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alien1x a \ufffdcrit :

>Hello,
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>I have heard many times from various people, that if one knows and 
>understands the  AN1X paramters and gets deep into this, one should be 
>able to produce any kind of sound.
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>I sometimes wonder why many have more then One synth in thier studio if 
>this was the case?
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Hello !
Any kind of sound .... don't be too optimistic !
Read : any kind of analog type sound, once made famous by the 
"electronic dinosaurs" of the 70's and 80's. Later synths use purely 
digital electronics to generate the sounds which were often rather 
different, complex but with no or little possibility to control this 
sound when you're playing, less expressive. To take an exemple think of 
an electric guitar with the possibility to bend or choke the strings, 
not to mention all the various stompboxes used by most guitar players, 
the interaction between the instrument and the amplifier, and on another 
hand an acoustic piano.
Having both types of synths allows more different types of sound, 
complex but "frozen" with , say, a DX 7 or a Casio CZ and warmer and 
lively with an analog one . That's one reason.
Another one is to be able to play different sounds with each hand (OK , 
you can split the keyboard with the AN1x) and run a sequence on a third 
one. And, as guitars or pianos sound differently depending on the model 
(a Les Paul does not sound like a Telecaster, a Yamaha acoustic piano 
does not sound like a Steinway...) each synth has his own character, 
remember the "Moog sound" and the Oberheim or Sequential ones.
And if you want realistic sounds inspired by acoustic instruments you 
better use a sampler which is designed to record and playback natural 
sounds.
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J.F.

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