehlt hast.. der -more- link fuehrt dich dann hin..