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Well, i suppose you've guessed by the thread title that i need some 
help!
I'm Shaun from Portsmouth in the UK age 37.
To cut a long story short, i'm a huge fan of electronic music from 
early Kraftwerk/Eno through to electro and everything from 
experimental noise, Vangellis, acid/techno/house to William Orbit 
Aphex Twin and Boards Of Canada. Im a dj at heart so the list is 
endless.
I've always been into old analogue synths, never owned one, and 
maybe 10 years ago the JP8000 started this whole thing off. I used 
to read Future music every month and salivate over all this new 
technology. I used a sampler on my old ST and Amiga and generally 
arsed around using my DJ setup and old zoom effects for crazy 
feedback malarky.
Long story, i know, please bear with me ;)
Anyway, i got married had a greak kid and forgot about my musical 
dreams.
Went on Ebay a couple of weeks ago and typed in AN1X, one came up, 
my heart pounding, bid for it and won it!!!
It turned up yesterday and its great but i haven't got a CLUE about 
how to get the best out of it. The control panel looks complicated 
*shivers*
What software do i NEED. I have a pc running xp, can you recommend 
some a piece of hardware to make the software talk to the synth, how 
do i download patches, banks, anything!!!LOL
Like i said, i have this monster synth sitting there with a baby at 
the controls, any help or advice would be really welcome to someone 
with a great passion for twiddling and tweaking sounds but no 
knowlage on where to start. I do understand ADSR,and a little of vco 
vca vcf and stuff but only the basics, thats about it.
I just need to hook it up to my pc with something so i can start 
editing, recording etc.
Thanks for your time and patience but who else can i ask? AN1X forum 
seemed a good place to start.
Later.