The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

In a message dated 10/3/02 1:51:33 pm, peter.scullion@... writes:

>It dosent have the warmest of sounds, but the
>current second hand price is pretty good,

What are you talking about?- Even a Minimoog can sound thin!

>Just do yourself a favour and get one. They are so
>cheap on the secondhand market right now. go to:

I know, found a few for a really good price. I'm
thinking about changing my Yamaha DX-7 for a AN1X ...
quite a smart thing to do? ;)

>The whole of my last LP was done with an AN1x and an
>E6400 It's not D+B- but I am a fan of early Jungle.

What type of music was your last LP then?

>Yeah the AN1X is pretty good at those hard
>cutting/pulsing bass sounds, one
>of the great things about the AN is oscillator sync
>which helps create those
>'motorboat' effects, and theres OK distortion
>effects, all you need is
>ideas, programming skills (which I'm still working
>on) & a decent compressor
>to get those sounds really pumping. Cant think of any
>D&B producers of hand

I have the Access Virus B already, so I'm not sure if
the AN1X is quite unnecessary in my setup. But I don't
know, maybe the AN1X is quite different from the Virus
B (and different from the Korg MS-2000 and Nord
Modular as well)??

>Theirs even a set of preprogrammed D&B patches out on
the web somewhere, but
>as well as basses it can make lush pads, lead lines,
dodgy 80's brass sounds
>plus loads more besides.

Yes, I actually found a site with some d&b patches.
But it would be nice to hear some sound clips from the
synth before I get one. I'm still searching the net
for some sites with sound clips.

I already have three VA-synths, the Virus B, Korg
MS-2000 and the Nord Modular. But I'm thinking about
changing my old Yamaha DX-7 to an AN1X. I would
probably use the AN1X as motherkeyboard. I have heard
that it's keyboard it pretty good? 61 keys (with
velocity & aftertouch)?

I read that the AN1X has a morphing function, which
makes it possible to morph between two different
sounds. I can imagine that this function can create
some really weird and nasty basses. But how
easy/practical is this function? Does it work as you
could imagine it would?

Thanx again for all your answers!

/CJ



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