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Subject: Re: [AN1x-list] "SCENES"

From: "Peter Korsten" <peterk@...>
Date: 2000-07-31

From: "Sayer" <sayerseely@...>


> Scene originally came from the Yamaha CS1x in which you truly could save
two
> sets of knob positions within one patch and then use the mod wheel to
morph
> between them. They were not layers or channels since they were knob
positions
> (contoller settings) and all patches had the ability to save two settings.
>
> They then tried to make the AN1x look the same from the user interface
aspect
> and called it scenes even though they really are two patches or parts
under the
> covers.... I think it boiled down to a marketing scheme... :-)

I think that the phrase "make [it] look the same from the user interface
aspect" can be translated to "we want to use the same ugly box, so we can
skip on costs on that". :)

- Peter