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Jim,

>Can you tell me what it [AN1x Genetix] is?

Charles-Emmanuel's program is a neat tool for when you have an idea of what 
you're looking for, sonic-wise, but don't really know how to get there, or 
can't spend a few days playing around with parameters, hoping to stumble on 
something new.

Let's say you have a though like, "What I need here is a string-ish patch, 
but it needs more punch, like a brass sound has."  Well, put your favorite 
brass and string sounds into AN1x Genetix, and it will spit out 128 
variations on the two sounds.  If you then dump the sounds into the AN1x 
and audition them, you'll probably find exactly what you're looking for -- 
or at least, something close enough to play around with.

Or, let's say you are looking for something totally different and 
off-the-wall.  Take two sounds that have almost nothing to do with each 
other -- ex: a ring-modulated FM bell sound and a trumpet patch -- and see 
what the program makes of them.  If you don't like the first batch, try 
again; it only takes a few seconds to create another "palette" of patches 
on a PC, vs. hours or days of work by hand.

It's not exactly like video morphing, but the analogy is not completely off 
base.  It's extremely simple to use:  It only has about four buttons, and 
you need to push all four every time you use it!

I wish I'd thought of it first!  :^)

Regards,

-BW

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