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I did not know that the AN/DX200 were discontinued?I spoke Nick Howe from Yamaha R+D,he says its just rumours.Hmmm me a bit confused.So if these units are discontinued what was the reason?
Regards
Dmanx.
> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, DMANX@t... wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> Okay here is another list of demands, and a good one too.I want to 
>push this forward to Yamaha sales,R+D and Tech Support.
> What improvenments do we want see?
> I say:
>
>Couple of thoughts...
>
> 1)Better quality outputs on AN/DX200 synths i.e 24bit ACDC,better 
>siganl to noise ratio just like the Plugstaion complete version.
> 
>
>1st, both these units are discontinued - don't expect to see a re-
>release - it's not in Yamaha's recent history to do that.  2nd, 
>its 'AD/DA' (analog->digital/digital->analog) convertors not AC/DC. 
>While it's conceivable Yamaha would implement a pair of high quality, 
>increased bit depth convertors on a tabletop unit - would the buying 
>public be willing to spend the money on the higher MSRP such an 
>enhancement would necessitate?  Probably not on a unit in the price 
>range of the *200 series - maybe on a RS7000 MkII or something in 
>that price range...
>
>
> 2)SW2000xgDSP giving 24 bit 96/192khz recording & playback, ultra 
>low latency for vsti,on board DSP(NO need for on board synth just use 
>plugstation- see part 3).
> 
>
>Sounds great in theory but again, I think the increase in MSRP for 
>such a unit would surprise you.  Have you checked out the UAD-1 or TC 
>Powercore (sic)?  Not inxepensive.  I think it more likely Yamaha 
>would market a external unit comparable to the MOTU 828 or 896, 
>DIGI001 or MBox, Presonus Firestation (sic - again)
>
>
> 3)XG150Plg board giving all the xg sound sets like mu100,128 etc, 
>this can be used on the plugstation.
> 
>
>Not a bad idea - but don't those units (MU100, 128) already function 
>as PLG hosts? Kind of hard to see how a PLG150XG card would 
>differentiate itself.
>
> 4)Plug station 2- which can act as a host with real time control 
>knobs just like an/dx200.And allows varible morph and dual scenes or 
>up-grade the an150 to do this.
> 
>
>Judging by how infrequently the Plugstation is mentioned on this list 
>I'd guesss it's not been widely adopted?  The Scene Morph vs. Voice 
>Morph, i.e., dual scenes is a 'limitation' of the PLG150AN card - the 
>most sure fire fix for this is to buy an AN1x ;-)
>
> 5)The dx150plg upgraded to include a step sequencer.
> 
>
>Again, isn't this addressed via XGWorks (or a DX200 unit?)
>
> I Would have expected some of this in the Nam show,but think Native 
>Instruments came up with more goods to deliver.
> 
>
>Right, NI came with more, new goods (again) while continuing to 
>ignore their existing product line.  I'm more put off on NI then 
>normal following NAMM and the baby-KONTAKT spin offs.  At least they 
>decided to do right by their existing REAKTOR users and offer the 
>overdue upgrade for free.  Their at least a year away from getting 
>updates in place for the products I own - let alone provide OS X 
>support...rant, rant, rant (how childish of me...)
>
>Jon
>
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