Anticipation Thread: I found it! It's comming! Guess what it is & win a prize.

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Posted by CynepMeH on Mar-16-2004 21:04:

Re: Re: Ladies and Gentlemen, WE HAVE A WINNAH!

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Originally posted by Sirocco
lucky bastard i say! how much did u pay i ask? used?

ill pm u with details since i have no work today. sure hope the andromeda can make some unheard of sounds

You'll get my feedback about Andromeda in the "Production Studio" section of the forum. However, the public is probably curious how did you guess the right answer? Let's hear your success story:

Posted by CynepMeH on Mar-16-2004 21:59:

BTW, Interesting bit of info that will be used to dispell any disputes about "completeness" of the answer:

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from SOS Mag
What's In A Name?
There's been a lot of speculation regarding the Andromeda's name. Is it the A6, or is it the Andromeda? Here's the whole, sad tale...
Recent Alesis keyboard synths have borne a number that refers to the number of keys on the keyboard. Those with 61 keys have a 6 in the name, those with 76 keys have a 7, and those with 88 keys have an 8. It was logical, therefore, that the Andromeda would start life as a 'Something 6'. The engineers liked the idea of using the letter 'A' for analogue, so they ended up calling it the A6.

However, the then-marketing manager of Alesis' synth division (who has since departed) apparently thought that A6 was too impersonal. He also worried that the '6' might mislead players brought up on the Prophet 5 (five voices), the Jupiter 8 (eight voices) and so on. Apparently, he then spent two years trying to think of names. The first of these was 'Velociraptor'. No one liked that... Likewise 'Vogue' (suggested by an Alesis salesman because it rhymes with Moog). Better suggestions included 'Monolith' (with its Arthur C Clarke connotations), and 'Prologue' (Professional Analogue). However, eventually 'Andromeda' (from The Andromeda Strain, a '70s sci-fi movie) struck the right chord, apparently. Female, astronomical, and a disease, all rolled into one.

An attempt was then made to sell this name to the rest of Alesis, but some of the engineers resisted, because they thought that the similarity between the name of the ASIC chips at the heart of the synth and the sound of 'A6' was really funny. Anyway, the President of Alesis was not prepared to adopt either name wholeheartedly, so � citing the Roland JP8/Jupiter 8 as an example, they settled for a compromise.

And that's why it's called the Alesis A6 Andromeda.

Posted by Sirocco on Mar-16-2004 22:00:

it was ur avatar

ive studied the andromeda for awhile and always dreamed of owning one

Posted by CynepMeH on Mar-17-2004 21:24:

quote:
Originally posted by Sirocco
it was ur avatar

ive studied the andromeda for awhile and always dreamed of owning one

Damn, I knew I should have not made it thaaat easy... Oh well, my loss - your gain.

Posted by Sirocco on Mar-19-2004 20:00:

quote:
Originally posted by CynepMeH
Damn, I knew I should have not made it thaaat easy... Oh well, my loss - your gain.

lol we ar enever on AIM at the same time

maybe friday night at 10:30 try to messgae me or any time satorday

Posted by WhooCares on Mar-19-2004 21:13:

what was the point of this whole thing!!

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