Hi
I am the owner of an A4000, and I have to tell you that there are some
things about this machine you should be aware of.
First of all there is a small problem with the knobs on tha A4000. The
technology behind these knobs makes them very fragile. You will discover
that they after a while jumps over several positions when turning them.
Software: There are a few things that are missing. You f.ex. don't have
the option of deleting a program. You can delete the samples, but not the
program. Of course you can just rename the program and use it for something
else, but anyway. Also in the edit-function of the samples, you don't have
the option of deleting something in the middle of a sample. The CUT-option,
as we all know it from other programs. But you get a sample editor with the
purchase of the machine, but then you need a SCSI-card to transfer them to
the A4000, if it is big samples.
And the RAM used in this machine is the old EDO-RAM, so it can be
difficult to find or maybe you will have to pay a lot of money for it. If
you are luck, then maybe you or some friend of yours, have an old PC with
some EDO-RAM in it that works in the A4000. I was lucky to have that, so I
have a lot of RAM in my A4000, without paiyng anything for it =)
I am not trying to say you shouldn't buy the machine, but just trying
to make some info available for you before you purchase it. Also I am not
trying to say it is a bad purchase, because I like it.
Jan
> I have been looking at samplers recently and it would appear that the
> Yamaha A4000 is a good deal, 64 note poly, 4 or 6 outs standard, 96 FX
> types over 3 FX blocks, 16 Filter types, FX etc. Are midi syncable,
> Comes with built in sscsi/IDE for chucking upto an 8gb HDD or a CDRW or
> CDR drive in or Jaz/zip, all for £589 UKp
>
>
> In article <F53aqbC8wSA1XvpFVjC000049eb@...>, Bjrn Standal
> <standal2000@...> writes
> >Hi gang
> >
> >I know we've been through this topic before, but I just need
> confirmation. I
> >see my AN1X standing there with incredible possibillities,
> beautiful sounds
> >and its great keyboard, and then all I can think off is its damn
> monotimbral
> >(bi-timbral at most) shortcomings.
> >Is there a reason for VA's to have less polyphony and timbrality than
> >sampled-based synths? Even the new Supernova 2 only got eight part
> >multitimbrality. It's just enough for basic songs, but I think 16 part
> >multitimbrality is a minimum. Even my trusty DJX got that.
> >
> >I extensively use MIDI (without being a guru, far from it), and in that
> >sense the AN1X is near to useless in complete songmaking as I
> can only use
> >one sound in every song. Sure there must be a way to at least
> use different
> >sounds in a track, albeit not at the same time? Is there
> something like a
> >patch-change command I can send to my AN1X? I use Cakewalk 8.0.
> >
> >Was wondering if I should invest in a sampler so I could sample
> my AN1X and
> >use it as a multitimbral AN1X-emulator. Don't know which
> sampler's got the
> >best filters and effects, though... But that's a whole 'nother story.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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See ya,
Reggie
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