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AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "oddangle1 <arcaxis@a...>"
<arcaxis@a...> wrote:
> How is the AN200 as a 5 voice synth module. I've read in this group
> it is very close to or the same as an AN1X in its sound.
Others have alluded to the minor differences in architecture between
the AN1X and the AN200. They tweaked (improved) the AN1X architecture
slightly even though they took out five voices.
There is one other difference I would point out. If you take
a "Unison Mode" an1x patch and use the amp feedback parameter at
about 100 with all the levels (VCA, Osc1 and 2, etc) up, you will
notice that it sounds different when the volume knob is full, than it
does when the volume knob is at 9 o'clock(one quarter full). It's
smokier at higher levels. This is old fashioned analog clipping
that's happening becase of the way the gain stages are set up going
into the (analog) pre-amp. Which is why the volume knob controls the
amount of "smoke".
I believe the gain stages are better matched on the AN200, and you
lose out on this additional source of character.
Regards,
Jerry