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Ok, just for everyones information, who is wondering how his AN200 is 
compared to the AN1x: 


PLG150AN/AN200: 
Polyphony: 5  
Multitimbrality: 1 part  
Hardware Control: None  
Arpeggiator & Step Sequencer: Yes 
Free EG: 4 tracks per voice  
X-Mod: Yes 
Built-in Effects: 3-band EQ, Amp Simulator (but can access effects of 
host synth or card - PLG150AN)
(AN200 additionally 16 step sequencer and realtime knobs, plus three 
tracks for AWM2 samples etc. you know your machine ;).   


AN1x:
Polyphony: 10 
Multitimbrality: 2 parts (5+5 notes) 
Hardware Control: 61 keyboard, eight assignable rotary knobs, ribbon 
controller, pitch and mod wheels 
Arpeggiator & Step Sequencer: Yes 
Free EG: 4 tracks per voice 
X-Mod: No 
Built-in Effects: 3-band EQ, 14 variation effects, Delay, Reverb

Thanks for the comparison, Tom.

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PLG150AN/AN200:
X-Mod: Yes 

AN1x:
X-Mod: No
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Question: Does X-Mod or "Cross Modulation" = Frequency Modulation (to some
degree)???

Is this where one oscillator is used to modify the pitch of the other? Has
anyone got any more information?

Cheers,

Phil

--- In AN1x-list@y..., Phil <accession@o...> wrote:
> Question: Does X-Mod or "Cross Modulation" = Frequency Modulation 
(to some
> degree)???
I don´t know. 
The PLG150AN article on Sound-on-Sound.com, Jon posted, says shortly 
about it:

"[...] X-Mod (cross modulation), where the VCO2 Triangle or Sinewave 
output modulates VCO1 to create FM–like bells and pianos [...]"
 
> Is this where one oscillator is used to modify the pitch of the 
other? 
Hm, isn´t that more FM? So the AN1x is in the way a 1-Operator FM 
Synth also???

--Tom