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--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Ed Edwards" <edward.edwards@v...> 
wrote:
 
 ...I suppose maybe 6 tracks or so would be enough to start to
> sound like an actual ensemble...                                   
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>Good trick on the Ion is to layer a patch with itself. I replicated 
an An1x cello patch, and with a little "analog drift" and panning, a 
layer of 4 identical patches actually sound like 4 seperate 
instruments. Shift one patch up an octave for more of an ensemble 
effect. More subtle than unison mode. I replicated a few more An1x 
patches on Ion but gave up; too many differences between the synths.