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It's because An-1x's main outs are very easy to overload ...
I have a problem that many of my patches have to be max at 1o'clock to be
clean.
What you are having is a simple overload (besides overload in VCA Feedback
unit) at analog output.
IMHO.
Ray.

tuskermusic wrote:

> The VCA feedback parameter is one of my favorite features in this
> synth. I find that when I drive it up to about 90-110, it makes a
> number of my synth voices 'smoky' in a very musical way that cannot
> be matched by efx like overdrive, distortion and amp sim.
>
> Trouble is....the amount of smokiness appears to be proportional to
> the volume on the main volume knob. (left hand top corner of
> synth) ??????
>
> I am telling myself that this is a digital model, and the main volume
> (which I assume is a downstream amplifier) could not possibly be
> related to the amp feedback parameters characteristics. Yet when I
> turn down the main volume, I get the same type of reduction in smoke
> that I get when I turn down the VCA volume control.
>
> Could this be so? If so why? And is there a way for me to get around
> the practical problem this presents:
>
> Most of my patches go into the mixing board at 50% main volume and I
> don't want to tell the sound guy..." I am going to play a smoky patch
> at this point... turn down the gain on my signal, because I am going
> to double the gain at the synthesizer for this particular patch"
>
> I guess I could go back and redo all my patches for volume, but it
> may have impacts on timbre, and I hate to not have the use of that
> master volume control. Any advice?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jerry
>
> PS: This thing rocks.
>
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