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>I have recently purchased an an1x and have a demo version of cubase.
>All I want to know is how do I play multiple patches at the same 
>time ?  I have a synth sound on midi channel 1 and when I try and do 
>a different sound on channel 2  when playing back it only plays back 
>the same sounds on whatever patch is being used on the an1x.
>Do you have to put the synth in a certain mode to allow more than one 
>patch to play at the same time or is it something to do with cubase ?
>Any info would be much appreciated.  Thanks

I don't use Cubase, but the following is general information about using the AN1x ...

There are some limitations to the "multitimbral" operation of the AN1x, since it's not really a multitimbral synth in the usual sense of the word.  You cannot call up different patches on each channel; all you can do is play two different SCENES of the same patch.  To do this, you need to set the two scenes to different receive channels, and you must be using the AN1x in Dual/Dual Unison or Split/Split Unison mode at the time.  Also, should probably have Local Off set, with the Tx channel set to the same value as the scene that you want to play directly from the keyboard.

Pages 23 and 93 of the manual give you additional information.  If you didn't get the manual with your synth, I have the English-version PDF file on my website at http://music.ashbysolutions.com/modsynth.

Regards,

-BW

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