--- In AN1x-list@y..., Sayer <sayerseely@y...> wrote:
>
> I have found this topic very surprising also. What do people want with these? I
> have never had the need for them in any of my synths.
>
Hi Sayer,
I'm going to take a stab at your question - this is mostly speculation
on my part...Many of the recent V/A's that were in competition with the
AN1x when it was new, i.e. Roland JP8000, Nord Lead, offered LFO's
which Sync to MIDI Clock - as do many of the more recent models. This
is a popular feature amongst dance orientated musicians as it makes
short work of creating rythmic modulations synchronized to tempo. Since
Yamaha omitted the sync LFO feature from the AN1x, obviously in favor
of the Free EG, I suspect many users would prefer the LFO Speed
represented in Hz as it's relatively easy to calculate tempo from Hz.
The sync LFO feature was also omitted from the A3000 sampler when it
was first released but included in the subsequent OS v2 release. By
that time the AN1x was already appearing at Sam Ash for $499 and the
rest, as they say, is history...
Of course I could be wrong but that's my take on 'why'.
regards,
Jon
p.s. - ever notice the Korg EA/ER boxes have a feature remarkably
similar to the FreeEG where knob movements can be recorded and played
back as part of a pattern? The JP8000 had a comparable feature too -
once something catches on - user's forget how they ever lived without
it ;-)
> Sayer
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