Is the cowbell in it good? (Serious question, really!) No. The WaveDrum can generate a wide range of sounds, but it is still limited by its physical characteristics. If you move too far away from what it actually is - An electro-acoustic Djembe - the sounds loose realism. What most people forget is...

How programmable is it? There's a deep level of editing but the user interface is awful. One rotary encoder, 5 multi function buttons and a 3 digits display is all you get to edit hundreds of parameters. The first level of editing - "EDIT 1" - is relatively straightforward. It allows you to select ...

I hear Firewire interfaces are better but i wouldn't know. Anyone know any good brands in my price range? Should i buy new or used? pros cons? Firewire is not better than USB. These a just data transfer interfaces, choosing one or another doesn't affect performance or audio quality. The only releva...

Please tell me they still have Z-Plane filters.. and that they made it like a proteus2000/command station but that can also load samples? It has nothing of this. Just check the manual... It's ROMpling in its most basic form. This synthesizer offers a static set of samples (64MB of the old proteus l...

If you want to play isolated voice, just initialize a performance and load in it a single voice. It will sound as it is, without filtering or effects.

I will get one, for sure. I'm not longer interested in creating beats with sequencers or by cutting together loop samples. I've been doing this for ages and I have reached a dead end. These days I try to perform everything. No sequencing, no editing, no looping. I Just hit record and play. I only re...

Thanks for these little demos balma

The first one is truly hypnotic. I love evolving sounds: hit one key, turn a few knobs and the journey begins... This is what makes synthesizers really unique. You'll never be able to do the same soundscapes with any other instruments.

I like it. $50 is nothing.

We need more fun and cheap little instruments.

You could consider the DOEPFER Dark Energy . It's fully analog, with controllers and knobs for every features. It's a very simple synth, fun to use. It can sound really aggressive and raw. It has only a single oscillator but the dual LFO, the Frequency and Pulse Width modulation makes it really expr...

Fair points. However; could a fan really be needed for cooling down the components? Take the Korg Triton for instance - a powerful synth with 7 effect processors vs the A5000's six. The Triton Extreme also has no fan afaik, and it has even more features under the hood (vacuum tubes etc). Yes, but a...

Thanks for sharing your impressions man-009

man-009 wrote:I heard that Alesis helped in making this synth

... is an understatement. Alesis made this synth. It's a Micron in a different package.

The difference between the A4000 and A5000 is the polyphony (x2 for the 5000), multitimbrality (x2 for the 5000) and amount of effects (x2 for the 5000) . The extra processors will increase the heat by a few degree. In any case I wouldn't deactivate the fan. Would you deactivate a fan in your comput...

Thank for the link!

I like it a lot.

I would like it even better if you could stretch it a little bit, if it would build itself slower... right now it feels a bit compact/busy.

You could maybe consider a longer edit, as a bonus

Very nice, anyway.

Nice :) The dark noisy bass sounds lovely. I also like all the sound effects in the background. It's great sound design/programming =D> The high pitched arpeggio could fade out at one moment, to create a pause in the track and to let other instruments emerge. I like the kicks, but I think they would...