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Hi there, I am a new member to this E-group.
My name is stefan jannesson and a live in sweden.

Hi Stefan

Welcome to the list!

AN1x... PLG-150AN... or AN200????

In fact, what's people's impressions of the AN200 so far?

Phil
Sydney, Australia

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I like the idea of the AN200 but the reduced polyphony
will make it less functional in my eyes.  I use am
AN1x and having the 12 note poy means you can play
chords quite comfotably with overlaps and not suffer
from note stealing.  

Another point to think about is that you can easily
buy a good condition 2nd hand AN1x for less than 300
squid......



--- Phil <accession@...> wrote: > Hi
Stefan
> 
> Welcome to the list!
> 
> AN1x... PLG-150AN... or AN200????
> 
> In fact, what's people's impressions of the AN200 so
> far?
> 
> Phil
> Sydney, Australia
> 
> 
> 
> From: stefan.jannesson@...
> Reply-To: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:27:13 -0000
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--- In AN1x-list@y..., Phil <accession@o...> wrote:
 
> In fact, what's people's impressions of the AN200 so far?
>

Hi Phil! Long time no hear...hope you're well. 

I managed to steal away from the office early last Friday ;-) and went 
by the local Guitar Center (I know, I know...blech!) They had an AN200 
on display. It was lumped together with the Alesis and Roland drum 
computers. As opposed to the Korg's which have their own fanciful 
display and proper speakers - not poor sounding, budget headphones. 
Anyway, before I get off on a rant...

Of course it sounds just like an AN1x and anybody with some experience 
programming and selecting patterns on a drum computer is going to be 
able to jump right in. For somebody new to the game I don't think it 
will be appreciably harder to learn than anything else in that price 
range. Bear in mind it is a Yamaha though ;-P

Now that I've spent 10 min. with one, I have an appreciation for Todd's 
comments from last week regarding the LFO modulation routings. There's 
a select button adjacent to the LFO Speed knob which had the most 
cryptic abbrieviations I've ever seen - couldn't make heads or tales of 
it?! Okay, I can deal with that - just get out the manual and set it in 
front of you until memorized ;-) What I found disappointing were the 
drum sounds. Keep in mind I only spent 10-15 min. with it but I found 
the drum sounds to be very plain, vanilla sounding - they didn't hold 
my interest :-(

The 5 note polyphony for the 'AN' sound engine didn't concern me. It 
still provides two Scenes per voice so you can create some good sounds. 
Presumably the AN200 would be a role player in your live kit. Don't 
mistake it for something it's not. Heck, I'm impressed with how much 
mileage can be had from the 4 note polyphonic MS2000 so the AN200 is 
still okay in my book. The drum sounds have dampened my enthusiasm 
somewhat. I'll give it a second chance in a few more weeks but I don't 
see that the AN200 will find a home in my modest set-up. Doens't offer 
anything unique that I don't already own.

And while were back to comparing synths....

I had a grand time playing an MS2000 for a good half hour! And I really 
*am* impressed with how much sound comes out of a 4 note ployphonic 
synth. I enjoy the sounds more than the JP8000 but to my ears, the AN1x 
is warmer. Notice how I intentionally didn't say 'Analog'? Pretty 
clever of me, huh? ;-) haha ha

What I really, REALLY enjoyed was the Waldorf MicroQ! I must have 
played that thing for a good hour at least :-)  Doesn't sound like an 
AN1x to me - doesn't sound like a MS2000 either. It DOES sound like a 
Waldorf and if that's not an ambiguous statement I don't know what is 
;-) I loved the three oscilliators - bring the 3rd osc into play 
(manually, of course) just made the sound larger and right 'there' in 
your face. The duel filters can easily be swapped from parallel to 
serial configurations and sound good - very Waldorfish. The LFO mod 
matrix is a little daunting - again, cryptic abbrieviations but not 
nearly as bad as that message from space the AN200 was beaming at me. 
Lots of mod choices. I loved the endless rotation knobs and the 
function select buttons are an elegant solution. Damn - what I wouldn't 
do to replace the Select Knob on the AN1x with buttons like the MicroQ. 
That's how it should be done. It felt a little odd working with only 
six knobs (actually, four for most purposes) but I had such fun with 
the box I haven't yet but that into proper perspective. It might be a 
bit of a let down in the long run but I just can't say...the MicroQ 
mada real strong 1st impression with me.

And last but not least, there was a 2nd hand Akai AX73(?) - REAL 
analog! No folling - REAL analaog. It was pretty beat up and heavily 
used but it still worked okay and sounded, well, analog. User 
interface? WHAT user interface? It has none to speak of - haha ha My 
long gone, and sorely missed, Kawai K3 had more user interface than 
THAT thing! But it was cool to have a chance to play the Akai. I always 
check out the old, 2nd hand gear 1st thing when I go by shops like GC.

Okay, okay enough for now - back to what you were doing.

regards,

Jon

Cheers, Jon!

I must look more into the Waldorf stuff. They're relatively expensive, but I
know people who've done stringent comparison tests between the WaldorfQ and
Virus, and the Q is technically better soundwise with regards to the way the
DSP constructs waveforms, particularly in the upper frequencies. It was just
the other day I was constructing a patch on my JP-8080 with quite a bit of
low-pass filter whilst playing high up the keyboard. With the gain turned up
to compensate the filter, the digital aliasing noise struck me as quite
obvious where I had never noticed it really before. Worse on some waveforms
than others mind you, and certainy not nearly as apparent once the filter is
lifted and gain brought back down. From what I've heard, the Virus suffers
similarly, despite being a wonderful sounding instrument.

At the moment, I'm desparately trying to tell my self that I don't _need_
the Waves Gold plug-ins bundle...

Hey, did you end up getting your sampler? The E-mu5000Ultra keeps winking at
me, but I've got to stop buying new gear. Maybe a 2nd-hand E6400 would do
the trick...

Have a good day,

Phil

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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 02:49:09 -0000
To: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com
Subject: AN200 Impressions? (was-->Re: [AN1x-list] New member)


--- In AN1x-list@y..., Phil <accession@o...> wrote:
 
> In fact, what's people's impressions of the AN200 so far?
>

Hi Phil! Long time no hear...hope you're well.

I managed to steal away from the office early last Friday ;-) and went
by the local Guitar Center (I know, I know...blech!) They had an AN200
on display...

Hey AN1X'ers,

Was wonderring if anyone has ever put all the voices available in the Set-up
guide in .AN1 format. The sysex format is a bit tedious and I'm thinking
some of the folks who bought their keyboard used might not have access to
the disk.

Didn't see it in the file area. Some of ther voices are quite good I
think...

I'll be glad to go ahead and post it if anyone is interested and it's not
already in the file area somewhere...

Pablo

Check the Folders from Yamaha AN1x Support Disk and/or PinheadX. If 
I'm not mistaken, you should find what you're asking for in one or 
the other.

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

regards,

Jon

--- In AN1x-list@y..., "Pablo AZ" <PolHarris@a...> wrote:
> Hey AN1X'ers,
> 
> Was wonderring if anyone has ever put all the voices available in 
the Set-up
> guide in .AN1 format. The sysex format is a bit tedious and I'm 
thinking
> some of the folks who bought their keyboard used might not have 
access to
> the disk.
> 
> Didn't see it in the file area. Some of ther voices are quite good I
> think...
> 
> I'll be glad to go ahead and post it if anyone is interested and 
it's not

> already in the file area somewhere...
> 
> Pablo

From: <stefan.jannesson@...>
> Hi there, I am a new member to this E-group.
> My name is stefan jannesson and a live in sweden.

Welcome to the list, pal!

Cheers from Brazil,
PinheadX

From: "F Retro" <future_retro@...>

> I like the idea of the AN200 but the reduced polyphony
> will make it less functional in my eyes.  I use am
> AN1x and having the 12 note poy means you can play
> chords quite comfotably with overlaps and not suffer
> from note stealing.

Can I have your AN1x? Mine has only 10 voice polyphony. :)

(OK, so there are two more in the EX5S...)

- Peter

Hello!

I just got a new AN1x one week ago and decided to join this list.
I hope to learn a lot with you guys since AN1x is seems hard to 
program.

See you around,

Nuno

Hi Nino,

> I just got a new AN1x one week ago and decided to join this list.
> I hope to learn a lot with you guys since AN1x is seems hard to
> program.

There are people on this list that are very knowledgeable on the AN1x, on
music and synth programming in general, or both. I think that any question
you might have regarding the AN1x (or the EX series, the PLG150-AN or the
AN200; the other products that use AN technology) can be answered here.

The AN1x isn't really difficult to program. The left hand part is simple,
once you get used to it. The right hand part requires some more effort, but
all in all the AN1x is clearly and logically laid out. You could have done
much worse: the AN1x is really sought after, and a classic in its own right.

So a warm welcome to you!

- Peter

Hi, 

Just joined the group. I have a Motif ES6 with two (soon to be three) PLG150-AN 
boards installed.  I play out as a bassist but MIDI sequencing is a hobby for me.