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say uh, jimmy,  what article is that in the new keyboard mag?
> Craig Anderton has a good article on hard sync in the latest Keyboard 
> Magazine. The AN1X does hard sync especially well.
> 
> The cool thing about hard sync-the slave oscillator's pitch doesn't 
> affect the pitch of the note.It only affects the harmonic content. So 
> to get nice metallic sounds, alter the slave pitch as many ways as 
> possible-on the AN1X there's a lot of options.
> 
> First, shut off osc 2. Turn the mix volume all the way down. Now 
> change the algorhithm to fm+slv. That means the fm will only affect 
> the slave wave. 
> 
> Then set the sync pitch to a positive number. You only get hard sync 
> if the sync pitch(the slave oscillator) is higher than the master 
> pitch. Now set the sync pitch depth to some nice high number like 40. 
> Set the source to filter envelope. Now the sync pitch will change 
> with the filter envelope for a nice sweep. Your note will still be in 
> tune.
> 
> Now set the pitch modulation so the oscillator pmod will only affect 
> the slave oscillator. Now you've got LFO 1 and the filter envelope 
> modulating the slave. Now go to fm. The algorithm is set up so the fm 
> only modulates the slave oscillator. Set the fm to some cool number-
> 24 and set up an envelope for the modulation (fm source 1) and a 
> modulator-I like to use VCO 1.
> 
> You'll find an awesome polysynth sounth, harmonics floating off in 
> all direction. Use one of the mod effects-flanging or phase shift, 
> with some cheap tinny plate reverb for extra oomph.. Two things make 
> the sound more or less useable. You have to play with the amplitude 
> envelope. I don't know why but the release decay and sustain really 
> affect the tone(and can affect whether the patch sounds in tune or 
> not). Also the LFO reset should be played with-two different sounds 
> depending on whether it's set to key on, or off.
> 
> Sounds cool. Now take scene two and do it all again, only this time 
> set the sync pitch way up high and set the pitch depth to a negative 
> number. Now you have all the harmonics going the opposite direction. 
> Layer those two sounds and you've got a monster polysynth sound.
> 
> Rainbow Jimmy
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