Hi Ed ! very good text ! I hope that it helps a lot of people ... @+ J.F. Ed Edwards a \ufffdcrit : >Obviously the AN1x was NOT designed for emulating mere organ sounds. >There were plenty of units marketed at the time for that purpose. > >The AN1x is a Virtual Analog synth --- meant to sound like synthesizers >made from about 1968 through 1988. It is an inexpensive alternative to >having to buy a lot of different units made during that time to get >similar sounds. > >If you are a new user and you haven't read the introduction part of the >manual, then you might not understand what this synth was designed for. > >I am posting this to help newbies understand what they own and stop >asking silly questions. > >This is an EXCELLENT virtual analog synth. Play it with enthusiasm, >program it with ingenuity, post useful ideas and questions to this >list.... You have come to the Right Place. We are here to help and get >useful ideas. Thanks for subscribing. > >(The following section is from the introduction section of the manual.) >(After you read this, you shouldn't have a major reason for complaining >to the list about why it doesn't sound exactly like a trumpet or a piano >or an organ. You shouldn't want to try to make it store samples. Enjoy >it's uniqueness - understand its purpose.) > > >*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!**!*!* > >The Making Of A Modern Classic > >The classic analog synth sound is back with a vengeance and more popular >than ever. Vintage analog synthesizers are hot items, recirculating and >finding their way into the arsenals of the world\ufffds most innovative music >makers, many of whom weren\ufffdt even born when the voltage controlled >synthesizer was coming of age more than a quarter of a century ago. >Enter the Yamaha AN1x Control Synthesizer\ufffda modern classic in its own >right\ufffdcomplete with the VCO, VCF, and VCA blocks, or "modules" that give >retro synths that famously fat, rich, warm sound, plus multiple knobs >for controlling every nuance of the sound, and even an on-board >Arpeggiator and Step Sequencer for generating pattern loops at the press >of a key. What\ufffds much more, however, is that the AN1x incorporates >features that vintage synths could only dream about\ufffdlike three onboard >programmable digital multi-effects units and a 3-band stereo EQ, a >multiple controller-to-parameter assignment architecture, a 4-track Free >EG for \ufffdhand drawing\ufffd real-time knob position movements of up to four >different tone generator parameters, plus real-time morphing between two >different sounds, and more\ufffdall of which can be customized for each of >the 128 voices and stored as individual voice data. > > >The History\ufffd > >Why is the \ufffdanalog sound\ufffd so popular in a digital age? What long and >winding road had to be >traveled\ufffdjust to end up right back where we started from? Let\ufffds take a >quick look at how we got from there >to here, and where here really is, anyway. Electronic music synthesis >has been around in one form >or another since the beginning of the 20th Century. But it wasn\ufffdt until >the early 1970s that developments in >voltage controlled synthesis technology made the concept practical\ufffdand >affordable. >As such, the voltage controlled synthesizer became less and less an >experimental curiosity in the world\ufffds great >universities and sound labs and more and more a valid\ufffdand >revolutionary\ufffdmusical instrument in its own >right. It quickly became a staple in professional recording studios, and >its myriad sounds started >gracing the ears of millions through popular recordings in literally all >genres of music. >Then came the 1980s, and the introduction of wildly popular, >affordable-for-the-masses, great-sounding and >easy-to-use digital synths like the famous Yamaha DX7. What followed was >the MIDI revolution, which drove >the rapid development of ever-more-sophisticated multitimbral digital >synthesizers and tone generators, along >with the overwhelming acceptance of digital sampling which has literally >changed the way we create and >listen to music. And all of which have gone hand-inhand with the desktop >music revolution. >Most recently there has been the introduction of breakthrough physical >modeling synthesis technology, >which has been successfully applied to the accurate reproduction of >acoustic instrument sounds through >purely electronic means, as well as the creation of new \ufffdhybrid-type\ufffd >acoustic-oriented sounds. > > >Enter Analog Physical Modeling\ufffd > >The classic analog synth never fell out of favor with the world's most >innovative musicians. That's because it >has a special punch, power, plus important elements of interactivity >that digital synths and samplers have >tended to lack by comparison. And now, with the demand for that "classic >analog sound" due to the global popularity of techno, trance, and other >modern forms of dance music, it's hardly surprising that Yamaha\ufffda >company consistently at the very pinnacle of electronic musical >instrument technology\ufffdwould react to that demand and create a completely >new performance-oriented "control synthesizer" that takes the company's >original breakthroughs in physical modeling synthesis and uses it to >digitally "model" the analog sound-generating components which gives >voltage controlled synthesis its unique character and virtually >unlimited range of sound. And package it with a host of digital extras >to bring the technology full circle with a completeness and utility >never before possible. In short, the AN1x is a logical\ufffdand timely\ufffd >development in the evolution of electronic musical instrument history, >based on the modern needs and >demands of the world\ufffds cutting-edge musicians. And once again, as is >often the case with creations from Yamaha, music history will never be >the same. All the tools are in the box. The rest is up to you\ufffd. > >(end quote from manual) > >I hope this helps resolve questions about the major purpose of this >keyboard. > >*Ed Edwards* > > > >><> <>< <>< ><> >> >> >http://www.ezekielswheel.com >http://www.untiedmusic.com/ezekiel >http://mysite.verizon.net/vze29bq6 > > > > > >Community email addresses: > Post message: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: AN1x-list-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: AN1x-list-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: AN1x-list-owner@yahoogroups.com > >Shortcut URL to this page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AN1x-list > >The AN1x Control Synthesizer FAQ:: > http://www.geocities.com/jondl_2000/an1x_faq/an1x_faq_toc.htm > >Yahoo! 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Re: [AN1x] The Virtues Of Our Beloved Boards
2006-09-03 by Jeff