> I've read reivews on the AN1x where the lack of knobs was
considered
> a sticking point. I find, when fronting a band, between singing and
> all the other madness that the ribbon controller and the mod wheels
> are more than enough to keep track of and using the knobs at all
gets
> hairy. More practice I guess.
I think it's partly a question of pre-arranged variation (where you
know beforehand which parameters you are going to tweak) versus
exploration (where you really are on a fishing expedition). I think
that if you know what timbral change you are going for it's actually
beneficial to have the type of programmable knob the AN1X has, where
you can be changing two or more things with the twist of one knob.
I'd love to hear what owners of 1 knob per function synths (nord
lead, JP8000) think of this issue.
Cheers,
Jerry