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You're right! I actually *knew* it was a melodica, honest.
I'm progressing, anyway. HPF and FM seem to do the juob - no quite
right, although maybe close enough for a live show.
Any help still appreciated,
Lou

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Cooke" <smcooke@...> wrote:
>
> I think the 'harmonica sound' to which you refer is actually a
> melodica, not a harmonica.
> 
> See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodica and
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Counts
> 
> Not sure how you'd get that on the AN1x, though.  It's not really
> designed to emulate real instruments.  That's more VL territory than
> AN.
> 
> If you've got a keyboard/tone module with a bagpipe preset or similar,
> that could probably be tweaked to sound a bit closer to the melodica.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Steve Cooke
> smcooke@...
> 
> 
> On 02/10/06, lou.kadassy <lou.kadassy@...> wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> > I'm trying to get ready for my first gig, and I need to perform the
> > two main lines for "Everything Counts" by DM on my mean blue machine.
> > Just to make myself clear, I need the Marimba sound and the subsequent
> > Harmonica sound you can hear in the intro.
> >
> > Now, maybe the AN1x is not the best synth for the purpose, and for
> > sure I'm not a skilled programmer, but I'm unable to come even near to
> > a decent rendition.
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction? Is there any ready-made
> > patch out there that can resemble these sounds? Ideally, I'll need a
> > split-scene so I can play both parts without hassle.
> >
> > Thank you for your help,
> > Lou
>