The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

Paul Murphy shared with us:
> This thread seems to have gone off the track.

Yes, well, it's the bane of this list, I 'spose...

> Let me go back to a statement made by Peter :
> 
> "  Are you nuts??? Commercial trance producers do NOT use sampling-cds for
> creating arpeggios!!!!!
>     It is impossible to create  authentic dynamic filter modulation with
> it!!! "

Wasn't me. :) (But that's been covered already.)

> I was actually agreeing with his statement, saying that if you desire these
> sort of trance arpeggios, you wouldn't sample CD's because you would be
> restricted to the notes and dynamic filter effects that were applied to the
> original sample.
> 
> Buying an actual synth would be a better option for this application because
> you could construct the arpeggios you want with the effects you want.

The way I see it, it would be a better option to use a different
sample, then.

There really isn't much difference between synths like the AN1x
and the A-series samplers. The oscillators differ - and that's it.
Both rely on the substractive synthesis method, which basically
means they both use filters to make the sound interesting.

- Peter