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Subject: re: general questions

From: "spaceanimals" <alciere@...>
Date: 2002-03-18

Keyboard Magazine compared the AN1X with the Roland and Nord.
Keyboard liked the sound of the Yamaha just fine, thought it was a
great value. At the time, aftertouch and 61 keys were rare in a
virtual synth.

My own take on the sound quality. Alone, it sometimes sounds a little
bright, but it sits in the mix really well. Very hard live or
recorded to tell the difference between it and an analog synth. Deep
programming potential. I use it for a master control. My main concern
is the knobs. Don't bump the dang thing-I can't afford a hard shell
case. Bruce on this list has a pretty good alternative to a soft case
that's reasonably priced. The ribbon controller is a great feature,
and the knobs can control midi modules, giving you some nice control
over less user friendly synths.

The AN1X has free eg, essentially a sequencer that can record 4
different knob moves.

The delay and reverb effects aren't bad.

The morph technique is easy. Turn the mod wheel.

It's cheap. It makes wild crazy noises. Far more versatile and more
reliable than the old analog synths. It's light weight. It has a wall
wart power chord, again talk to Bruce about a cheap fix for that. The
ribbon controller is a blast. Deep programming potential. Layer two
sounds from the AN1x together, use the MIDI to trigger another synth
with 4 sounds layered on it, turn on the arpeggiater and you're in
instant weird noise heaven.

My mian complaint with the AN1X is that it seems to exert some weird
kind of time warp effect. I go down and start fiddling with the knobs
and the next thing I know it's two or three hours later.

Rainbow Jimmy
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