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>Basically I need something with some good leads, 
> ballsy fat sawtooths and sime nice analog strings and pads.


Like Bruce, I use it in a rock context. Big leads, all the usual 
string and heavy pads, etc. It has a fairly elaborate modulation 
routing so you can emulate a number of the tricks on various antique 
instruments.  It does moogs pretty well, surprisingly. Particularly 
big brassy lead tones like Wakeman and Emerson. For example, the 
minimoog's resonance is less at lower cutoff levels (lower notes if 
your cutoff tracks the keyboard). On the AN1X you can emulate that 
particular filter characteristic to get the closed "bite" on the high 
notes and the open buzz on the low notes which is part of that moogy 
flavor.

It's not as big sounding and liquid as something like the Andromeda, 
but it does have a wide range of tones. And it's definitely more 
powerful sounding in the lead department than any rompler I have 
played. 

Hope this helps,

Jerry