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Hi Denis

Thank you for your positive feedback. I would like to know, how you change a sound like watcher for your taste. For example EQ parameters and Filter settings to adapt it to your audio system.
A mellotron sound is very critical. The latest version was ok for some JBL Controle one but a little bit to sharp for my Dynacord 12/2.
Therefore i incrased the Filter function of Modulation Wheel from -3 to -5. Already updated in the list.
The sounds using typical detuning with FM, Free EG and Random Scene detune. Is it to much ?
Of course if you make it all too moderate you will loose the typical mellotron sound.
BTW: I also use the Digial Delay as a comb Filter and Phase Error source.
The delay Parameters change the sound very drastical. You can adapt wih Delay level too.

Actually i finished the Solina emulation and i think i found some good Mini Moog settings. Its no problem for the AN1x to sound very fat e.g. as a minimoog. You just have to choose feedback between 50 and 80 and edge around 105-115.
BTW: What means fat ? Its the relation of the low mid and high frequency band of the signal. Of its Fourier Transformation. In a fat sound the low frequency is a little bit emphased and thats the reason, that e.g. a minimoog SAW has no straight lines but like an sine wave thats added.
I dont know any other synthesizer only An1x that can reproduce this continiously via feedback and edge parameter. Unfortunatly you cant controle it using an oszilloscope, because AN1X waves are like CS80 waves build up out of phase. So you have to use your ears or an spectral analyzer instead of your eyes. Its better to trust your ears :-)
( Like spectral analyzer they cant detect phase of overtones too)

Ok, its possible to emulate nearly any vintage or actual VA machine with AN1x. Any Nord Lead any Waldorf, anything. Absolutely no problem. And AN1X filters are great.
There is only one problem. An1x has a "malfunction" in the high frequenzie band. Especially if you increase the feedback parameter high frequenzies are damped out. Thats similar to real analog machines. Last polyphonic Synthies, also digital of the 80's had damped waveforms too.
A Jupiter 8 or Juno 60 sounds warm because its waves are damped in high frequenzies.
And An1x is even more damped. Reason seems to be tecnical. Its producing some alasing effects, ranging up to 10 or 12 kHz and damping that frequenzies. You can see it with an sperctral analyzer.
And in former tims i had always the fealing that An1x sounds too warm, too unbrilliant.
Reducing feedback to silly values is no solutioen.
Its better to make a correction with the effect section. Not optimal but it works.
Using EG, Delay Combing or even Aural Exiter. Except combing I dont like all this things very much, but you can push up the An1X frequencie range in cases he should also sound fat too.

Best regards.
richy

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