alesis micron anyone?

[GothicIndustrial]

I got one nearly two weeks ago, but I haven't had that much trigger time with it yet. My wife just gave birth and I had my first set of finals since I went back to grad school.

Anyway, I like it a lot. It has great filters and is VERY deep. The oscs are good and don't seem to alias up high like the Virus oscillators do. I can't wait to really get into programming it, because the presets are...well...presets. Some of them are decent, but many are too 70's prog rock oriented. Lot's of sounds named after Rick Wakeman, you know?

The engine is great, though. The filters each have their own character and each react differently. The arp filter overdrives with high resonance, the Moog filter pushes out extra bass, the Jupiter filter sounds... uh, Jupitery. It's got two LFO's, 3 envelopes, trackig generators (which I haven't really used or figured out yet).

The effects are nowhere near as good as those on the Virus, but then again the Virus has tremendous effects.

The interface is kind of sucky, but not as bad as a Yamaha FM synth. It's usable, much better than a Korg Prophecy, but not the best interface I've seen. That's what you get at this price point.

Overall, I like the Micron and I want to get into programming it, then maybe I'll fall in love.