Hi Gary, Thank you for this prompt reply, I will try it out then when my new system arrives. Grtz Wan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Gregson" <gary@...> To: <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 4:45 PM Subject: RE: [AN1x] AN1Xedit on XP? > An1xEdit works fine under XP > > Regards > > Gary Gregson > email: gary@... > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wan Kemper en/of Jackie Weusthuis [mailto:wan.kemper@...] > Sent: 29 April 2003 15:44 > To: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [AN1x] AN1Xedit on XP? > > Hi List, > > I''ve got an PLGAN150 card with my motif, and now I wan't to delve > into the editting part of the card. > I've found the AN1Xedit program, but will this run under windows XP > home? > > I'm not sure if this is possible. Anyone who has it running? > > Grtz Wan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Metlay ++ Atomic City" <metlay@...> > To: <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 5:58 AM > Subject: Re: [AN1x] matrix 12 > > > > > > By "compare" do you mean sonically, in terms of that > > >> elusive quality that says "analog"? If so, then I'd better stop > > >here, as I'd > > >> rather my first lengthy post on this list have some positive > > >content. :) > > > > > >MIke: > > > > > >Thanks for both your posts on the subject. As a list-member who has > > >heard about the expander/matrix synths, but not had access to them > it > > >is very helpful. I hope you will continue to be as frank. > > > > Jerry, > > > > Well, I was famous as a loudmouthed Xpander-supporter back in the > > early 1980s on the old USENET groups. Over the years my opinions > have > > mellowed a bit, but interestingly those early posts started me on a > > path that led to where I am now, a place I never in my wildest > dreams > > would have predicted for myself in 1985. In a very real sense, I owe > > much of my happiness and my sense of fulfillment in the professional > > world, and quite possibly my life and health as well, to my Xpander. > > So it helps to take my opinions with a grain of salt. :) > > > > >I've had the AN1X for about 3 years. I loved to tweak it and play > it. > > >It's been my favorite mode of expression, surpassing even my > steinway > > >in the amount of time consumed. I started trying to emulate > > >the "famous" analog power sounds: Rick Wakeman's minimoog, Lyle > May's > > >8 voice and expander, Geddy Lee's minimoog sweeps, some of the Phil > > >Collins and Peter Gabriel Prophet 5 pads, even some CS80 horns and > > >strings that Vangelis did. There was always the ability to get very > > >close, but a difference in power and liquidity. Then I turned the > > >corner. > > > > > >The patches are now my favorites are not analogish at all. They are > > >probably more like FM/physical modelling type sound that aren't > very > > >warm but are still full of character. And in this space, I find the > > >AN1X doing very sweet, expressive and controllable things. To me it > > >seems to be very effective when not attempting to be powerful. > > > > It seems to me you've "heard into" the AN1x to get at its strengths; > > I hope that I can get that deep with it one day, beyond the > > relatively superficial things I've learned about it so far. Its > > abilities as a light, portable, affordable MIDI controller have > > overshadowed its sound engine for me in a lot of ways, but now that > I > > have AN1xEdit working (Thanxmuchly, Jon!!), that will change. > > > > The Xpander is not all things to all people; neither is the AN1x. I > > hope that with lists like this one, and like matrixSynth (the > > counterpart to this list for users of the Xpander, Matrix-12, and > > more affordable but still pretty good-sounding Matrix-6 and > > Matrix-1000), we can educate people as to what each particular synth > > does well, and help people get the most out of their gear. > > > > At least, I hope so. I shall resist the temptation to rant (in good > > old-fashioned 1980s Metlay style) about a recent arrival on the > > matrixSynth list who showed up asking where to steal the > listmembers' > > favorite editor/librarian software: he'd found its home > > website--where the author actually expected people to PAY for > > it!--but was pretty sure he could find a krak if he asked > > around...could anyone help? Read the archives yourself if you're > > curious; I can't possibly do it justice. > > > > >Will, I still want to upgrade someday? Of course. I played a > v-synth > > >a voyager and an andromeda the other day. And it struck me that > > >andromeda provided a lovely compromise between analog sound and > > >digital control. But I'll probably keep this and buy an additional > > >AN1X on ebay so as not to lose some of these sounds. Also I don't > > >want to re-learn the controllers. > > > > You shouldn't "upgrade" your AN1x; you should get a different synth > > that provides a different quality than the AN1x, and use them > > together in complementary ways. That's the beauty of this field; > > every synth is a different color on the palette. You just need to > > have the money to buy them all and the space to have them all set > up. > > 8-\ > > > > Best, > > > > mike > > -- > > "You sank my Jenga ship!" "Jenga ship? We're playing CONNECT FOUR!" > > ==================================================================== > > Mike Metlay * ATOMIC CITY * PO Box 17083 * Boulder CO 80308-0083 USA > > metlay@... * 1-800-924-ATOM * http://www.atomiccity.com > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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Re: [AN1x] AN1Xedit on XP?
2003-04-29 by Wan Kemper en/of Jackie Weusthuis