Glad to see other people have trouble checking out new synths as
well. Still, new gear isn't always better, and lsitening to an
instrument in a showroom doesn't really give you a clear picture of
what a synth sounds like live. I used the AN1X last night at a
wedding gig. Take a lead sound, turn off the reverb and echo, if
necessary put on the aural exciter and I could cut through three
guitarist a loud drummer and a bass. Also, in a live setting, the
AN1X sounds analog-it may not sound exactly like any specific synth
but it has that sound.
The Vintage Keys module, which sounds awful soloed(god bless those 14
bit samples), sounds great live. I can play one finger leads on the
electric piano setting and hear every note. Cuts right through.
Still, I want a dual manual keyboard with the equivalent of the
Auturia Moog modular, Giga Sampler, B4, and Reason built in-oh yeah,
with 40 gigabytes of samples, drawbars, and a ribbon controller.
Rainbow Jimmy
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