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Hank,
As you've no doubt deduced a generic category such as Percussion might
be considered all inclusive whether dealing with an analog synth or
virtual analog synth.  There are a few factory presets that give you an
idea of what the AN1x can do so far as electro percussion is concerned. 
Try preset #19 Seismic or #23 Plastik or #24 ChinaTech.  I'd suggest
enabling/disabling the SEQ/ARP for each of these voices to get an idea
of how they are programmed.  You *can* coax analog percussion out of the
AN1x with fairly good results but *don't* expect to program it like a
TR-808.  

If you want to try your own perc voice from scratch - I'd suggest the following:

1) Init an AN1x voice to 'Normal'
2) Use a Saw wave for OSC1 - reduce the VCA sustain amount to '0' -
increase the Feedback amount to taste.
3) Reduce the Ptich of OSC1 to -12 or -24 - increase the Ring Mod amount
to taste - enable Unison mode.

These simple tweaks will get you on your way in no time.

Good luck!

Jon

Hank Weinhardt wrote:
> 
> Hey Scott,
> 
> I was asking about drums since I say on
> www.sonicstate.com the rating for percussion was 100%
> and I assumed that drums were included in that rating.
>  Also there is a drums category #17 in the instruction
> manual at least.  It's too bad that there aren't any
> presets to show what this puppy can do.  thanks.
> 
> --- Scott Gibbons <nomusic@...> wrote:
> > >I was wondering what the closest thing to a drum
> > kit on the AN1X is.
> >
> > Hank -
> >
> > I can't imagine the AN1X would be any good at
> > creating drum sounds to be
> > honest. You can get some great rhythmic pulses out
> > of it, but nothing
> > punchy or crisp enought to really pass for drums.
> > I'd recommend getting a
> > cheap sampler for the side, or you could get a SR16
> > for pretty cheap which
> > is a great basic drummachine.
> >
> > - Scott
> > --------------------
> > Scott Gibbons
> > nomusic@...
> >
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