The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

In a message dated 23/7/02 3:17:15 am, Sayer@... writes:

>Each of the synths has it's own unique sounds. The AN1x is very 
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>unique and I really like hearing it used in a track. It's a special 
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>sound. The same goes for the Virus b. It has it's own sound that you 
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>can often pick out in a mix. They seem to have personalities in the 
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>same way the vintage analogs did.
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>
Sorry to burst your little virus bubble but, I really don't like the sound 
that the virus emits- I think this down to it being 24 bit and not 16. There 
is something about the sound of 24 bit I really don't like- and although the 
Virus has all the idiosyncracies's of an analogue (clever bit of programming 
I may point out)- It's way to clean IMO And (like a lot of other 24 bit 
stuff) because of the amount of processing needed to get it to function- the 
sound gets "put in the background"- I know there's now gonna be a load of 
mails telling me what a load of crap I'm talking- but I *REALLY* do believe 
this (I've got a very wide hearing range and I'm the one who always starts 
complaining about hearing ultrasound (bats, intruder detectors, dog whistles 
LOL!)- when everybody else thinks I'm going bonkers!!

I can demonstrate this btw on my Nord (although it's not 24 bit- it gets 
near). Make a simple patch and it sounds pretty damn analogue- add a few 
modules- up to the limit of the DSP and.... hey presto (In fact it's pretty 
similar to that PWM popping sound I mentioned before). Remember when people 
like Philips discovered 1-bit as opposed to 24x Oversampling on CD's??- well 
perhaps there is a better way to physical modelling- and are we (at the 
moment) barking up the wrong tree??

Tom :-)