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Hi,

I'm a new member and wanted to first say, "Hello to all!" and also 
to start right in with a couple questions:

Does anyone know if by using the Yamaha AN200 editor you can make 
use of the arpeggiator that is onboard the PLG-150AN board and then 
save the arpeggiation in the patch stored in the AN200 (since the 
AN200 itself doesn't have an arpeggiator)?  There is supposedly a 30 
pattern arpeggiator on the PLG-150AN board but all I can find in the 
AN200 editor is the step sequencer.

Also, does the "Edge" parameter (when turned up) add harmonics to 
the basic waveform to make it brighter (counteracting the LP filter)?

Thanks!

Dan

The Edge parameter controls the waveform spectrum. If you have a 
square wave selected and the Edge is set at 127 you have a square 
wave, At zero you have a sine wave. In the middle you have something 
in between. A square wave has harmonics. A sine wave does not.So the 
edge parameter is a type of filter but sounds different than your 
standard low pass filter.

Rainbow Jimmy

> The Edge parameter controls the waveform spectrum. If you have a 
> square wave selected and the Edge is set at 127 you have a square 
> wave, At zero you have a sine wave. In the middle you have 
something 
> in between.

So then the Edge parameter would gradually change a saw wave to a 
ramp wave (and everything inbetween)?

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Dan" <dxalgorithm18@y...> wrote:
> 
> So then the Edge parameter would gradually change a saw wave to a 
> ramp wave (and everything inbetween)?                               
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>  Reducing Edge on a saw wave would round off the point of 
the "saw", and take some of the harsh sound away. Edge fully reduced 
on a saw wave also results in something very close to a sine wave. 
Using shape knob on the Ion also reduces harsh saw sound, but does it 
by skewing the wave.

> So then the Edge parameter would gradually change a saw wave to a
> ramp wave (and everything inbetween)?

Unfortunately, no.  The Edge thing is a lot like a low pass filter.  It removes
harmonics, starting at the highest.  So no matter which wave you start with as
the source, if you turn down the Edge all the way you get a sine wave.

I wish they had thought of morphing the wave in some form with an easy to
understand parameter.  As it is, you can use FM to create different waveforms
from the internal sources... but doing this is tricky and difficult to get
consistent results.  If you learn to program the FM feature in the AN series
synths I would have to call you an expert.  Some of the best sounds use the FM
feature.  IIRC the "We All Die" patch has something to do with FM.  Isn't that
why it's called FM?  (freaking magic)

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>

I found out  last night that the "AN 200 Editor" that I was using 
differs from the "Expert Editor" in one slight detail.  The AN200 
editor doesn't have the arpeggiation button in the upper right hand 
section of the GUI in the common section where the step sequencer 
button is.  I tried to install Expert Standalone Editor in order to 
access the arpeggiation features but although the installation 
seemed to go OK, I can't get the prgram to launch (?) I tried 
uninstalling AN Editor and even XG Works Lite and then reinstalling 
them but now I only get some sort of error on my XP PCwhen trying to 
run the AN Editor.  The error message is some thing 
like, "Kernal..."  I guess I should have left well-enough alone!

Does anybody have insights on what is wrong? (other than user error!)

: )

Thanks,

Dan



> Does anyone know if by using the Yamaha AN200 editor you can make 
> use of the arpeggiator that is onboard the PLG-150AN board and 
then 
> save the arpeggiation in the patch stored in the AN200 (since the 
> AN200 itself doesn't have an arpeggiator)?  There is supposedly a 
30 
> pattern arpeggiator on the PLG-150AN board but all I can find in 
the 
> AN200 editor is the step sequencer.

OK, the problem of the "Procedure entry point not 
found...KERNAL32.dll" error was an indication that I was trying to 
run XGWorks 3.06 on an Windows XP PC - I just had to download the 
3.07 update to function correctly with XP.  I'll report back on 
whether the standalone Expert Editor works to store arpeggios in 
AN200 patches.

BTW, I checked and my AN200 already has OS v.1.03 in it.


--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Dan" <dxalgorithm18@y...> wrote:
> 
> I found out  last night that the "AN 200 Editor" that I was using 
> differs from the "Expert Editor" in one slight detail.  The AN200 
> editor doesn't have the arpeggiation button in the upper right 
hand 
> section of the GUI in the common section where the step sequencer 
> button is.  I tried to install Expert Standalone Editor in order 
to 
> access the arpeggiation features but although the installation 
> seemed to go OK, I can't get the prgram to launch (?) I tried 
> uninstalling AN Editor and even XG Works Lite and then 
reinstalling 
> them but now I only get some sort of error on my XP PCwhen trying 
to 
> run the AN Editor.  The error message is some thing 
> like, "Kernal..."  I guess I should have left well-enough alone!
> 
> Does anybody have insights on what is wrong? (other than user 
error!)
> 
> : )
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> 
> > Does anyone know if by using the Yamaha AN200 editor you can 
make 
> > use of the arpeggiator that is onboard the PLG-150AN board and 
> then 
> > save the arpeggiation in the patch stored in the AN200 (since 
the 
> > AN200 itself doesn't have an arpeggiator)?  There is supposedly 
a 

> 30 
> > pattern arpeggiator on the PLG-150AN board but all I can find in 
> the 
> > AN200 editor is the step sequencer.