andromeda old / new version?

pflosi · Post by **pflosi** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:22 am

anyone has an idea which serial number separates the old from the new andromeda versions?

urgetoplay · Post by **urgetoplay** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:56 am

There's an old and a new version ? What changed?
Or are you talking about batch numbers for the Andy's that had problems a few years back ( IIRC there was no discernible patern)

pflosi · Post by **pflosi** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:20 am

hmm i'm not sure what they changed exactly. afaik something's new after they got into production again (in 2007 i think...?). mine likes to drift in pitch, so i'd want to know if it's an old or new one... it needs to warm up for about half an hour and then has to be autotuned, then it works fine... rather vintage style for a new synth...

Synthaholic · Post by **Synthaholic** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:42 pm

All Andromedas drift, that's just the nature of VCOs. If it's stable after it's warmed up and autotuned, you should be fine.

I find with mine, as long as I wait until it's fully warmed up (on 30-45 minutes) before autotuning, it's stable enough that I can go a month or two before running autotune again. If you tune before it's warmed up, it'll drift out of tune as it warms up, instead of drifting into tune. I have background tuning off, and (IIRC) temperature tuning on.

Some Andys made around the 2007 timeframe had tuning issues due to a bad batch of chips, but other than that, there are no real "version" differences.

pflosi · Post by **pflosi** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:01 pm

thanks synthaholic. i dont think mine has bad chips...

i guess i'll just have to live with the warm up time. that synth is worth it!

cheers

Synthaholic · Post by **Synthaholic** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:55 pm

pflosi wrote:thanks synthaholic. i dont think mine has bad chips...

i guess i'll just have to live with the warm up time. that synth is worth it!

cheers

Absolutely! If it had nice stable DCOs it wouldn't be half the synth it is...

I think drift is most noticeable on dual-VCO polysynths, since there are two VCOs per voice and when one drifts relative to the other it's a lot more noticeable than on a single-VCO synth like your Polysix for example. And drift is more apparent on a polysynth than a monosynth, just due to the fact that there are more VCOs in there that can drift and need to be tuned.

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