The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

Hi again

To round up this thread, I would like to thank all you guys for answering
and enlightening me on this subject. All responses where informative and I
have sort of decided to:

1. Get Cakewalk with audio-recording (think 9.0). Make complete songs on my
303/Trinity/DJX and then assign selected tracks (e.g. the bassline-track
which originated from the 303) to the AN1X , one at the time, to record them
into Cakewalk. The last track designated for the AN1X can be used as regular
midi track for real-time tweaking.

2. Get a sampler. I haven't decided for soft or hard, but hard is more
likely. Somebody I know got the Emu E4 Platinum which is one monster of a
sampler, 128MB, 20GB, lots of effects, 20 CD's with samples, SCSI, and one
quadrillion outputs. One problem is it's price tag. He got it for about
$6250 new. (Prices on gear here in Norway are really terrifying). Another
thing about this sampler is (something I heard somewhere) that you can't do
real-time filtering. You have to "re-trig" the sample to make the new
filter-setting active. Don't know if it's true, but if it is, I would
consider that a tremendous limit.
Also considering Akai Sxxx, Yamaha A5000 and other Emu's (6400, Ultra
6400)... But what I am looking for in a sampler is really that I can use it
as a sound module like any other synth, and fully control effects and
filters from within Cakewalk. Don't care about onboard sound-editing tools
as I do that kind of thing in Cool Edit or Recycle.

Thanks again. Nice having you competent people around :-)

And hey, don't talk down to the DJX.;-)