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>Glad to be of service. ;)
> On Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at 11:18 PM, Mike Metlay ++ Atomic City
> wrote:
>>> I've had my Xpander for a little over a decade (if we're keeping
>>> count).
>> Hah! Youngster. :)
>
> That made my day ;-)
> The models may sound closer to the real thing (and they DO have goodI have owned a Juno 60 and a Juno 106 and a Bit One and a Polysix; none of
> mod routings)-
> But I must say I like DCOs- the 3 DCO synths I've owned (Juno 60,
> Matrix 1000, and Bit one) were wonderful.
> - and I've always been a fan of the PPG and Prophet VS (Digital OSCI've owned four VSes and two Waldorfs, and have done albums with everything
> into VCF).
>> I don't think it will happen, I'm afraid. The AN1x, the PL card, andAw shucky darns, I could have answered that one with a really long list...
>> the AN200 did okay up to a point, but I don't think they generated
>> enough sales to warrant a lot more work on Yamaha's part. Analog
>> modeling seems to be more the province of the small eggsnatching
>> companies than the big hulking behemoths. All the more reasons to
>> treasure the AN1x as the watershed machine it is.
>
> Welcome to wishful thinking (Population : just me).
> Synth history says you're probably correct.
> How many great instruments were never taken to the next level because
> of poor market performance ? ( rhetorical ).
> Love those classifications- (what's the third one?)No, Alesis is a post-buyout company. That's happened to a lot of keyboard
>
> 1. Hulking behemoths : Roland, Korg, Yamaha
> 2. Eggsnatching companies: Clavia, Waldorf, Access, Novation,
> Quasimidi & Redsound
> 3. Other: Emu, Akai, Kurzweil, Kawai
>
> I suppose Alesis is now an "eggsnatcher" since they have released a
> modeling synth.
>> Kind of funny how it all works out; on the cover of the November 1997Well, and the fact that in comparison to the other machines it was perceived
>> RECORDING Magazine, we had a shot of the Korg Z1, the Kawai K5000S,
>> the Roland JP-8000, and the Yamaha AN1x floating in space (a real
>> photo, not Photoshop, and an amazing setup job it was too!).
>
> Just took a peek at that cover ("Return of the Knob"- I like the title).
> The AN1X just doesn't LOOK like much- The Nord and JP8000 look great.
> I think this is one reason the AN1X was kind of an underdog (and
> overlooked at first).
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