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When recreating the sounds of the vintage synths like the Moog or 
ARPs it may be helpful to remember that the waveforms from physical 
oscillators often aren't perfect. They are sometimes a bit asymetrical
or the trailing/leading edges can be rounded. For example, one of the
older Moog Modular oscillators (901B) has a triangle wave that is 
notched at the top edge.
VA and digital synths tend to create perfect waveshapes with sharp 
edges. This is part of what produces the digital "sheen" in their 
sound.
To more closely approximate an analog waveform, you may want to reduce
the edge parameter to about 100 to get the less than perfect tips of 
the waves.
The feedback control (in moderation) will add some body to the sound.
Also, the EQ in the distortion/amp modeler can go a long way to 
putting some beef in an anemic sounding wave before you actually 
program the patch itself.
Finally, if you don't have a Minimoog or vintage sound to A/B the
AN1x with, you can download a demo copy of Arturia's Moog V or Moog
Modular V softsynths to compare your wave to.
You can listen to the Moog V (pretty good recreation) and tune 
parameters on the AN1 like, feedback, filter cutoff, and EQ until you
get a reasonable representation of the Moogs waveform. It won't sound
the same, but if you get to know the AN1's parameters, you can get 
pretty close.


Regards