The PLG150 is a great sounding board and having both a PLG150 and the
AN1x, I think the PLG150 sounds better. That said, I prefer having the
AN1x though.
The PLG150 has one option the AN1X does not: cross modulation. This is
probably why I prefer the PLG150 sound to the AN1X.
I once had two PLG150s in a CS6X (which I no longer have as well).
My biggest problem with the PLG150 is that it is not fully accessable
from within its host. Just as someone else already mentioned, there
are only certain parameters you can access, and for those like Cutoff,
you're only applying an "offset" to the patch's preset value.
Even with the Doepfer, you still need to send the PLG150 sysex to
change most parameters like the filter type or osc type. And this is
accomplished via the editing software that comes with the PLG150.
Further, even if you could easily access all the parameters, the patch
still needs to be stored, and the PLG150 has no facility itself to
store changes made on it.
With the CS6x you could have it autoload a patch bank upon bootup
which is what I would expect from the S03, but I had intermittant
problems with the CS6X actually loading the file.
There are other issues to consider: the PLG150 will use the S03's
audio output, and if you're doing any multitracking you'll need to
solo the midi track to the PLG150 to record it. An AN200 at least is a
stand-alone audio feed you can effect separately from your S03.
If you get the An200, you also get its rhythm section and AMW samples
along with the PLG150. I have heard that the PLG150 is inside an AN200
but I couldn't tell you for sure if it's the exact card.
Because of what I found to be too many limitations of the PLG150, I
ended up
trading both to a guy for a AN1x.
I couldn't be happier!
Good luck with your decision.
--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "harambeuk" <harambeuk@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I joined this group cause I played around with a PLG150AN in a CS6X at
> a friend's studio and I was really impressed with the sounds.
>
> I'm trying to trim my live setup from three keyboards (Nord Electro
> 73, Yamaha S30 and Alesis Micron) to two, so I need to replace the
> Micron's sounds. I'm thinking of either getting a AN200 or installing
> the PLG150AN card in my S30 and controlling it with a Doepfer Pocket
> Control or similar. I understand that I also have the option of
> removing the PLG card from the AN200 and putting it in the S30.
>
> Do you think one option is much better than the other? Is there a
> significant difference in sound quality depending on where the PLG
> card is housed? Can I control all of the main parameters (i.e.
> envelopes, filter, OSC wave) of the PLG card via MIDI and the S30's
> controls?
>
> Many thanks,
> Milt
>