The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

From: <terryfunken@...>

> In a message dated 11/6/02 9:58:13 pm, peterk@... writes:
>
> >Another disadvantage of the Nord is that it doesn't have any effects, so
> >you
> >may have to invest in those.
> >
> Is that a disadvantage?- although it's sometimes useful to have a built in
> echo (which the NL can reproduce anyway), the problem with using built in
> effects is that you can't define your *own* sound- for eg using some rusty
> old Roland Space Echo or whatever.

Well, if you have loads of cash to spend, I suppose it's not a problem to
route your Nord through a Lexicon effects unit. But without those effects, a
Nord sounds pretty poor compared to an AN1x.

- Peter