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From: "ggareth" <ggareth@...>

> I have a question to anybody who has owned both these synths.
>
> I'm looking to buy one of these second-hand just for programming
> sounds and jamming with friends. I realise that the CS2X uses
> samples and the AN1X uses analog-modelling but at the end of the day
> which one is the most enjoyable and satisfying to play?

Comparing them is a bit like comparing apples and oranges, but one thing
could make a difference: the keyboard. I don't know if the CS2x has the same
keyboard as the CS1x, but if this is the case, the AN1x has a much better
quality keyboard. (As keyboards go, I would place the CS1x at the bottom
end, the AN1x in the middle, and the Yamaha EX's and Korg Tritons and Z1 at
the top end.)

I think the feel of a keyboard is very important for the joy of playing it,
so apart from the differences in sound engine (little polyphony,
bi-timbrality but full programmability for the AN1x; more polyphony and
multitimbrality but less exciting sounds for the CS2x) that should be a
consideration.

Since your focus is programming and jamming (where you don't need all the
polyphony and multi-timbrality), I would advise the AN1x.

- Peter