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--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "oddangle1 <arcaxis@a...>" 
<arcaxis@a...> wrote:
> How is the AN200 as a 5 voice synth module. I've read in this group 
> it is very close to or the same as an AN1X in its sound. 

Others have alluded to the minor differences in architecture between 
the AN1X and the AN200. They tweaked (improved) the AN1X architecture 
slightly even though they took out five voices.

There is one other difference I would point out. If you take 
a "Unison Mode" an1x patch and use the amp feedback parameter at 
about 100 with all the levels (VCA, Osc1 and 2, etc) up, you will 
notice that it sounds different when the volume knob is full, than it 
does when the volume knob is at 9 o'clock(one quarter full). It's 
smokier at higher levels. This is old fashioned analog clipping 
that's happening becase of the way the gain stages are set up going 
into the (analog) pre-amp. Which is why the volume knob controls the 
amount of "smoke".

I believe the gain stages are better matched on the AN200, and you 
lose out on this additional source of character.

Regards,

Jerry