The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

--- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, Peter Korsten <peterk@i...> wrote:
> This is getting a bit off-topic, so I hope you people don't mind
> if I tell a bit more about the EX5.
Well it´s not completely OT, since the EX5 has AN-synthesis...;)


> The sampler consists of two parts: recording and playing. In
playing,
> it's part of the synthesis engine, and thus completely different
Yeah, i remember that...you can use samples as part of the AWM2-
engine, fascinating feature with a lot of possibilities.

> from the A3000 (but that's because the A3000 is completely different
> from anything else). So all the thing you can do with built-in
> waveforms, you can do with samples in RAM or Flash. However, you
> don't have stuff like loop remix.
Loop Remix is not so important, i remember in the Quick Guide about
the EX5 it says that it (the sample-engine) can´t timestretch and
pitch-shift, but isn´t that what you can do with ROM-waveforms?

> Not just slow, but
> *very* slow. Think about 30 minutes to load 64 Mb of data.
That´s something all Yamaha-Sampler are known for...even the brandnew
A4/5000 are slower than slow.

I´ve read a bit in the reviews on Sonicstate and on EX5tech and it
seems to me, that it´s an interesting synth with a very powerfull
synthesis-engine (combining samples with AWM and AN...yummy, i
imagine endless evolving pads), excellent for live-keyboarding,
excellent sound for the studio. But the sampler looks only usefull
for AWM, and to fly in some Samples, something i also could do with
an Audio-track in Logic. I am not sure if this would be a good add to
my current setup, but i´ll consider it. Next time i am in my music
store i will take a look at it.

Thank you so far, for the interesting information.

Tom