The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

--- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, "Peter Korsten" <peterk@i...> wrote:
> From: <tomfinegan@y...>
> 
> > To compare a CS2x and a AN1x is like comparing apples and oranges.
> > The CS2x is a sampleplayer (AWM2-synthesis). The AN1x uses 
(virtual)
> > substractive synthesis.
> 
> Well, substractive synthesis is what AMW2 is all about...
> 
> But are you sure the CS2x has the AWM2 engine? I thought it was all 
XG, plus
> one nice voice.
Hm...AFAIK is XG not an engine it´s a MIDI-file format, like GM or GS 
is. Yes the CS2x has AWM2 engine, like CS1x, MUxxx, DB50XG, SW1000, 
S80, EX5(partly) and so forth. It uses samples as basic material. I 
don´t know how exactly it works, but IIUR does the engine takes at 
minimum one sample part, at most four sample parts and mixes them 
together, using ADSR, LFOs, FX and other XG-extratricks to produce a 
sound. When you have used XGedit by Gary, you know what i mean.

I don´t know if you can set AWM2 and substractive synthesis equal. 
But i know that AWM2 needs samples. Oh and Yamaha uses compressed 
samples. So if e.g. the DB50xg has 4MB Sample-Rom it is in reality 
8MB and so on. Correct me, if i am wrong.

Tom