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I think the 'harmonica sound' to which you refer is actually a
melodica, not a harmonica.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodica and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Counts

Not sure how you'd get that on the AN1x, though.  It's not really
designed to emulate real instruments.  That's more VL territory than
AN.

If you've got a keyboard/tone module with a bagpipe preset or similar,
that could probably be tweaked to sound a bit closer to the melodica.

Regards,

Steve Cooke
smcooke@...


On 02/10/06, lou.kadassy <lou.kadassy@...> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> I'm trying to get ready for my first gig, and I need to perform the
> two main lines for "Everything Counts" by DM on my mean blue machine.
> Just to make myself clear, I need the Marimba sound and the subsequent
> Harmonica sound you can hear in the intro.
>
> Now, maybe the AN1x is not the best synth for the purpose, and for
> sure I'm not a skilled programmer, but I'm unable to come even near to
> a decent rendition.
> Can anyone point me in the right direction? Is there any ready-made
> patch out there that can resemble these sounds? Ideally, I'll need a
> split-scene so I can play both parts without hassle.
>
> Thank you for your help,
> Lou