The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

> From: "Peter Korsten" <peterk@...>
> Reply-To: AN1x-list@egroups.com
> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 23:44:41 +0200
> To: <AN1x-list@egroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [AN1x-list] "SCENES" &  Re: Australia/Synthcompanies
> 
> From: "tspeer" <tspeer@...>
> 
>> Off topic part:
>> Australia -  "THE FAIRLIGHT"!!!!!!!!
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> I agree--Can't beat THE coolest Sampler of all time.
> 
> In this respect, it's interesting to read what Paul Wiffen, of the British
> Sound On Sound magazine, had to say about the Fairlight:
> 
<snip>
> 
> Hey, he said it, not I. :)

Granted- the OS may have been a dog- and the floppy was 10 inches (now
That's floppy), but the fact is- it sampled at 100Khz, and some of my
favorite artist's stuff was done on that sampler (Ministry's Twitch, &
Cabaret Voltaire's stuff).
It is widely known as the first Decent sounding sampler of the 80's- and
that's why it is nostalgically revered.

> 
> Interesting to note, however, is that one friend of mine prefers the JP8000
> sound over the AN1x, while the other one (who happens to have a shitload of
> 'real' analogue synths) is of the opposite opinion.
> 
> - Peter

Hmmm... another comparison of a superior sounding instrument(An1x) to one
with a superior interface (JP-8000).