alesis micron - sweet ass analog synth

When I saw the Micron (on the always awesome ‘the oh so quiet show’) my first thought was it looks freaking cool, like something Disney would have dreamed up in 1955 for a world’s fair exhibit on toys of the future.

My next thought was:

“Daaaaang.  That would look swank in Greg’s uber-mod bachelor pad.”

It may look like a retro-cool toy keyboard (albeit one designed for bratty trust fund toddlers by some fancy Swiss design house), but under the hood, it’s a hardcore piece of kit:

The Micron offers continuously variable wave shapes, plus sync and FM synthesis. 16 filter types are included, along with 2 LFOs with multiple wave shapes and sample & hold. The Micron has 8-voice polyphony with 3 oscillators per voice, and is 4-part multitimbral. In addition to a powerful modulation matrix, the Micron offers a programmable step sequencer, arpeggiator, rhythm sequencer for drum kits, and dynamic realtime phrase sequencer, all of which sync to MIDI clock.

Effects include a 40 band vocoder that does not use up any polyphony, 4 drive effects, and stereo bus effects, including reverb. For assignable realtime control, the Micron offers 3 knobs, 2 modulations sliders, and a pitch wheel.

And really, who doesn’t need a little vocoding now and then?

Greg, start your lusting.

Get yours here

PS: “Zzounds” is where I bought my DJ mixer, and I couldn’t be more pleased with the customer service and overall experience.  UM approved.