The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Jon" <jondl_2000@y...> wrote:

> AN1x wannabe...or is that has been? hahaha ;-)

Soon to be has-been, I guess. The NL3 replaces the AN1x in my setup. 
Know anyone looking for a mint AN1x with several banks of commercial 
sounds (on original media)? 

I already miss the ribbon controller on the AN1x. 

> That argument makes sense - I was pretty hung up on a/b'ing the 
two side by side at 
> WMC. Need to give the NL3 a 'do over' before committing to the 
Virus C.

If it were me I'd go for the Virus C first (get the NL3 after that, 
LOL!). I think the Virus C offers a broader sound pallet and more 
features. Plus Access is one of the best in the industry at 
supporting their products. 

> Aside from the fancy, new illuminated encoders the basic layout 
seemed to be similar 
> to the NL2 - at least, that was my impression - is this accurate?

The control differences are mostly to support the new features of 
the NL3. 

> I thought the 'wow' factor of the the Modular editing software was 
pretty impressive - 
> that said, I can't seem to convince myself I want to deal with the 
headache of running 
> seperate software either under Classic (see recent thread 
concerning MIDIBridgeX9) or 
> on a dedicated SO 9 box. Besides, I'll never get anything done '-) 
Thta's why I turn a 
> blind eye to Reaktor ;-)

Argghh, I don't blame you. 

> Yes. Talk to UGO about A6 - I know he loves it.

Uh-oh! He got one of those too? No wonder I never hear from him any 
more. 

> lousy 
> musical demo of the Voyager though :-/

Isn't that always the case! 

> Ski from EX5Tech is big on the Evolver - know he did some preset 
programming for 
> the PolyEvolver too - his MP3 demoes are cool. 

Yep.... He programmed a good number of the presets on the original 
Evolver. Also, you should check out this site for some really wild 
Evolver demos -
http://www.trippler.net/music/DSI-Evolver/dsi-evolver.html

> Took 
> my kid kite flying at Dulles Town Center yesterday afternoon while 
the sun and wind 
> were out  - had a blast :-)

I bet that was a blast!! Have not flown a kite in 25 years!

> I'll email Ed offline and find out what weekend he's off - I'm off 
again weekend after 
> next and I plan to take some 'mental health' days off too - need a 
break from the 
> routine :-/

Do these turn into musical mental health days??