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From the Prophet 5 to AN1X

2002-12-10 by spaceanimals <alciere@midmaine.com>

Dave Smith designed the Prophet 5. He then went on to work at R&D at 
Yamaha helping them design physical modeling. Then Yamaha decides to 
build a physical modeled synth and guess what synth they decide to 
model?

I just re-read Keyboard's review of the AN1x, comparing it quite 
favorably to the Nord II and Roland's synth, noting it had more 
features for substantially less money. They also compared the AN1X 
favorably to the Prophet 5.

My main complaint about the AN1X is the EQ. It's always on, and the 
presets boost the highes (and at times the bass)way too much. It's 
not a big deal, but I find myself going through all the presets and 
resetting the eq. I also find myself lowering the filter keytrack 
value-the programmers really like to hype the highs.

Rainbow Jimmy
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