Alesis Andromeda Sounds - Part 3 - Best Pad Machine?

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"Introduced in 2000, the Alesis A6 Andromeda was a real miracle in a music world without modern analog polysynths. All big polyphonic names were no longer in production and only available in the used or vintage market. Some loved the Andromeda, some hated it, most simply didn’t come to know it because of the Alesis name and the lack of music hits featuring this powerful polysynth. The Andromeda can be described equally as a polyphonic instrument and as a polyphonic modular synthesizer. That´s how complex or deep it can be.

The sounds are illustrated with pictures of my own Andromeda. There is no video, because those are old recordings, made long time ago before I started recording videos. The purpose of the recordings was exclusively for personal use, a way to remember sounds I liked. Some recordings may still be useful today in order to get familiar with the sound of the instruments. Some sounds use the internal effects, some use external processing.


Video sections:

00:17 Andromeda pad, Virus TI lead
01:53 Andromeda pad with Small Stone phaser, then with Virus TI phaser
02:46 Andromeda pad
03:14 Onboard analog distortion
03:34 Big PWM lad, without PWM at the beginning of the clip
07:01 Andromeda pad, Waldorf Q melody
08:15 Andromeda pad
09:07 Andromeda pad, Waldorf Q melody
10:32 Andromeda pad with external flanger
11:32 Andromeda pad with external flanger
12:25 Andromeda pad with 2 external phasers
13:12 Andromeda pad with external flanger
13:54 Andromeda pad
14:57 Andromeda pad with external FX
15:56 Andromeda pad with external FX
16:28 Final sequence"