The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

It's definitely fact, not theory. Take a read through this page from
Yamaha's XGfactory website, regarding the PLG150AN card:

http://www.xgfactory.com/html/plg/p150anx.htm

Here are a few quotes that sum it up for everyone and put this to rest:

"PLG150-ANX - The closest thing to a Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 you will
ever hear from modeling synthesis is now available as a PLG board for your
SW1000XG."

"There was always something about the Prophet 5 that made it sound
wonderful. Maybe it was the filters, maybe the oscillators, and maybe the
overall design. Whatever it was, it inspired Yamaha to develop the
PLG150ANX, based around our acclaimed AN1x synth technology, but revoiced
and re-tweaked to give you as close as we can get to the original sound of
what many people call the best analogue synth ever made."

Settled? :)

Mark


On 10/28/02 9:55 AM, "Chada, Jaish" <jaish.chada@...> wrote:

> From my previous post, I think Ed (bastiaan) is right. The Nord Lead DID
> have a lot of Prophet 5 patches, and Clavia were one of (or THE) first to
> produce a VIRTUAL Analogue synth. SO, since most companies jumped on to
> start a trend, it makes sense that Yamaha, rather than outright copying the
> Nord Lead, would have said, "Hey we know Sequential's Secrets and can do a
> better job of a Prophet 5 emulation or any other analogue for that matter"
> and produced the AN1x. Well, that's my conspiracy theory.
> -Jaish
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xpander [mailto:xpander@...]
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 9:25 AM
> To: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [AN1x] synthesizer modeling
> 
> 
> You may be thinking of the Nord Lead 1 (Which had many Prophet 5
> factory patches released for it).
> 
> On Monday, October 28, 2002, at 02:11 AM, Bastiaan van de Werk wrote:
> 
>> I allways thought they used the prophet as a 'template' for the
>> an1x...never heard a real prophet so I couldn't really tell you if it
>> sounds anyting alike.
>