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Has anybody tried the editing software supplied with the an200 
on an AN1x?

> Has anybody tried the editing software supplied with the an200 
> on an AN1x?

Well, I know that it will definitely work the other way around; the AN 
Expert Editor will work on the AN200 (except for the arpeggio 
functions).  I can't think of any advantage to using the AN200 editor 
over the AN Expert Editor though (unless you're wanting a plug-in for 
XGWorks/Lite).

It was the Mac version of the software I was interested to learn if 
it worked or not. There seems to be a lack of that sort of thing for 
Apple Computers. Surprised no one has put it into the files 
section.

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Dan" <dxalgorithm18@y...> 
wrote:
> > Has anybody tried the editing software supplied with the 
an200 
> > on an AN1x?
> 
> Well, I know that it will definitely work the other way around; the 
AN 
> Expert Editor will work on the AN200 (except for the arpeggio 
> functions).  I can't think of any advantage to using the AN200 
editor 
> over the AN Expert Editor though (unless you're wanting a 
plug-in for 
> XGWorks/Lite).

Each of the Editor/Librarians provided by Yamaha for the AN1x has always been supported 
under the Mac OS dating back to the original AN1x Visual Editing Package which preceded 
the release of An1xEdit. Both AN Expert Editor and AN200 Editor are also supported under 
the Mac OS (OS 9 to be specific.)

AN1xEdit works with the AN1x/PLG150AN/AN200 and is cross platform compatible 
(thansk to the efforts of Gary Gregson). I've successfully used AN1xEdit under Classic 
within OS X 10.3.9 (Panther) using OMS 2.3.8 and an Emagic MT4 USB MIDI Interface to 
successfully transfers Voices to/from the AN1x. While AN1xEdit will run under Classic 
within Jaguar, it will not work for sysEx transfers unless configure with both OMS and 
MIDIbridge9x. I never spent the time and effort to successfully configure MIDIbridge9x 
correctly - and it was still in beta release when last I tried - so I can't say whether it works 
or not.

AN Expert Editor can be used with the AN1x, as can AN200 Editor, but the resulting Voice 
transfers will not be 100% consistent primarily due to difference between parameters in 
the Voice architecture. You might also experience difficulties using either of these two 
editors with the AN1x as the result of differences between the SysEx header ID's. If you are 
interested in learning more regarding the differences between the devices I would direct 
your attention to the Help file included with AN1xEdit which contains the specifics. You 
might find this useful.

For whatever reasons they see fit, Yamaha has never made AN200 Editor available as a free 
download as they have with AN Expert Editor - the differences between the two are mostly 
insignificant. As list moderators, we made a conscious decision not to redistribute Yamaha 
software and manuals under copyright control out of respect for their policies but also to 
protect the interest of this list from any false accusations which would violate the terms of 
use as established by Yahoo Groups! - that's why you won't find AN200 Editor in the Files 
section of this list.

Hope this helps.

Jon 



--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Gary" <gnmorgan@b...> wrote:

> It was the Mac version of the software I was interested to learn if 
> it worked or not. There seems to be a lack of that sort of thing for 
> Apple Computers. Surprised no one has put it into the files 
> section.
> 
> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Dan" <dxalgorithm18@y...> 
> wrote:
> > > Has anybody tried the editing software supplied with the 
> an200 
> > > on an AN1x?
> > 
> > Well, I know that it will definitely work the other way around; the 
> AN 
> > Expert Editor will work on the AN200 (except for the arpeggio 
> > functions).  I can't think of any advantage to using the AN200 
> editor 
> > over the AN Expert Editor though (unless you're wanting a 
> plug-in for 
> > XGWorks/Lite).