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thank you for the info. i apreciate it muchly..

john







--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, Jeff <jf.serviere@...> wrote:
>
> John a écrit :
> 
> >so i just got one of these boxes off ebay and it doesnt have the 
> >software editor... i guess i have to call yamaha to see if they 
have 
> >it..
> >  
> >
> Maybe you can get it for free on some synth related website .... 
this 
> instrument is now out of production. I don't have any idea on the 
Yamaha 
> customer support service , i think it depends on the country . The 
> japanese Yamaha site has a "download" page , just take a look . On 
> another hand the Kawaï - US website has lots of manuals and  
patches to 
> download for their old gear, the japanese or french ones no.... I 
have a 
> Kawaï synth too ...
> 
> >does anyone know if the cd software workd for windows Xp?
> >  
> >
> The AN1X editor works on my computer with XP .... but i don't use 
it 
> intensively: i'm an old school knobs tweaker. No crashes or locks 
of the 
> software, that's sure, but ....is everything OK is another 
question !
> 
> >also, how can you access just the synth sounds and not the pcm 
sounds 
> >from the  front panel?
> >  
> >
> Try a full reset of the AN200, if you did not program your own 
sounds 
> (they will be lost..)  :
> 1) Turn the power OFF.
> 2) Press and hold down the *[SHOW VALUE]*, *[PATTERN]*, and *[EXIT]
* 
> buttons simultaneously then turn the power ON.
> Just in case, to make sure that all is OK .....
> 
> >i got this thing cos i thought it was a AN1x in a box but it seems 
like 
> >the sounds are embedded with the drums..
> >  
> >
> *Using a MIDI keyboard :*
> 
>    1. Connect the MIDI out of the external keyboard to the MIDI in 
of
>       the AN200 (make sure that the transmit and receive channels 
line up).
>    2. Select a pattern that you don't mind erasing and delete it by
>       pressing SHIFT, then button *[11]* (PATTERN JOB: CLEAR SEQ 
function).
>    3. Select the track to be recorded. For this example, select the
>       synth track.
>    4. Press the *[RECORD]* button.
>    5. Press the *[PLAY/STOP]* button and while it loops around, play
>       some notes on the keyboard.
>    6. Press the *[PLAY/STOP]* button when this track is finished.
>    7. Repeat steps 3-6 for additional tracks.
> 
> *Using a AN200 as a Tone Generator*
> There are two applications that might be described this way and two 
> different ways to accomplish it.
> 
> /Multitimbral Recording/
> The AN200 can be set up to receive on 4 discrete MIDI channels. It 
> defaults to Synth on Channel 1 and Rhythm 1, 2 and 3 on Channels 2, 
3 
> and 4, but you can set it to any of the 16 channels.
> 
>    1. Press and hold the [SHIFT] button and press button [14].
>       NOTE: Underneath button 14 is the MIDI parameter area 
with "SETUP".
>    2. Continue to hold the [SHIFT] button while repeatedly pressing 
> button [14] to cause the AN200 to scroll through the 4 voices and 
> channel assignments (Syn, R1, R2 and R3), and allow the other MID 
> parametes such as Clock Source (internal or external) and the MIDI 
THRU 
> status (on or off) to be set.
> 
> /Live Set Up/
> 
>    1. Connect the MIDI out of the keyboard/controller to the AN200 
MIDI in.
>    2. Set the keyboard MIDI transmit to the same channel as the 
AN200 
> receive channel (don't forget to connect the AN200 up to PA/speaker 
> system). Use the User Preset Pattern area as a ''User Patch Bank'', 
> tweak the knobs to achieve the desired sound and save it in a 
preset 
> pattern. The pattern itself doesn't have to have any step sequence 
data 
> in it (of course it can, if necessary).
> (found right now on Yamaha website....but the "download" page is 
> unfortunately locked today !)
> 
> >am i better off with just getting the AN1x? or will the software 
really 
> >make all the difference?
> >  
> >
> Basically the AN200 is half an AN1X with extra PCM sounds , mostly 
> percussions. The software does not add nothing but makes the sound 
> edition easier ...
> Hope that it helps ...
> J.F.
> 
> > john
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