This is a really interesting thread. I would love to hear the different
schemes that people use for assigning knobs on the AN1X.
I don't even play synth live (I play guitar live), so it isn't an issue, but
I would love to have some more control over the sound shaping without having
to get SO into the myriad of buttons and parameters.
Like this scheme, sounds logical....sounds like I can be in my home studio
and devide a sound needs a little more bite and be able to approximate where
to get it.
Another thing....I am on the verge of thinking about possibly trying some
rainy day (there...that ought to be enough qualifiers to actually say "I'll
never do this, but if someone else did it would be great!") to at least make
a list of parameters that are NOT appropriate for the control wheel, and
another of patches that are not appropriate for the ribbon.
Paramters that once changed....you lose the basic sound. THat kind of thing.
This list has been picking up lately, that's really cool.
Jim
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Wahler" <bruce@...>
To: <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [AN1x] Re: knobs
> All,
>
> I think it's a given that the lack of knobs is a sticking point when
programming -- I'd be ripping my hair out without AN1xEdit. During
performance, though, there's something to be said for "less is more." I do
use the knobs a bit, but I find that I tend to group similar functions under
the same knobs; i.e., Knob 1 always modifies the attack of a sound, whether
it be VCF, VCA, PEG, etc.; Knob 6 always adjusts the "treble-ness" of the
sound, though VCF, pulse width, HPF, or whatever; Knob 8 always adds in more
delay and/or more reverb; and so on. That way, when I reach for a knob,
there may be a surprise, but it's usually not a BIG surprise!
>
> At 08:58 PM 9/5/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> >> 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.
>
> Regards,
>
> -BW
>
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