The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry Aiyathurai" 
<tuskerfort@h...> wrote:
> I love aspects of the Ion. No stepping. Brilliant bold leads. 
> Extremely nice interface and strong mod matrix.
> 
> There is one area where I couldn't see myself using it. The 
> pads/analog brass department. It's not it wouldn't do those sounds, 
> they were pretty brittle sounding. I found that turning down 
> resonance and cutoff on a number of factory pads helped them a 
great 
> deal. So maybe some of it was the programming.
> 

Hhmmm, I don't agree - I didn't find the strings or brass to 
be 'brittle' at all - quite the opposite actually.  What were you 
monitoring them through?


> If I traded up, I'd keep the an1x for string pads, deep brassy 
pads, 
> etc. Or better yet, get an andromeda for them.

BIG price difference between an Andromeda an ION ;-)


Still, there may be a 
> way to get those deep warm sounds on the Ion. This was just a first 
> impression.
> 
> Jerry