The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

>all i hear is good things about the an1x.... there has to be 
>something about that sucks... beside only 2 multi-timbral... well?

All things being equal, there isn't much that you could call "bad" about our blue friend.  I've heard the sound described as "grainy," but frankly, I don't hear it.  If a given patch has too much digital edge, try backing off a touch on the Edge control on the waveforms, and it goes right away.  The filters are warm, and the effects are plenty useable.  Some of the CONTROLS, however, are a little grainy; in particular, the Free EG doesn't have quite as much resolution as I might like -- at least, in a perfect world.  It's also a little quirky from time to time:  Sometimes, it exhibits some OS funny-business where changing a parameter or two results in some unexpected output.  I wish it had about twice as many knobs for programming.  And I wish the onboard sequencer was longer than 16 notes sometimes.  However, given the price of the AN1x, as compared to say, reasonably comparable Virus or Waldorf offerings, it's a pretty amazing instrument.

I've owned a lot of synthesizers (as opposed to ROMplers) over the years -- Korg Mini-Korg, Poly 61, MonoPoly, DW6000, and DW8000; Roland Juno-6, Juno-106, and D-50; Yamaha CS10, DX9, and TX81z.  I think the AN1x stands up to any of them.  I bought it three years ago from a music store liquidation sale as a "6-month diversion" piece, based solely on price, but it has earned a place in my stable lineup.

Regards,

-BW

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