Hi. AN1x is a great synth. I was surprised by the overpriced comment on Nords. I have a Nord G2 engine and at £400 considered it a bargain for a modular synth.
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On 25 Sep 2010, at 09:39, Jeff <jf.serviere@...> wrote:
> Hello !
> if you need another keyboard : AN1x . Very under rated instrument, can
> be cheap second hand, but very impressive despite its limitations (10
> note polyphony, "multi function" knobs). The keyboard itself is good
> too, not to firm but enough, with a good after touch. You can find a lot
> of demos on YouTube. Have a look at :
> http://www.deepsonic.ch/deep/htm/an1x.php
> too.
>
> if you need only an expander : Novation Nova, but a bit too expensive
> and sounds too close to the Obie 12 IMHO.
>
> More "exotic" : Yamaha AN200 or RedSound Elevata. Both are expanders.
> The first one is "half an AN1x packed with a rythm machine". Very funny
> little box, but a bit too limited, more a "groove box" than a standalone
> synth
> http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/an200.php
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> The second is a rare english V.A. synth with its own sound, very "raw"
> and "old school", but it's a "hate it or love it" instrument. Very user
> friendly and flexible, multi timbral and 16 note polyphonic, but it has
> no in board effects, only a basic chorus / phasing, no 4 pole VCF. With
> this one : try it before buy, the sound is very special (of course most
> of the preset sucks, as on most synths...).
> http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/elevata.php
>
> I was very impressed by the Roland JP 8000 but the polyphony is only 8
> note, no after touch....one of the early VAs with the Nord Lead. I never
> tried Korg's VAs...
> Cheers.
> J.F.
>
> somethingkillingyou a écrit :
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>> Hi everyone,
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>> I have some synths, but only one is a VA (OB12)...
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>> now, I think that having another VA in my setup wouldn't hurt...
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>> since there are a lot of VAs out there, what's your advice!?
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>> I was considering an an1x or a korg prophecy...
>> but also the novation nova (for a decent price) could be an option...
>> or an alesis ion... there's also the ms2000...
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>> I won't consider clavia nords, they're too overpriced for what they
>> actually do (limited)... same thing for access virus...
>> waldorf q are out of my price range instead...
>>
>> so what's the best bang for the bucks in term of sound/features?
>>
>> greetings
>>
>> Fabio
>>
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