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I wouldn't dare spray any kind of paint anywhere near my synthesizer, 
but there's this great glitter paint that comes in squeeze tubes 
which can really brighten up the An1X. I also have some cool alien 
stickers. Don't cover up the writing.

Rainbow Jimmy
http://www.spaceanimals.com
http://www.mp3.com/spaceanimals

There's a guy I know in Sydney who sprayed the entire case in vibrant
yellow. As far as I remember, he masked around all the important lettered
sections. Very unique, but not my thing.

By the way, has anyone noticed the casing is crudely fitted around the MIDI
ports due to a couple of poorly positioned screws? Looking up from below,
the plastic is flexed slightly out of shape to pass over them. I thought
mine was messed with at first until I realized it's just poor design.

Phil

From: alciere@...
Reply-To: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 22:33:15 -0000
To: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AN1x-list] re: painting your AN1X


I wouldn't dare spray any kind of paint anywhere near my synthesizer,
but there's this great glitter paint that comes in squeeze tubes
which can really brighten up the An1X. I also have some cool alien
stickers. Don't cover up the writing.

Rainbow Jimmy
http://www.spaceanimals.com
http://www.mp3.com/spaceanimals



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--- In AN1x-list@y..., alciere@m... wrote:
> I wouldn't dare spray any kind of paint anywhere near my 
synthesizer, 
Well, i guess if you put it into pieces, so that you have the nacked 
case without any electronics...
> but there's this great glitter paint that comes in squeeze tubes 
> which can really brighten up the An1X. 
Hm, you did this with your AN1x?

>I also have some cool alien 
> stickers. 
Hey, me too. Did someone else on the list did a "circuit bending" at 
his AN1x? I know this is more for analog synths, like SH101, MC202 
and so on, but well...you never know.

>Don't cover up the writing.
Duh! ;) 

--tom

--- In AN1x-list@y..., Phil <accession@o...> wrote:

> mine was messed with at first until I realized it's just poor 
design.

Well this makes me wonder, why did they choose the CS1x case? Only 
reason i can imagine...cost effectiveness. I guess just like with the 
FS1r, and the AN1r, groups within Yamaha were fighting against each 
other. But really, why shouldn´t Yamaha make synths of better 
quality. I got my Nord Micro Modular on the weekend. Never had a 
synth of such robust appearance and good quality. It´s like a little 
tank. ;)
Oh well, businessmen. You either love ´em or hate ´em. I remember a 
big discussion on a SW1000XG mailing-list about Yamaha´s politics. I 
will never understand them.

--Tom

> By the way, has anyone noticed the casing is crudely fitted around 
the MIDI
> ports due to a couple of poorly positioned screws?

Yes! I thought mine had a problem too, and I'm glad you've mentioned 
it. It really is a very poor design feature. I mean, it 
doesn't 'matter', but it makes you wonder what was going on in their 
heads ("Hey! Let's use the CS1x case design even though I've just 
noticed that it won't fit properly at the back").

And although I've heard people claim that the top is metal, mine is 
most definitely plastic.

--- In AN1x-list@y..., ginger@i... wrote:
> heads ("Hey! Let's use the CS1x case design even though I've just 
> noticed that it won't fit properly at the back").
It was probably a cost-effective decision, as i already said earlier. 
Marketing wise it was a bad decision, because i am sure, if they 
would have given it a different (better, less CSxX)case and instead 
of 8, 16 knobs, they STILL would sell it. But so, people 
underestimated it very much and thought and some still do, that it is 
because of the plastic outside also sounds plastic, a toy, which it 
is not all. I remember the german Keyboards rated it much higher than 
the JP8000...
  
> And although I've heard people claim that the top is metal, mine is 
> most definitely plastic.
Maybe the first ones were metal?

--Tom

From: "Phil" <accession@...>

> By the way, has anyone noticed the casing is crudely fitted around the
MIDI
> ports due to a couple of poorly positioned screws? Looking up from below,
> the plastic is flexed slightly out of shape to pass over them. I thought
> mine was messed with at first until I realized it's just poor design.

Now that you mention it, yes. It's about half a millimetre. But how did you
find out? I usually look at the side with the keys. :)

- Peter