In article <JJEKLPCFBAIDGALLHOOFAECECCAA.pergamon@...>, Pergamon <pergamon@...> writes >Hi > > I am the owner of an A4000, and I have to tell you that there are some >things about this machine you should be aware of. > > First of all there is a small problem with the knobs on tha A4000. The >technology behind these knobs makes them very fragile. You will discover >that they after a while jumps over several positions when turning them. That's OK, It will accept a midi Input, So I'll use my peavey! > > Software: There are a few things that are missing. You f.ex. don't have >the option of deleting a program. What do you mean by this? >You can delete the samples, but not the >program. Of course you can just rename the program and use it for something >else, but anyway. Also in the edit-function of the samples, you don't have >the option of deleting something in the middle of a sample. The CUT-option, >as we all know it from other programs. But you get a sample editor with the >purchase of the machine, but then you need a SCSI-card to transfer them to >the A4000, if it is big samples. Or an IDE CD drive. I hope it's not TWE, 'cos that is a bad piece of software! I'm not so bothered about that, I've been using sample editors for a quite a while, So cutting up the sample as I want it is No problem, I have a 16x Plextor CD rewriter, So getting data to and from it shouldn't be difficult! > > And the RAM used in this machine is the old EDO-RAM, so it can be >difficult to find or maybe you will have to pay a lot of money for it. If >you are luck, then maybe you or some friend of yours, have an old PC with >some EDO-RAM in it that works in the A4000. I was lucky to have that, so I >have a lot of RAM in my A4000, without paiyng anything for it =) > > I am not trying to say you shouldn't buy the machine, but just trying >to make some info available for you before you purchase it. Also I am not >trying to say it is a bad purchase, because I like it. I already have that one worked out, The place I am getting it will chuck 32Mb of ram in it for me, and someone I know will do me the other 96Mb cheap as 'Chips'! Tell me what you like about it, Then I'll have more of a think about it! > >Jan > > >> I have been looking at samplers recently and it would appear that the >> Yamaha A4000 is a good deal, 64 note poly, 4 or 6 outs standard, 96 FX >> types over 3 FX blocks, 16 Filter types, FX etc. Are midi syncable, >> Comes with built in sscsi/IDE for chucking upto an 8gb HDD or a CDRW or >> CDR drive in or Jaz/zip, all for 589 UKp >> >> >> In article <F53aqbC8wSA1XvpFVjC000049eb@...>, Bjrn Standal >> <standal2000@...> writes >> >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. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >_________________________________________________________________________ >> >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. >> > >> > >> >Community email addresses: >> > Post message: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com >> > Subscribe: AN1x-list-subscribe@yahoogroups.com >> > Unsubscribe: AN1x-list-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com >> > List owner: AN1x-list-owner@yahoogroups.com >> > >> >Shortcut URL to this page: >> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AN1x-list >> > >> > >> >Your use of Yahoo! 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Re: SV: [AN1x-list] Timbrality issue once more
2001-04-11 by Reggie