The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

The OB12 was a cool idea, but poor execution. It lacked much in terms 
of DSP power, and software quality. The construction was excellent, I 
wish more keyboards were built that sturdy. The sliders are small, 
but by no means flimsy, and the knobs are a delight. And the display 
is still my favorite of any out there! I love how as soon as you 
tweak a knob, it shows you a graph of the parameter you are changing. 

But I sold mine for the same reason I sold my Novation KS-4 - I just 
can't take myself seriously playing a synth that can't do a smooth 
pitch bend. I now use an Alesis Micron. Alesis has outdone everyone 
in terms of parameter control and faithful analog reproduction. If 
you've never played an ION, try one. The only other synth that's 
as "analog" as the ION perhaps would be the Korg MS-2000, but 4 
voices is a tad weak. All the others are just too "emulated" 
sounding. Yamaha's offerings are all great sounding, but there are 
little things wrong with them. Like the AN1x, with the filter fully 
closed, you can still hear the oscillators, as if a filter-bypassed 
signal is being mixed at extremely low volume with the amp output. 
And the effects suck. The delay time changes too quickly to make very 
fine adjustments, etc. The reason I photoshopped that synth is 
because I'm trying to design the perfect synth at a reasonable price 
point. And I've gone thru so many synths that I know what sucks about 
most of them, and how to avoid it in a future offering.

n8


> Don't hoild back, tell us what you really think ;-) haha ha
> 
> I think Sayer owned one for awhile, or was going to, and parted 
ways with it.
> 
> Jon