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You need to go to the Utility Control Assign in the matrix and assign SCENE
to MW.

There are 2 inherent insanities about this:
1. Unless the on-board control is assigned to a function, external midi
won't control it. Example - if the mod wheel is not assigned to modulation,
the AN will not respond to an incoming CC1 message (mod wheel).
2. People have uploaded banks of patches all over the web that mess up the
default Control Assignments. (and other stuff like midi channels, device #,
whatever) For instance, there are banks where no parameters are assigned to
any of the 8 knobs. Why someone would disable all of this control makes no
sense to me.

I was making the mistake of using .syx files and loading banks which trashed
my control assignments. Then I came to my senses and started using the AN1x
editor. I'd load a bank to the editor, choose a patch on the AN I could
overwrite, then double click on the patches in the editor one at a time.
That way, only the patch data comes in to the AN. It's a safe way of
auditioning sounds.


Here's the excerpt from the manual about the control assignment function:

Based on settings in the Control Assign function as well as
in the Control Matrix, you can use a single controller to
control one parameter of the internal tone generator and
another parameter of an external MIDI device, both at the
same time. It also lets you determine which device (MW,
FC, etc.) to use for Scene Control (see page 20).
Controllers which can be assigned using the UTILITY
SETUP Control function:
MW - Modulation Wheel
FV - Foot Volume
FC - Foot Controller
FS - Footswitch
RbnX - Ribbon Controller X-axis
RbnZ - Ribbon Controller Z-axis
Knob1~8 - Assign group knobs 1 ~ 8
SCENE - Scene Control controller
Between the Control Assign function (system) knob
assignments and Control Matrix (voice) knob assignments,
you can configure a monster knob control system where
each knob simultaneously controls either the same Control
Change parameter for the internal tone generator as for
an external tone generator, or different parameters for the
internal and external tone generator.
For more information about each parameter, see the separate Data List book.
For
information about the procedure for assigning controllers, see page 95.