The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

At 09:00 PM 4/21/00 -0400, you wrote:
 
>I've played it twice now!  Very, very nice.  I love the interface - the
>immediacy is wonderful.  It's like everything Roland got wrong on the
>JP8K Korg got right on the MS2K. 

Except the 4-octave keyboard :) Does the MS2000 have effects? The effects
are what make the AN1x powerful.
 
>I like using the AN1x as a
>one trick pony and never make use of the bi-timbral functionality.  

Same here, though it's not *real* bitimbrality. If Yamaha came out with
even a 4-part (true) multitimbral AN synth, I'd be happy.

>I really enjoyed that little ER-1 Drum Machine too.  More
>so than the EA-1 box.  
 
I have both. I felt the same as you before I bought it but actually use the
EA-1 more for 303-type patterns. Sometimes for basslines. The EA-1 I use
primarily for adding some high-end crisp to rhythm tracks (like lo-fi drum
loops). I always need to use it with a compressor or else it just doesn't
sit well in a mix.

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