The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

--- In AN1x-list@y..., "Thomas" <tomfinegan@y...> wrote:
> --- In AN1x-list@y..., "Andrea TONI" <Andrea.Toni@e...> wrote:
> > not yet :-)) I think I have too much already it is hard enough to
> > concentrate on the actual gears ..
> > but I keep my eyes open for some great SH price on both :-)
> 
> Well, have an eye open also for a Nord Modular, or Micro Modular. I 
> recently purchased one and this red thing is sooo flexible. You can 
> do pretty much EVERYTHING with it, even connecting a coffee-machine 
> through MIDI and let it brew your coffee;)

No exageration here - both the Nord Mod and Micor Mod are a lot of 
synth for the money. I neraly changed my mind on the spot and bought 
the Micrp Mod instead of the MW II I'd gone shopping for ;-) And it 
would sit so nicely on the right hand side of the AN1x face plate too! 
Right Thomas ;-)

IMO, there are some pro's and con's to the Micro Mod - running it along 
side your sequencer environment will require twice as many MIDI In/Out 
connections. One pair dedicated for the SysEx editor and another pair 
dedicated for MIDI Note and CC events. This means your MIDI Interface/
Patch bay will need to accomodate - could be a hidden cost if your not 
already using a 8x8 :-/ Also, depending on your experience, this could 
be a headache to set-up and make work reliably. On the plus side, it 
will sound great without consuming any CPU resources as a softsynth 
equivalent would, i.e., Reaktor or Dynamo. And you wouldn't have to 
deal with ASIO drivers and latency issues.


Jon