Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-27 by twobeelandscape
Ed (Barney?) - no problem at all. I appreciate your frustrations. ... I get that all the time ;-) Thanks to you and all for this excellent group. One of the
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Re: [AN1x] Changing the Battery Question
2012-02-27 by Peter Korsten
... My personal experience was that the internal memory got garbled a bit. So I did a factory reset, and everything was back to normal. So no, there s no way
RE: [AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-27 by Ed Edwards
Sorry. Bill. Bill, I’ve been very quiet on this list for a few years and not playing and composing as much as I’d like (nor performing) helped my mental
[AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1 - BIS
2012-02-26 by twobeelandscape
... Jeff - agreed. If you watch the GAIA demos on Youtube, the players look like they are very constrained by the keyboard - you can almost see that they want
[AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-26 by twobeelandscape
Wow, Barney, I never expected the Spanish Inquisition! (Yes, that s a cue....) I m really surprised by your interpretation of my posting, which was intended as
Re: [AN1x] re: GX 1 etc
2012-02-26 by Jeff
... Right, but i prefer Telecasters ...unfortunately at the same price.;-) I ve played 5 a 69 Strat, once owned by the late father of a local music
Re: [AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1 - BIS
2012-02-26 by Jeff
... I missed one... The GAIA sounds very nice, Roland style (think JP 8000, SH32 ...) of course. But IMHO the keyboard is too short for normal polyphonic
Re: [AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-26 by Jeff
... Who knows ? ;-) OK, Xmas time is behind us and Santa Claus is on strike... More seriously i suppose that marketing departments are sometimes looking at
Re: [AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-26 by Jeff
Hi ! Some answers or comments in your text : ... Nice ! I own an old Casio CZ synth, one of the first 100% digital synths, it is much more user friendly than
Changing the Battery Question
2012-02-26 by Conn-Man
Hi, My unit is in need of a new battery, which I have. I have not done any programming on the synth that I care to save so the original factory pre-sets are
Re: [AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-26 by Jerome St-Pierre
Hi all, I have been following this thread and I just wanted to say thanks for all the tips and tricks that were posted recently. The historical comparisons
Re: [AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-26 by Peter Korsten
... The one flaw in your argument: synths are not cars. You ll need a new car because the old one becomes too expensive to maintain (I live on an island, so
RE: [AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-26 by Ed Edwards
Look, Bill – When you start off any response, written/spoken/anything, with the word “academic” in the first clause, you have asserted yourself as some
Re: [AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-25 by Nate King
Open labs tried to do this and everyone realized it s just a Pc and a MIDI controller. So for the price of a PC and a MIDI controller, why produce a
Re: [AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-25 by Peter Korsten
... You mean like the Korg Oasys? - Peter
re: GX 1 etc
2012-02-25 by spaceanimals
The trouble with synthesizers is they die. A 50 year old Strat is worth a fortune. My Vintage Keys Module is a door stop. I want a keyboard with jacks and
[AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-25 by twobeelandscape
Hi Guys, this is a really interesting discussion, if slightly academic – I don t suppose Yamaha are goingto base their product development on our advice.
Re: [AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-25 by Conn-Man
FWIW, I think that there is a need for a back-to-basics synth like the old analogue synths with a good selection of knobs / sliders, two or three (assignable)
Re: [AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-25 by Jeff
Hi Peter and you all happy AN1x players ! What deserved our beloved keyboard ? It does not look analog (read = full of knobs) and the package looked like any
Re: [AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-25 by Peter Korsten
... They had a controlling interest between 1987 and 1993, and they probably still own a sizeable portion of Korg stock. But they don t own Korg itself. -
Re: [AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-25 by Peter Korsten
... Presumably, Yamaha have to pay the bills as well. And I think the bigger problem is software synths. The niches, which probably didn t any profit at al for
Re: [AN1x] Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-25 by jammie
the kronos is just a oasys in a new case nothing more nothing less is been put in a cheaper plastic case with very minor updates which could have been done in
Re: Yamaha GX1
2012-02-25 by derek192603
... Hi, No, there is still no replacement for the AN1x. I have AN in 3 forms: EX5 and its mono/duo AN model, PLG150AN in my Motif Rack ES and of course the
Re: [AN1x] Yamaha GX1
2012-02-25 by richardon
Hi ... Yes i agree :-) And i think there was some confusion between engineers and factory preset programmers. Ok, some presets are great, but they could not
Re: [AN1x] Yamaha GX1
2012-02-24 by Jeff
Hi Ed ! ... + 1 ! One nice consequence : it s cheap second hand and has not turned into a collector s item.... I m amazed too by the sounds it can produce.
Re: [AN1x] Electone patches
2012-02-24 by Nate King
Hi Richie, thanks for the long response. I will bow to your knowledge as I ve never actually put my hands on either. I have messed with formant filters and
RE: [AN1x] Yamaha GX1
2012-02-24 by Ed Edwards
I saw Eddie Jobson playing his real CS80 in 2010. What a beast of a machine! And an amazing performer. I appreciate your programming detail and knowledge of
Re: [AN1x] Yamaha GX1
2012-02-23 by richardon
Yamaha GX1 sounds like this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFiNVBEIQE8&feature=related Similar to an CS80 but even more dirty and vocal . Inredibel. Best
Re: [AN1x] Electone The look
2012-02-23 by richardon
In this Metronomy video i can hear nothing of GX1 or CS 80 They just justed the GX1 as show effect. I own an electone BK1 Organ. A little bit the Organ Sound
Re: [AN1x] Electone patches
2012-02-23 by richardon
Hi Nate Some people think An1x being an Prophet clone. Thats not true. Its an CS80 clone. I am shure. You can see it regarding the waveform both machines
[AN1x] Ritchy famous sequenzes
2012-02-23 by richardon
Hi Jimmy, all Thank you for the positive feedback. Using the An1x factory presets in the 90s I wasnt really content with them in live usage on stage. I used a
Re: [AN1x] OSX Support
2012-02-21 by derek192603
I plan to look at it when I get time. The basic problem is you used to have to use Plumstone (PPC) or the Mandolane SPI (Intel) to access the external MIDI
Ritchy's patches mellotron et al
2012-02-21 by spaceanimals
Ritchy--thank you so much for your patches. Finally, my AN1X is sounding like I always thought it should. Very good programing. Jimmy
Re: [AN1x] AN1X Mellotron
2012-02-21 by Bastiaan van de Werk
Thanks would be awesome! I am on Lion though. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: AN1X Mellotron
2012-02-21 by derek192603
If all you want is a Librarian then my an.factory Librarian (www.xfactory-librarians.co.uk) works on OSX, although Apple seem to have completely screwed up
Re: [AN1x] Re: AN1X Mellotron
2012-02-21 by Gerald Raucamp
Hi Bastiaan, ... As has been mentioned a couple of times on this list before (so it s somewhere searchable among the archives): Go virtual. Use whatever takes
[AN1x] Electone patches
2012-02-21 by Nate King
Hihi Richie s patches( mellotron, epianos , and cs-80) have me wondering if there s any good electone style patches out there. Like ex-1, gx-1, d-80 etc. I ve
Re: [AN1x] Re: AN1X Mellotron
2012-02-21 by Chris Gregory
Yes. I reinstalled OS9 on an old iBook. An even better solution, depending on how much old hardware you own, is an Atari ST...I don t think anyone wants you to
[AN1x] Re: AN1X Mellotron
2012-02-20 by Bastiaan Van de werk
Thanks for the tip. It would be nice though to be able to manage patches a bit more elegantly... I don t care much for editing on a computer (I m quite
Re: [AN1x] Editor needed for PC (Win 7)
2012-02-19 by Jeff
... Hi ! you can save and get back your patches with a basic MIDI software such as MIDI Ox , it s a freeware available on the net. But you cannot edit them,
Re: Editor needed for PC (Win 7)
2012-02-19 by derek192603
Hi, If you search the earlier posts on the board, then this was discussed three or four weeks back, and some people have had some success running AN1xEdit on
Re: [AN1x] Re: AN1X Mellotron
2012-02-18 by Chris Gregory
C6 does a good job: http://www.elektron.se/support-and-downloads Yes, they really are fantastic sounds. They sound more musical than any mellotron samples I ve
Editor needed for PC (Win 7)
2012-02-18 by paulbenn43
Hi folks, I ve been using my AN1X for years but I ve never found the need for a software editor before. My battery is just now getting low, so I need to get
Re: AN1X Mellotron
2012-02-18 by bas
I ve just listened to these demos after not having used my An1x for 2 years or so.... * JAWDROPPER * I thought that I knew my An1x quite well including the
Re: OT: Compressed files
2012-02-11 by derek192603
Hi, IZArc should do the trick. http://www.izarc.org/ Cheers Derek
Re: [AN1x] OT: Compressed files
2012-02-11 by Billy F. Staggs
7zip is a freeware program that will open gz, tar and I think even rar files. -- Bstaggs
OT: Compressed files
2012-02-10 by Greg
I notice that a user on one of my Yahoo groups just posted a file with the extension tar.gz . As a Linux user I know what it is, it is an archive of files
Re: [AN1x] one more odd ball question about virtual analog keyboards
2012-02-05 by Dowd Bailey
Get a Proline three tier stand. The top two can set up very narrow. Have fun! ... From: Jeff Subject: Re: [AN1x] one more odd ball
Re: [AN1x] one more odd ball question about virtual analog keyboards
2012-02-04 by Jeff
Hello Jimmy ! ... Some models of keyboard stands could fit better than standard X shaped stands , ex. :
one more odd ball question about virtual analog keyboards
2012-02-04 by spaceanimals
All those new VA and actual analog keyboards are too short to fit on a stand. Where do you put them when you gig--set up on a table? Jim