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Hey all,

First off, a little plug for the AN1X (and I know I'm already
preaching to choir on this one)...

WHAT a board! I bought my AN1X 4-5 months ago on a whim on Ebay from
a guy who just happened to live within 40 minutes of my house (easy
pick-up, no delivery costs), and boy was I pleasantly surprised.
Unfortunately I wasn't pleasantly surprised by the construction
(flimsy plastic) or the keyboard feel (less solid than it could be)
or even the operation interface (though better than some)...no, I was
blown away by the SOUND! Wow! Only then did I realize the
substantial difference between that and my JP-8080 (nice in its own
right, but no AN1X). I dorked around with a few prophets in the late
80's early 90's and I wasn't surprised to read the comparisons after
joining this group, because the "prophet sound" was one of the first
things I thought of after playing the AN1X. I SO wish Yamaha had
taken the AN1X as a "round-one" effort and expanded it like Access
did the Virus or Novation did the Nova (I'm sure you've already
chatted about how nice an AN2X or an AN3X would have been).

And on to the main topic...
I've recently ordered a Motif rack and have read it will take the
AN200 plugin board (among others...I already have an extra DX200
board and am thinking of ordering an AN200 board if performance is
adequate). Can anyone tell me how the AN200 board works controlled
from a master board/unit. Are the filters, etc contained ON the AN1X
board or do the programming parameters for the "mother" keyboard (so
to say) control the EGs, LFOs, Filters, etc of the plugin board? The
idea of having half an AN1X plugged into my Motif rack is quite
appealing, but I'm curious how the control of the board and sound
works in comparison to the AN1X.

I know this might be better answered in the Motif forum, but I've
seen enough discussion about the AN200 board on this group that I
thought I would ask.

Thanks much,
Wadrad