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alien1x schreef:

> I have heard many times from various people, that if one knows and 
> understands the  AN1X paramters and gets deep into this, one should be 
> able to produce any kind of sound.
> 
> I sometimes wonder why many have more then One synth in thier studio if 
> this was the case?

Well, there's your answer: it's not the case. There's quite a large 
variety of sounds that you'll never be able to truthfully make with an 
AN1x (or any subtractive synthesiser, for that matter).

Examples are piano, guitar (whether electric or acoustic), certain wind 
instruments like a saxophone, etc.

Anyway, every synth has its own character. So you could buy two synths 
that use subtractive ('analogue') synthesis, and still get very 
different sounds out of them.

A friend of mine had 25 synths, among which a Korg T2 and a Yamaha 
CS-60, in a bedroom that was perhaps three or four times larger than his 
single bed. There are those who claim that you can never have enough 
synths. :)

- Peter