The Minimax is pretty nice(I got mine when Nova Musik had them on sale
for $600, I'm not sure I'd buy it for the $800 they're listing at
now), I've never played a real Mini to compare it to, but I did have a
Moog Source for a while and I think the Minimax stacks up favorably
against it.
Biggest drawback is that despite supposedly having 12-note polyphony
the Minimax will get stuck notes really easily if you send it too much
at once (don't know if it's a problem with how they implemented the
polyphony or a problem with the MIDI in general). For instance,
controlling it from the AN1x, if I have the AN1x's sequencer going
then try to play individual notes over top of it the Minimax will
start hanging notes. Without the sequencer going, you can play as many
notes as you like no problem. Also, any attempt to use the AN1x's
arpeggiator will send the Minimax into a stuck-note frenzy. By
contrast, using the AN1x the exact same way to control my old CZ-1000
or my SCI Prophet-600 (probably the most primitive MIDI spec you can
get) I don't have any of these problems. These problems might be
correctable with a firmware upgrade, but the status of
Creamware/SonicCore and the extent to which they will continue to
support the ASB product line seems pretty hazy right now.
So if you just think of the Minimax as a monosynth that can do poly in
very limited, specific way then it's a pretty cool synth.
--Joshua
--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, Jeff <jf.serviere@...> wrote:
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>
> Hello Josh!
> i'm glad that you can do what you wanted to do..
> What's your opinion on the Minimax? Nice ?
> Cheers!
> J.F.