Hi Jeff!
Yes, sure. You can play many different sounds/old machines on one machine.
I have had an Emu Ultra and I found myself playing around with locker,
synth, other famous digital synth (Roland D70 etc.,.,) presets. Hmmm?
Well, even that. Jupiter 8 sounds through a capable dig.synth can be played
as pads, strings and so, but making analogue sequences with them, let's say
eighth and sixteenth notes is not sounding good (memory effect :-)).
The An1x is more various and give me more as a digital-synth. Even very good
for fast, groovy and snappy sequences.
You can compare very good: Records vs. CD. Records sound more precise and
with much more headroom. The same goes to good Organs - their whining
(leslie etc.) sounds better, with more undefineable headroom. Well, harder
to play.... but that's it.
My Organ for example: When you press a note, you can hear three voices, one
after the other, till fully pressed down. Velocity? No, but similar and
never be reached in such a timing (just electric - ~300.000km/sec) with
digital (MIDI) stuff. Possible, but not the same :-) [harder to play! But,
and easier as well :-) Music!!?]
Yes, of course, such big beasts are not affordable for everyone, place and
etc...
Smaller Organs (Wurlis etc..) can do as well. Well, they are mostly
restictred to a specific sound, but.
I cannot understand why companies, like Hammond, are sleeping on their
efforts are building one useless dig.organ after the other. Overpriced, of
course. Economy?
:-)
Kind Regards,
Daniel Mandic
P.s: AN1x is making good pipe-sound, indeed. Ten-note polyphony... what a
great synth!!
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: "Jeff" <
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An: <
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Gesendet: Freitag, 1. September 2006 21:41
Betreff: Re: [AN1x] The Virtues Of Our Beloved Boards
> Hi Daniel !
> these guys were arguing about the ability (or not) of the AN1X to
> produce organ sounds. Not pipes, but the vintage electronic organs such
> as the famous Hammond or Wurlitzer keyboards.
> I agree with you , but everybody cannot afford a "real" organ or simply
> has enough room at home to store a grand piano, a "400 punds, full wood,
> 2-manual" organ,an "all valve - full stack" Marshall (not to mention the
> vintage Strat once owned by Hendrix himself)∗ and a lot of other
> instruments....
>
>>You are the slave of the sound.
>>
> Absolutely not !! For the reasons above , and because it is quite
> impossible to "re create" sounds recorded 20 or 30 years ago with the
> limitations of yesterday gear. Photography and painting are 2 different
> things .... admit that there is no totally perfect emulation and let's
> create your own sound, with your own perception of what "could be" an
> organ or the famous Hendrix Strat ....
> Cheers !
> J.F.
> ∗I'm a guitar player too, and the same "battle" is raging in the guitar
> world .... tube amps vs solid state amps, digital modelling and multi
> effect vs a simple stomp box!