Hello !
"but a little inner voice keeps saying 'chain them together into a 15-note-poly AN supersynth, you tosser'"
I think it was Yamaha's start idea, the AN 200 could be seen in a sense as an "AN1x expander", adding some more voices and a rythm track. And unless you only play back MIDI files you need at least one keyboard . The AN1x one is not the worst i've seen on a synthesizer...
First AN1x MIDI out -> AN200 MIDI in : you cannot go wrong.
Then check your MIDI implementation charts for both machines and /or use a "MIDI filter" to cancel unwanted incoming messages (program change or control). In "local OFF" mode your AN1x performs like a master keyboard without any sound engine inside : you can play the AN200 only. On another hand in this mode the sound engine of the AN1x can be controlled only by some incoming external MIDI data, assuming they are on the same MIDI channel.
Try it ! MIDI is purely digital, if one synth "crashes" do what you do with your computer : turn it OFF and ON again. There is no risk for the hardware.
Cheers
J.F.
> Message du 10/08/09 01:30
> De : "dcm12353"
> A : AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com
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> Objet : [AN1x] AN1x driving AN200 - or vice versa? Or not?
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> > Hello board,
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> I was so impressed with my AN200 I couldn't wait to acquire its big brother. Now I'm wondering how best to deploy them...
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> Keep them apart?
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> AN1x drives AN200? [seems a bit random and wonky, also a waste of the AN200's midi clock send/receive, shurely?]
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> AN200 drives AN1x? - yeah, drives it mad [albeit in very interesting ways].
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> Much manual reading and swotting up leaves me no wiser than before - except there are quite major differences between these boxes' capabilities and implementations, despite their common underlying technology.
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> What would ∗you∗ do with them? And, er, how?
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> At the moment I'm thinking to run them on separate midi ports, until I assemble a selection of sounds they can share/contrast with each other nicely, but a little inner voice keeps saying 'chain them together into a 15-note-poly AN supersynth, you tosser'.
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> So rude...tch.
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