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> I'm wondering if when using An1x edit you can convert the files to
> sysex or something and can load them into the An200. Is An1x edit
> even compatible with the An200? Do I even have to worry about file
> conversion for my patches if I part with the An1x?

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Jon" <jondl_2000@...> wrote:
>
> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "lvxferro23" <housin666@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was wondering if someone can help me with this question:
> >
> > It's come time that I may have to part with my An1x. If I do, I
want
> > to make sure that my saved files at a future date are put to good
> > use. i.e. buying an An200 one day.
>
> Sorry to hear that, I'm sure more than a few of us have been in
similar circumstances. Just
> out of curiosity I looked over some complete auctions on eBay and
found a pair of AN1x
> had recently sold for $290 & $320 and AN200's sold for $250 and
$300. Four auctions
> may not provide much in the way of an average, but the AN200
numbers were kind of
> surprising to me. Had no idea they fetched such a price at this
late date.
>
> > I'm wondering if when using An1x edit you can convert the files
to
> > sysex or something and can load them into the An200. Is An1x edit
> > even compatible with the An200? Do I even have to worry about
file
> > conversion for my patches if I part with the An1x?
>
> The SysEx ID header for the AN1x an AN200 is not identical, so if
you are able to
> successfully upload an AN1x voice into your AN200 using a SysEx
dump, the results would
> be unpredictable.
>
> You can simply use AN1xEdit, which has a PLG50-AN compatible mode,
or AN Expert
> Editor to open your .an1 voices and upload them into your AN200.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon
>

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Bill" <bim_ecs@...> wrote:
>
> You're not the only ones who are surprised about the prices the last
> 2 AN200 modules have gone for. I had just sold an Oberheim Matrix 6R
> to fund the purchase of an AN200 to back up my AN1x and hoped I could
> get one for $250. Anyway, I gave up at $295 - just below the top bid
> of $300. I love the sounds and programmability of the AN1x but I
> already haul 3 keyboards (a Roland D-50, a Hammond XK-2 and a Suzuki
> SS-100 piano) and dont really want to haul a 4th keyboard unless I
> have to....
>
> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Jon" <jondl_2000@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "lvxferro23" <housin666@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was wondering if someone can help me with this question:
> > >
> > > It's come time that I may have to part with my An1x. If I do, I
> want
> > > to make sure that my saved files at a future date are put to good
> > > use. i.e. buying an An200 one day.
> >
> > Sorry to hear that, I'm sure more than a few of us have been in
> similar circumstances. Just
> > out of curiosity I looked over some complete auctions on eBay and
> found a pair of AN1x
> > had recently sold for $290 & $320 and AN200's sold for $250 and
> $300. Four auctions
> > may not provide much in the way of an average, but the AN200
> numbers were kind of
> > surprising to me. Had no idea they fetched such a price at this
> late date.
> >
> > > I'm wondering if when using An1x edit you can convert the files
> to
> > > sysex or something and can load them into the An200. Is An1x edit
> > > even compatible with the An200? Do I even have to worry about
> file
> > > conversion for my patches if I part with the An1x?
> >
> > The SysEx ID header for the AN1x an AN200 is not identical, so if
> you are able to
> > successfully upload an AN1x voice into your AN200 using a SysEx
> dump, the results would
> > be unpredictable.
> >
> > You can simply use AN1xEdit, which has a PLG50-AN compatible mode,
> or AN Expert
> > Editor to open your .an1 voices and upload them into your AN200.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jon
> >
>

> Editor to open your .an1 voices and upload them into your AN200.