Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.Update via Mr. Array in the comments:
"They are still in production. They get produced in small runs and then sold off to their dealers.
As far as why there was no rack version, you can blame Numark for that. Alesis designed an Andromeda rack, as well as a 3-octave, 8 voice, "cocktail" version of the Andromeda. Numark killed both products when they acquired Alesis because the brain dead idiot who runs that company thought that they would only be able to sell a "few hundred" Andromedas.
Also, the custom chips made for the Andromeda are the only in-house technology which Alesis has not liscensed out to other companies. So they dont/didnt want to expand on the Andromeda product line, nor do they want anyone else to do anything with the technology either. Idiots."
Question for the group: is the Andromeda still in production? I hear various stories. Sweetwater still has it in their catalog, but I have been told third-hand (I know...) that people who have tried to order one have been told it is "out of stock".
ReplyDeleteStocks are running low.
ReplyDeleteMine may be for sale.
I love it, but I need space.
Gonna try some rack-mount modules.
Zen empty space.
doktor: Drop me a note if you decide to sell it. I might be interested, depending on how my finances work out over the next six months. You can click on my name and get my email from my web page.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why Alesis never made a rack mount version?
They are still in production. They get produced in small runs and then sold off to their dealers.
ReplyDeleteAs far as why there was no rack version, you can blame Numark for that. Alesis designed an Andromeda rack, as well as a 3-octave, 8 voice, "cocktail" version of the Andromeda. Numark killed both products when they acquired Alesis because the brain dead idiot who runs that company thought that they would only be able to sell a "few hundred" Andromedas.
Also, the custom chips made for the Andromeda are the only in-house technology which Alesis has not liscensed out to other companies. So they dont/didnt want to expand on the Andromeda product line, nor do they want anyone else to do anything with the technology either. Idiots.
I haven't heard of the cocktail synth before and the rack was just a wish list from customers if I remember correctly. What's your source Mr. Array? Just curious if this is all indeed true.
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ReplyDeleteThe former head of marketing from Alesis made a post about it not too long ago on Harmony Central.
WTF!! I would kill for a 3 octave 8 voice Andromeda!
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