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AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry Aiyathurai"
<tuskerfort@h...> wrote:
> I love aspects of the Ion. No stepping. Brilliant bold leads.
> Extremely nice interface and strong mod matrix.
>
> There is one area where I couldn't see myself using it. The
> pads/analog brass department. It's not it wouldn't do those sounds,
> they were pretty brittle sounding. I found that turning down
> resonance and cutoff on a number of factory pads helped them a
great
> deal. So maybe some of it was the programming.
>
Hhmmm, I don't agree - I didn't find the strings or brass to
be 'brittle' at all - quite the opposite actually. What were you
monitoring them through?
> If I traded up, I'd keep the an1x for string pads, deep brassy
pads,
> etc. Or better yet, get an andromeda for them.
BIG price difference between an Andromeda an ION ;-)
Still, there may be a
> way to get those deep warm sounds on the Ion. This was just a first
> impression.
>
> Jerry