In Reply to: Andromeda is now here! posted by ferd on February 01, 2000 at 18:35:53:

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: The *Official* Alesis Andromeda specs have just been released:
: 61 keys

: 16 voice true analog synthesizer

: 2 oscillators per voice, with sub oscillators, hard and soft sync, and ring mod per voice

: 2-pole multimode resonant filter (Oberheim SEM style) plus 4-pole lowpass resonant filter (Moog style) per voice

: Three 7 stage envelopes, with 9 different slopes available -per stage-

: Three multi-wave LFOs with variable waveshapes and phase

: 144 buttons

: 72 knobs

: 16 channel multitimbral

: Industrial design by Axel Hartmann (who does most of the Waldorf stuff)

: Large 640 x 240 graphic display

: CV inputs for oscillator, filter

: External audio inputs

: 20 outputs - 2 main, 2 aux, 16 individual mono (8 TRS jacks)

: Arpeggiator and analog-style step sequencer

: Everything on the front panel transmits MIDI

: Onboard 24 bit digital effects, plus analog distortion circuit

: Large ribbon controller

: 256 presets, 128 user, plus card slot for program expansion.

: Flash memory OS - upgrading the OS is as simple as downloading a MIDI file, and playing it into the synth.

: The official ship date and price of Andromeda are TBD.