Has anyone got an Alesis Micron?
I bought one last month but I'm sending it back as it's quite noisy and the O.S is from September 2004!
I only have to turn the volume up to halfway and I can hear it humming.
I'm a bit p***ed of as well as I bought Microzune micron editor of Ebay. So I now have no Micron but still got the editor.
Has anyone had to update their Micron or have any issues with noise, bugs?
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SammyJames
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Re: alesis micron
No, but I did own a Micron for about two days. I couldn't stand trying to program the damned thing. It didn't sound THAT good either. I think that you made the right choice. Just chalk it up to experience and look for something better.
I wish that Alesis would get back to releasing more cool drum machines like they did back in the 1980s. Those were the best products that they ever released -- the HR 16 and 16 B. The 16 is still a classic, and I might consider buying one again if I found it cheap enough.
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I wish that Alesis would get back to releasing more cool drum machines like they did back in the 1980s. Those were the best products that they ever released -- the HR 16 and 16 B. The 16 is still a classic, and I might consider buying one again if I found it cheap enough.
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Re: alesis micron
it's a real shame because I actually liked the sound and the features on it. But alesis costumer support in the UK is absolutely crap.
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HR-16 rulez! As does Quadraverb +... agh, these were the times!
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Yeah. I remember well using the Gated Snare and tuning it up +15. That always got that great, "Fine Young Cannibals" sound.
And I owned a Quadraverb. THE ORIGINAL Quadraverb. My god... that thing sounded fantastic. For some weird reason -- I swear -- the damned Lexicons are supposed to sound better -- but not to me they don't. What I mean is that the QV had this smokey, filter-laden sound. They probably had to filter it big-time, because I know that their chips weren't that good. But they got this haunting quality, a lo-fi sort of vibe. The delay was the best too -- I liked the ping-pong presets best.
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And I owned a Quadraverb. THE ORIGINAL Quadraverb. My god... that thing sounded fantastic. For some weird reason -- I swear -- the damned Lexicons are supposed to sound better -- but not to me they don't. What I mean is that the QV had this smokey, filter-laden sound. They probably had to filter it big-time, because I know that their chips weren't that good. But they got this haunting quality, a lo-fi sort of vibe. The delay was the best too -- I liked the ping-pong presets best.
- Sammy
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Re: alesis micron
I've had one for the last year, and I love it. I haven't done much programming on it yet (getting there, though), but I loaded it up with Ion patches, and I really appreciate the 40-band vocoder.
It's small, inexpensive and decent sounding (and pretty versatile), so I would recommend another shot at it. I haven't got around to trying Microzune, but I'm used to programming a Kawai K1m and a Yamaha AN1X the old fashioned way, so I'll probably tackle the hardware first.
Alesis support in Canada is pretty shameful, but I've been using an HR16 and MMT8 for about two decades, with one battery change each, and I've been using the Photon X25 for a year and I'm just about to pick up another one (I also had an AirFX for about 7 years, and I just picked up a Multimix 16 USB). Based on my experience with the older gear, I'd bank on getting another Micron.
It's small, inexpensive and decent sounding (and pretty versatile), so I would recommend another shot at it. I haven't got around to trying Microzune, but I'm used to programming a Kawai K1m and a Yamaha AN1X the old fashioned way, so I'll probably tackle the hardware first.
Alesis support in Canada is pretty shameful, but I've been using an HR16 and MMT8 for about two decades, with one battery change each, and I've been using the Photon X25 for a year and I'm just about to pick up another one (I also had an AirFX for about 7 years, and I just picked up a Multimix 16 USB). Based on my experience with the older gear, I'd bank on getting another Micron.