The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

Tom, I am from ft lauderdale, fl. What kind of private help do you 
need? and are you inquiring about free help or free-lance help? I 
have a wide variety of synthesizer and recording experience as well 
as music retail for several years at g.c. These days I am a 
professional sample library programmer and on the side I do whatever 
gigs i can get such as equipment and computer daw consultation as 
well as tv sfx, etc. I am new to this list but have always been a fan 
of the an1x. On a yamaha training in early 1997 I got to play one of 
the prototypes at yamaha hq in california and have wanted one ever 
since. Also while working in sales I had spread quite a few an1xs 
around s.fl. Aside from that wonering about your help inquiry stuff, 
I was going to write here anyway because I am curious about some 
things with the an1x and will probably be getting one in two days:
an1x for non traditional analog and digital sounds?
I do love analog sounds and definitely agree that the an1x is still 
one of the most realistic virt. analogs out there, however I am sure 
no one will argue with me that for true analog sounds nothing beats 
true analog. I have tons of killer real analog synths such as the 
jupiter 6, minimoog, modulars, cs50 etc. and though traditional 
analog sounds will always be great I am getting a little tired of 
them. of late I have been combining their use with other unique 
electronic sounds i've been able to pull from things like my yamaha 
fs1r fm module and playable samples of things like mutilations of my 
modular and soft synths. I like to use analog synths for what they 
are good at and digital synths for what strengths they have. The 
an1x, from me playing with it seems to have a great quality sound and 
super deep real-time editing. What I think or hope this will give me 
is a truly realtime editable and controller recordable synth to make 
unique electronic sounds that things like my minimoog and jupiter 6 
can't do. I want something quirky like my fs1r and alesis s4+ for 
sweeping pads and beeswarms and metallics and not just extremely 
faithful analog representations though i do dig the midi control for 
that sort of stuff. i would like to know your and other people's 
opinion of the an1x not based on it's ability for traditional analog 
sounds but based on it's own uniqueness in sound shaping that is 
different other synths. This always seems to be a little talked about 
subject in the electronic synth world and synths that have excelled 
at weirdness like the yamaha fs1r always seem to be sales flops. I 
know i'm not the only person to want real experimental sounds and 
can't be the only one to be a little bored of the classic detuned saw 
stack. any opinions by some real tweakheads would be greatly 
appreciated.
btw i am also a yamaha sponsored programmer of the A4000/A5000 series 
so if anyone's got any questions about those i'd be glad to help out.
Thanks, Adam