The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Jon" <jondl_2000@y...> wrote:

> Sorry, but I'm a little confused by your statement  "looked at the 
> pro52 control map file and ..." Do you mean the MIDI Controller 
> Templates supplied by Native Instruments? IF you haven't 
> already, I strongly recommend you donwload a demo copy of 
> Pro-52 (now Pro-53) from the NI web site. The Pmod equivalent 
> on the Pro-52 is the FREQ A parm and the PWsrc equivalent is 
> the PW A (and PW B.) The parms can be modulated from both 
> the Poly-Mod and Wheel-Mod sections of the Pro-52.

I tried the demo out and realized that there's no Edge parameters as 
well, preventing me from creating a sine wave.  And by the control 
map file, I was talking about the one given here: 

http://www.kvr-vst.com/howto.php?id=1
http://www.kvr-vst.com/resources/AN1xMap.txt

Unfortunately, as I tried putting this file with the name 
ControlMap.txt in C:\Program Files\Pro-53\MIDI Controller Templates
as well as C:\Program Files\Pro-53 and even C:\Program Files\Pro-53
\Presets, I can't seem to be able to get it to load.  Yes, I did set 
my control mode to 1.

Also when you say modulated, do you just mean switched?  I'm a bit 
confused about the format of the poly-mod and wheel-mod sections 
since they have named knobs with buttons, unlike the specific knobs 
PWsrc and Pmod have which range from 1-127(my synth jargon is pretty 
weak).  I thought maybe the knob would be blank and I can switch to 
whatever knob parameter group I want to on the pro53 like I can on 
the AN1x, which doesn't happen to be the case at all.  So for 
example, how would I get these following parameters onto the pro53:

VCO1
edge: 100
PWM depth: +15
PWM source: fixed
Pmod depth: +10

PEG/LFO
PEG decay: +12
PEG depth: +37
PEG sw: both
LFO1 wave: sine
LFO1 speed: 79
LFO1 Delay: 0
LFO2 Speed: 11
 
> I know of no conversion utility for AN1x Voices so I would 
> hazazrd a guess any effort to transfer patches would be a 
> manual effort on your part.

Which I'm more than willing to do by slightly moving the AN1x knobs 
to get approximate settings onto the pro53.

> The one shortcoming of the Pro-52 vs. the AN1x is the lack of a 
> Control Matrix. The Mod section on the Pro-52 is terrific (but a 
> little confusing.) The lack of a Control Matrix is understandable 
> as this feature is really more a knock off of the Oberheim design 
> then the Sequential Circuits design. Still...if you *really* need a 
> Control Matrix you might check out the FreeAlpha from LinPlug. 
> Which, again, sounds neither as good as the Pro-52 or AN1x to 
> my ears but offers an easy to use Control Matrix.
> 

I don't know if the lack of a control matrix severely impairs me from 
trying to do what I'm doing.  If not, then I feel I can do without 
it.  If so, I'll check out what you're suggesting.  Thanks Jon.  I 
appreciate all of this help.