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I can't really call myself a "progressive rocker" -- although I do enjoy 
the genre.  That said, I tend to use my AN1x for more "classic" analog 
synth sounds like the bands of the 70's and 80's used.  I've been playing 
synths since the early seventies, and that's where my roots are, I 
guess.  I like Trance and Hip Hop; I just don't find myself playing much of 
it on stage.

The AN-series are great copies of the fundamentals of a classic analog 
synthesizer -- which is exactly the sound used by both progressive rock and 
dance/groove-oriented music.  Since progressive rock isn't all the popular 
these days, though, the marketing folks at Yamaha probably decided to focus 
on the newer, hotter markets in their advertising.  Nevertheless, show me a 
musical instrument that a) was "made for hip hop" and b) has a 3.5-octave 
or better full-size keyboard, and I can tweak it to make it suitable for 
any other synth genre, too.

Regards,

-BW

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At 12:58 A 10/26/2001 +0000, you wrote:


>I have the AN200 (couldn't hold out for the AN1X), but I'm still
>quite happy.
>
>I've been playing with this toy almost every day and I have found
>lots of great sounds just by tweaking the knobs (haven't installed
>the software yet).
>
>I'm very heavy into prog rock (think Keith Emerson) and that is my
>primary target for sound creation.  So far the AN200 has not
>dissapointed me (and remember, I still haven't used the software
>yet!).
>
>Here's the thing, I know that this unit was marketed
>toward "Trance/Hip Hop/Dance" musicians.
>
>So, am I the only one here putting this thing to uses "other" than
>those it was designed for?
>
>Also, I am completely ignoring the sequencing and drum machine
>abilities of this device.  I don't have a use for either (at least
>not in the form that they are presented in on the AN200).
>
>I would love to hear what other prog rockers have to say!
>
>Carl