The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "digitaldisko" <digitaldisko@...> wrote:
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> Wow!  I just opened up the "plg150an Logic Editor" and it is amazing looking. 

It is nice, but be aware that many of the controls transmit SysEx - not MIDI CC's - so real 
time update, i.e., tweaks while recording, will eat up more of your MIDI bandwidth than 
MIDI CC's.

The AN1x environment uses MIDI CC  but you may have to remap some of the knobs and/
or faders to the correct MIDI CC values for the PLG50-AN - I don't recall how drastic the 
difference is between the MIDI CC values for an AN1x vs. a PLG150-AN (AN200) in this 
regards, it's been awhile since I've fooled with it.

> It seems like it 
> has everything I need...to bad the AN200 didn't come with all of these features without 
using  a software. 

That is the trade off you made when you chose a low cost synthesizer like the AN200 as 
opposed to something with a more immediate interface - and a price tag to match. You 
might find that you do not enjoy editing your hardware from a software front end and 
chose another direction. Many users find the compromise between cost and functionality 
workable and don't mind.

> Has anybody ever used this software in Logic?   How do I play my AN200 in this 
> logic session via the editor and how do I change the parameters to my AN200 Hardware?  

The first thing you need to do is import the plg150an environment into Logic.

Once you have it open, navigate to the plg150an Arrange page and update the Port to 
match the MIDI port of the MIDI Interface from which you have the AN200 connected.

Now toggle back to the plg150an Environment page and update a parameter from a fader 
or knob - I would suggest something simple at first like Filter Cutoff from the VCF module.

Does your AN200 respond correctly? If so then you are good to go - otherwise something 
is amiss wih the Port setting - double check the Port and make certain the Cha setting 
matches the MIDI Transmit & Receive channels on your AN200.

Post back and let me know how it goes. 

If you need help importing this environment into an existing or new Logic song, let me 
know *offline* (because it's too involved and too off topic to bore AN1x-list with) and I'll 
try to help.

Regards,

Jon





> 
> Thanks everybody for the great feedback
> 
> -Scott
>