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Don't be disappointed....
But it is basically an instrument with some control keyboard features, 
and at least you'll have one hand on the keyboard when the other one is 
moving some knob, during a solo part for example... What you are looking 
for is much more like a Doepfer or Bit Stream controller with a lot of 
knobs, pads and pots and no keys . There are sometimes such unespected 
things : my Red Sound expander allows me to filter a lot of incoming 
MIDI data (after touch, velocity, mod wheel ...) except one, "program 
change" .... This is rather curious on something designed to work 
together with another synth !
For your problems have you tried to put your AN1X in "local off" mode ? 
OK, you will loose the AN1X sounds, but maybe control more easily 
another one ...
Cheers
J.F.

ras_mynameisnottaken a \ufffdcrit :

>Thanks for the reply.
>I was hoping to use my AN1x as a control surface for som VST soft 
>sythns, but not being able to move more than one knob at a time 
>without MIDI CC skips won't give me the results I am after.  Looks 
>like I'll have to spend the money on a new controller....  I am 
>surprised this has not been pointed out much before (I did quite a 
>bit of searching on the web and found nothing).
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>Thanks!
>Ras
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>--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, Rob Hill <m_moog8925@...> wrote:
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>>This is kinda a weak spot with the AN1x however if you assign the 
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>parameters in the mod matrix that you want to tweak to the 8 knobs 
>in the (brown) control mode then I think it works fine this way 
>however I'm not sure if the 8 knobs in control mode will output a 
>steady MIDI CC for recording.
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>>Perhaps use an external MIDI device with the MIDI through on your 
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>host sequencer to control the parameters might help.
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>>I'll have a tweak on mine later tonight and try to find any more 
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>work arounds.
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>>Rob  
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>>ras_mynameisnottaken <letterzbox@...> 
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>wrote:                                  Hello,
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>> The 8 knobs on my AN1x, when more than one is moved at a time, 
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>will 
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>> studder the MIDI CC data instead of sending a smooth stream.  For 
>> example:
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>> I've been trying to use the AN1x as a controller to control a 
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>software 
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>> filter.  I have Assign 1 controlling the resonance, and Assign 2 
>> controlling the cutoff.  When I move both knobs at the smae time, 
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>the 
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>> midi data from each knob fights with each other.  If I view the 
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>data 
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>> in real time with my sequencer I can see that the flow of CC data 
>> becomes chunky.  This does not happen when I move the modwheel 
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>with 
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>> the pitch weel and ONE knob all at the same time.  It appears to 
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>me 
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>> that the 8 knobs on the AN1x can only output midi data one at a 
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>time, 
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>> or else you get a skip effect happening.
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>> Is there a mode that will allow the knobs to send MIDI data at 
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>them 
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>> same time?
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>> Thanks for your help!
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