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You're not the only ones who are surprised about the prices the last 
2 AN200 modules have gone for. I had just sold an Oberheim Matrix 6R 
to fund the purchase of an AN200 to back up my AN1x and hoped I could 
get one for $250. Anyway, I gave up at $295 - just below the top bid 
of $300. I love the sounds and programmability of the AN1x but I 
already haul 3 keyboards (a Roland D-50, a Hammond XK-2 and a Suzuki 
SS-100 piano) and dont really want to haul a 4th keyboard unless I 
have to....

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Jon" <jondl_2000@...> wrote:
>
> --- 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
>