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--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "lvxferro23" <housin666@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering if someone can help me with this question:
> 
> It's come time that I may have to part with my An1x. If I do, I want 
> to make sure that my saved files at a future date are put to good 
> use. i.e. buying an An200 one day.

Sorry to hear that, I'm sure more than a few of us have been in similar circumstances. Just 
out of curiosity I looked over some complete auctions on eBay and found a pair of AN1x 
had recently sold for $290 & $320 and AN200's sold for $250 and $300. Four auctions 
may not provide much in the way of an average, but the AN200 numbers were kind of 
surprising to me. Had no idea they fetched such a price at this late date.
 
> I'm wondering if when using An1x edit you can convert the files to 
> sysex or something and can load them into the An200. Is An1x edit 
> even compatible with the An200? Do I even have to worry about file 
> conversion for my patches if I part with the An1x?

The SysEx ID header for the AN1x an AN200 is not identical, so if you are able to 
successfully upload an AN1x voice into your AN200 using a SysEx dump, the results would 
be unpredictable. 

You can simply use AN1xEdit, which has a PLG50-AN compatible mode, or AN Expert 
Editor to open your .an1 voices and upload them into your AN200.
 
Regards,

Jon