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> Excellent idea that I simply check out other peoples patches, which 
I
> wouldn't have the patience for if I didn't have the AN1X-Edit. 

For what it's worth heres what I use on leads and bass (and the 
rationale):

- Ribbon X ...... +- 3 pitch bend

I really prefer the ribbon to the wheel cause you can do trills and 
morph from bends to vibrato

- Pitch wheel ..... +- 12 pitch bend

Pretty much for dive bombs and swoop-ups. Also extends the range of 
the keyboard in a pinch

- Ribbon Z ..... a patch dependent modulation that is usually
attack based. Could be a pitch envelope thing or a filter cutoff 
thing or a sync sweep thing.

- Mod wheel .... LFO modulation of pitch with concurrent mod of LFO 
speed up to where the sidebands come in.

- Knob 5 .... Filter cutoff or something similar that helps me 
generall adjust the brightness of the patch so it sits in the mix.

- Knob 6 ... Resonance if applicable

- Knob 7 .... Delay return

- Knob 8 ..... Reverb  return

- Knobs 1-4 ..... depends on the patch. Often not used. If used it's 
something either envelope based (mimicking the VCA and VCF envelope 
controls) Or something completely unique.

- Foot pedal ..... is either routed to modulation to control patch 
morphs or to volume.

- Aftertouch .... is something that adds expressiveness to the 
sustaining sound like a little filter cutoff, or filter modulation by 
LFO, or a slight increase in osc sync pitch or a combination of all 
three.

Cheers,

Jerry