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Hi gang

I know we've been through this topic before, but I just need confirmation. I 
see my AN1X standing there with incredible possibillities, beautiful sounds 
and its great keyboard, and then all I can think off is its damn monotimbral 
(bi-timbral at most) shortcomings.
Is there a reason for VA's to have less polyphony and timbrality than 
sampled-based synths? Even the new Supernova 2 only got eight part 
multitimbrality. It's just enough for basic songs, but I think 16 part 
multitimbrality is a minimum. Even my trusty DJX got that.

I extensively use MIDI (without being a guru, far from it), and in that 
sense the AN1X is near to useless in complete songmaking as I can only use 
one sound in every song. Sure there must be a way to at least use different 
sounds in a track, albeit not at the same time? Is there something like a 
patch-change command I can send to my AN1X? I use Cakewalk 8.0.

Was wondering if I should invest in a sampler so I could sample my AN1X and 
use it as a multitimbral AN1X-emulator. Don't know which sampler's got the 
best filters and effects, though... But that's a whole 'nother story.






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