Alesis Andromeda A6
# Alesis Andromeda A6

The Alesis Andromeda A6 (A6 is an acronym: A - A, 6 - SIX, and their consonance corresponds to "ASICs" which is an abbreviation for "Application Specific integrated Circuits") is a 16-voice, 16-channel multitimbral analog synthesizer by Alesis which was released in 2000 and discontinued in 2010. The Andromeda has analog oscillators and filters combined with modern digital control. It can be considered a hybrid of older and newer technologies, but its entire signal path is purely analog. The VCOs have a very practical pitch correction function, a feature missing on other old polysynths. The VCOs have FM and ring modulation and sub-oscillators. These features makes it possible to create a much wider sonic palette than usual on analog polysynths.

## Specifications

* Polyphony: 16 voices
* Oscillators: 2 oscillators (with subs) per voice, 5 waveforms available (sine, triangle, pulse, up saw, down saw)
* Filter: 2-pole multimode resonating filter per voice, 4-pole lowpass resonating filter per voice (32 total)
* Effects: Digital reverberation, chorus, echo, analog distortion, quad pitch-shifting, flange, and more
* Arpeggiator: Up, Down, Up/Down
* Sequencer: 16-step, analog style; both have MIDI sync
* Keyboard: 61 keys (velocity and aftertouch sensitive) and a ribbon controller
* Program Memory: 256 preset and 128 user-defined
* Mix Memory: 128 user-defined
* Memory Card Slot: PCMCIA-format
* Control: MIDI (16-parts)
* Date Produced: March 2001 – 2010
* Dimensions (WxHxD): 40.1" x 4.8" x 16.1" (1019 mm x 122 mm x 409 mm)
