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Well, i suppose you've guessed by the thread title that i need some 
help!
I'm Shaun from Portsmouth in the UK age 37.
To cut a long story short, i'm a huge fan of electronic music from 
early Kraftwerk/Eno through to electro and everything from 
experimental noise, Vangellis, acid/techno/house to William Orbit 
Aphex Twin and Boards Of Canada. Im a dj at heart so the list is 
endless.
I've always been into old analogue synths, never owned one, and 
maybe 10 years ago the JP8000 started this whole thing off. I used 
to read Future music every month and salivate over all this new 
technology. I used a sampler on my old ST and Amiga and generally 
arsed around using my DJ setup and old zoom effects for crazy 
feedback malarky.
Long story, i know, please bear with me ;)
Anyway, i got married had a greak kid and forgot about my musical 
dreams.
Went on Ebay a couple of weeks ago and typed in AN1X, one came up, 
my heart pounding, bid for it and won it!!!
It turned up yesterday and its great but i haven't got a CLUE about 
how to get the best out of it. The control panel looks complicated 
*shivers*
What software do i NEED. I have a pc running xp, can you recommend 
some a piece of hardware to make the software talk to the synth, how 
do i download patches, banks, anything!!!LOL
Like i said, i have this monster synth sitting there with a baby at 
the controls, any help or advice would be really welcome to someone 
with a great passion for twiddling and tweaking sounds but no 
knowlage on where to start. I do understand ADSR,and a little of vco 
vca vcf and stuff but only the basics, thats about it.
I just need to hook it up to my pc with something so i can start 
editing, recording etc.
Thanks for your time and patience but who else can i ask? AN1X forum 
seemed a good place to start.
Later.

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "shaunlane303" <shaunlane303@...> wrote:
> What software do i NEED. I have a pc running xp, can you recommend 
> some a piece of hardware to make the software talk to the synth, how 
> do i download patches, banks, anything!!!LOL
> Like i said, i have this monster synth sitting there with a baby at 
> the controls, any help or advice would be really welcome to someone 
> with a great passion for twiddling and tweaking sounds but no 
> knowlage on where to start. I do understand ADSR,and a little of vco 
> vca vcf and stuff but only the basics, thats about it.
> I just need to hook it up to my pc with something so i can start 
> editing, recording etc.
> Thanks for your time and patience but who else can i ask? AN1X forum 
> seemed a good place to start.
> Later.

I would suggest you look over the FAQ to find answers to many common questions:

http://www.geocities.com/jondl_2000/an1x_faq/an1x_faq_toc.htm

You'll want to download a copy of the Owner's Manual, Data List and the Voice Set-up 
Guide too. There is a freeware Editor/Librarian - AN1xEdit - also available for download 
and many free Voice to download from the Files section of AN1x-list here at Yahoo! 
Groups:

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AN1x-list/files/

Welcome to AN1x-list, hope you enjoy your synth.

Regards,

Jon

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Jon" <jondl_2000@...> wrote:
>
> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "shaunlane303" <shaunlane303@> 
wrote:
> > What software do i NEED. I have a pc running xp, can you 
recommend 
> > some a piece of hardware to make the software talk to the synth, 
how 
> > do i download patches, banks, anything!!!LOL
> > Like i said, i have this monster synth sitting there with a baby 
at 
> > the controls, any help or advice would be really welcome to 
someone 
> > with a great passion for twiddling and tweaking sounds but no 
> > knowlage on where to start. I do understand ADSR,and a little of 
vco 
> > vca vcf and stuff but only the basics, thats about it.
> > I just need to hook it up to my pc with something so i can start 
> > editing, recording etc.
> > Thanks for your time and patience but who else can i ask? AN1X 
forum 
> > seemed a good place to start.
> > Later.
> 
> I would suggest you look over the FAQ to find answers to many 
common questions:
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/jondl_2000/an1x_faq/an1x_faq_toc.htm
> 
> You'll want to download a copy of the Owner's Manual, Data List 
and the Voice Set-up 
> Guide too. There is a freeware Editor/Librarian - AN1xEdit - also 
available for download 
> and many free Voice to download from the Files section of AN1x-
list here at Yahoo! 
> Groups:
> 
> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AN1x-list/files/
> 
> Welcome to AN1x-list, hope you enjoy your synth.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jon
>


Many thanks Jon, that points me in the right direction.

Regards, Shaun.