The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

Hi I am new to this group and am looking for advice on buying a 
synth. I hope I am in the right place. i don't want to spend much in 
the beginning but I would like to be able to record at a CD quality 
level if possible. 

Any advice on which to buy. I can't read music and don't desire to, 
but I have an ear for a good sound. I can play a few instruments at 
a beginner to intermediate level, and mostly just make my own stuff 
up on the spot. Its just a hobbie but I would like the option to 
record at a level worthy of a commercial CD. 
I want to have a wide range of sounds etc. 

Apart from keyboarding are they hard to learn?

Any advice greatly appreciated
Thanks
Tam

I would advise checking out the keyboard section of your local music 
store, such as Guitar Center. Play around with their demo units and 
see what fits best. If you're after a decent piano sound and 
realistic sounding instruments, then a sample-playback type synth 
would work best. Alesis QS6.2 and Roland Juno D are examples of 5-
octave sample-playback keyboards under $600. An 88 note keyboard with 
weighted piano-type action, such as Alesis QS8.2 or Yamaha S08, is 
closer to $1000. The An1x is a VA (virtual analog) designed to sound 
like older analog synths. VA's have a good classic synth sound  but 
no realistic piano or orchestra type instruments.  Most synths are 
fairly easy to learn to operate. Workstations such as Korg Triton, 
Yamaha Motif, Roland Fantom, have a much steeper learning curve and 
are rather expensive.

Thankyou very much.
I have printed this out and will refer to it as I shop around. 
Thanks again. Much appreciated.




--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "uralmoto2001" <uralmoto2001@y...> 
wrote:
> 
> I would advise checking out the keyboard section of your local 
music 
> store, such as Guitar Center. Play around with their demo units 
and 
> see what fits best. If you're after a decent piano sound and 
> realistic sounding instruments, then a sample-playback type synth 
> would work best. Alesis QS6.2 and Roland Juno D are examples of 5-
> octave sample-playback keyboards under $600. An 88 note keyboard 
with 
> weighted piano-type action, such as Alesis QS8.2 or Yamaha S08, is 
> closer to $1000. The An1x is a VA (virtual analog) designed to 
sound 
> like older analog synths. VA's have a good classic synth sound  
but 
> no realistic piano or orchestra type instruments.  Most synths are 
> fairly easy to learn to operate. Workstations such as Korg Triton, 
> Yamaha Motif, Roland Fantom, have a much steeper learning curve 
and 
> are rather expensive.