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Using the AN1x for drums is like using a shovel to take out a screw... you
can, if you modify the shovel and are very careful when using it.

I can only imaging applying my AN for drums in the most unique of
circumstances, or just sampling some of the odd noises it can make and
dumping them back as needed.

> 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.  

Exactly right.  Why don't you just buy a screwdriver?