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Hi all!

I have AN1x for few months, but I'm litle bit diasppointed by it. It 
has cool voices, but I'm not so sure if they are suitable for music 
styles which i want to compose. They are very good for film music and 
may be trance, but I want to concentrate (I like) mainly on dance 
floor (like Music Instructor) and synthi pop (like Alphaville, DM or 
Erasure). I also don't know much about sound creation. I can create 
my own sound, but it doesn't sound well.
Is here in the list someone who is using AN1x for dance floor or 
synthi pop and is experienced AN1x programer which can you send me 
some sample of his work to show that AN1x can be successfuly used in 
this style and give me some advices how can I learn how to create 
good sounds and how to compose?

Thank you very much.

P.S.: Now I'm studying song "Super Fly" from Music Instructor. Could 
some programing guru take a look at its bass (playing octaves almost 
from the start) sound? I would like to know if AN1x can do something 
like this. Thanx.

Hello lubo999x,

It sounds as though you're relatively new to synth programming but at 
least you have an idea of what you want. That's good - and you picked a 
great synth to work with!

That said, I recommend you spend some time with the following resources 
to become better acquainted with the AN1x.

Synth programming tutorial at Intermusic.com:

http://www.intermusic.com/article.asp?ReviewId=2386&ArticleTable=
Features&FeatureType=TUT&Channel=KBD

'Power Users' guide from Yamaha (this is seperate from the reference 
manual):

http://www.yamaha.com/dmi/index2.htm

Spend some time in the Files section for the AN1x-list here at Yahoo! 
Groups. You'll find *many* free AN1x Voices contributed by AN1x users:

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

Don't forget to check out the Documentation and Tips & Tricks 
directories too. You may want try programming some AN1x Voices from 
scratch using the AN1x Voice Set-up Guide. It's basically a hands on 
tutorial - give it a try :-)

I think you'll soon find practical applications for the AN1x in just 
about any type of electronic music.

regards,

Jon

--- In AN1x-list@y..., lubo999x@h... wrote:

> Hi all!
> 
> I have AN1x for few months, but I'm litle bit diasppointed by it. It 
> has cool voices, but I'm not so sure if they are suitable for music 
> styles which i want to compose. They are very good for film music and 
> may be trance, but I want to concentrate (I like) mainly on dance 
> floor (like Music Instructor) and synthi pop (like Alphaville, DM or 
> Erasure). I also don't know much about sound creation. I can create 
> my own sound, but it doesn't sound well.
> Is here in the list someone who is using AN1x for dance floor or 
> synthi pop and is experienced AN1x programer which can you send me 
> some sample of his work to show that AN1x can be successfuly used in 
> this style and give me some advices how can I learn how to create 
> good sounds and how to compose?
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> P.S.: Now I'm studying song "Super Fly" from Music Instructor. Could 
> some programing guru take a look at its bass (playing octaves almost 
> from the start) sound? I would like to know if AN1x can do something 
> like this. Thanx.

Thanx for great tips!

lubo999x