The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, Peter Korsten <peterk@m...> wrote:
> At work, we're going to do a talent show for staff, and eight of us - 
> two female vocalists, one male vocalist, two guitarists, one bass 
> player, a classically trained on keyboards and I behind the mixer - have 
> a good thing going.
> 

Sounds like fun!


> Now, the pianist doesn't have his own synthesiser, so I lent him my 
> Yamaha EX5. The show has been postponed, meanwhile, and as a result I 
> don't have my EX5 for around three months.
> 

That's mighty nice of you to give up your baby for so long.


> So, for the first time in ages, I was playing around with the AN1x 
> yesterday. And it reminded me just how kick-ass a synthesiser this is. 
> It's good to check out your gear in a while, just so you know why you 
> got it in the first place.
> 
> - Peter


Agreed. I've recently been check out my ASR-X sampler after having ignored it for a very 
long time. It still sounds great to me and is fun to play, but darn - the load times and file 
manipulations is a bear compared to the software which has mostly replaced it :-/

Jon