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supermaxillo wrote:

>Hi! I'm italian and my english is very poor, but...
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I'm from Sweden myself. Not to offend anyone but  I would be surprised 
if the English speaking people on the list managed to express themself 
in Italian or Swedish like we express ourself in English. Be proud 
instead of apologizing yourself!

>I use the An1X with the Nord Electro 2 Rack with a Yamaha P80 and a Roland XP80! I use 
>also a EMU Vintage Pro 
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>Note that I use 90% Electro (both for EP and 
>Organ) and An1x (lead sounds for solo), the XP80 almost only as master keyboard (except 
>for some brass... that I hate!), the P80 for the acoustic piano and as Master for the 
>Electro's pianos, the EMU for Dyno and some synth.
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I don't want the dazzle to setup a large rig like that. I also want to 
keep the program changes simple so I can focus on the music like I said 
in the previous mail.
The singer in our band sometimes changes the order so the next song 
comes like a surprise to me and then I want to press as few buttons as 
possible before I'm ready for countdown.

>I totally agree with you, I am a keyboardist and I want to use genuine keyboard 
>instruments (we are looking for a very good mini brass section, but it's not easy...!) also if I 
>need almost one hour to prepare my setup in the stage! I like it! I think we are very lucky 
>not to carry by ourself real hammond or rhodes or clavinet or piano...
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>However, about the Nord, the only limit is that it's monotimbrical, so you can only play 
>organs OR pianos, and it's very hard to play other creepy rolands EPs or organs when you 
>have tested the Nord (or a VK series, I have to be honest!). This is why I use also the EMU 
>Vintage Pro, that have very beautiful Dyno Rhodes (the Nord really miss it!), very powerfull 
>synth patches and tollerable organs for substitutions... but with the An1x, the Electro is a 
>very killer couple!
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So If I can live with the unweighted action and mediocre acoustic piano 
sounds in the Electro and play the brass parts on the AN1x it would be 
sufficient with only an Electro and an AN1x, right?

>Ciao ciao
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>Max
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Regards, Magnus