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all i hear is good things about the an1x.... there has to be 
something about that sucks... beside only 2 multi-timbral... well?

>all i hear is good things about the an1x.... there has to be 
>something about that sucks... beside only 2 multi-timbral... well?

All things being equal, there isn't much that you could call "bad" about our blue friend.  I've heard the sound described as "grainy," but frankly, I don't hear it.  If a given patch has too much digital edge, try backing off a touch on the Edge control on the waveforms, and it goes right away.  The filters are warm, and the effects are plenty useable.  Some of the CONTROLS, however, are a little grainy; in particular, the Free EG doesn't have quite as much resolution as I might like -- at least, in a perfect world.  It's also a little quirky from time to time:  Sometimes, it exhibits some OS funny-business where changing a parameter or two results in some unexpected output.  I wish it had about twice as many knobs for programming.  And I wish the onboard sequencer was longer than 16 notes sometimes.  However, given the price of the AN1x, as compared to say, reasonably comparable Virus or Waldorf offerings, it's a pretty amazing instrument.

I've owned a lot of synthesizers (as opposed to ROMplers) over the years -- Korg Mini-Korg, Poly 61, MonoPoly, DW6000, and DW8000; Roland Juno-6, Juno-106, and D-50; Yamaha CS10, DX9, and TX81z.  I think the AN1x stands up to any of them.  I bought it three years ago from a music store liquidation sale as a "6-month diversion" piece, based solely on price, but it has earned a place in my stable lineup.

Regards,

-BW

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Depends on who you ask. My wife might mention some problems with it-
mostly me making screaming loud electronic metal sounds pounding out 
of an old bass amp. Then there's that time warp problem where I go 
down to the basement and the next thing I know it's 2 or 3 hours 
later.

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--- In AN1x-list@y..., "save_on_800" <save_on_800@y...> wrote:
> all i hear is good things about the an1x.... there has to be 
> something about that sucks... beside only 2 multi-timbral... well?

It's a wonderful machine, but:

- keyboard's only 5 octaves
- filter stairsteps under high resonance
- single filter (per scene)
- lightweight plastic body (not metal)
- Wallwart power supply
- There are hidden limitations in the mod matrix (some modulations 
work in unconventional wayw)
- Only one modulation variable is controllable from sequencer
- I wish it had octave buttons

Oh, well that's all I can think of.

It's still a wonderful machine. :)

Jerry

At 08:08 PM 4/26/02 -0400, Bruce Wahler wrote:

> >all i hear is good things about the an1x.... there has to be
> >something about that sucks... beside only 2 multi-timbral... well?


There are only 2 things bad about the An1x:

1) Weak case construction
2) Parameter stepping - ugh.

But other than that, it's a killer synth.

Elson



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I pretty much agree + the other bad thing is not having enough @#%&*!
time to get the most out of it.

Scott

Elson Trinidad wrote:
> 
> At 08:08 PM 4/26/02 -0400, Bruce Wahler wrote:
> 
> > >all i hear is good things about the an1x.... there has to be
> > >something about that sucks... beside only 2 multi-timbral... well?
> 
> There are only 2 things bad about the An1x:
> 
> 1) Weak case construction
> 2) Parameter stepping - ugh.
> 
> But other than that, it's a killer synth.
> 
> Elson
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At 10:28 PM 4/26/02 -0400, you wrote:
>I pretty much agree + the other bad thing is not having enough @#%&*!
>time to get the most out of it.

Well, the time is your responsibility, not Yamaha's :)



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This is a RIDICULOUS question!!

In my ideal world, you go to sleep and this 'black box' next to my bed 
records my dreams and interprets them into sound and patterns, which the 
following day, I discover to my delight- the track is now written and 
completed in my powerbook.- dream on!!

How many synths have you used which are perfect??- answer- NONE!

Limitations are good- they force you to use your imagination (unless you 
don't have any). All these questions to me is more like someone who is unsure 
whether they want to get on with it or not

My Clavia Nord Modular is one heck of a machine to program, but can sound 
thin. My AN1x is a pig to program but the sounds it produces are comparible 
to the sounds in my dreams.

There- I can't make a better recommendation than that, can I?

--- In AN1x-list@y..., terryfunken@a... wrote:
> This is a RIDICULOUS question!!
> 

All questions are welcome on this list. 

The fellow is obviously trying to weigh the positives vs. the 
negatives so he knows what to expect following his purchase. A 
perfectly reasonable exercise, IMO.

Jon

The only bad things I can come up with are it's rather funny userinterface, it's limited poly and the way it distracts me from studying and my g/s beacuse it just sounds soooo good.

Bastiaan van de Werk

  ----- Original Message ----- 
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  Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 4:17 PM
  Subject: Re: [AN1x] is there anything bad about it?


  --- In AN1x-list@y..., terryfunken@a... wrote:
  > This is a RIDICULOUS question!!
  > 

  All questions are welcome on this list. 

  The fellow is obviously trying to weigh the positives vs. the 
  negatives so he knows what to expect following his purchase. A 
  perfectly reasonable exercise, IMO.

  Jon


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In a message dated 27/4/02 3:19:52 pm, jondl_2000@... writes:

>> This is a RIDICULOUS question!!
>> 
>
>All questions are welcome on this list. 
>
>The fellow is obviously trying to weigh the positives vs. the 
>negatives so he knows what to expect following his purchase. A 
>perfectly reasonable exercise, IMO.

Ever heard of good old fasioned Irony???- there was no offence intended.

From: <terryfunken@...>

> Ever heard of good old fasioned Irony???- there was no offence intended.

Ever heard of smilies? :)

Seriously: you've got to be careful with e-mail. You only have your words,
which leaves out 90% of what communication is about (60% body language, 30%
intonation, 10% content). It may be apparent to you, but perhaps not for
someone from a different cultural background, different proficiency with
English, etcetera. That's why they invented smilies. Cave canem.

- Peter

In a message dated 27/4/02 10:18:11 pm, peterk@... writes:

>Seriously: you've got to be careful with e-mail. You only have your words,
>which leaves out 90% of what communication is about (60% body language,
>30%
>intonation, 10% content). It may be apparent to you, but perhaps not for
>someone from a different cultural background, different proficiency with
>English, etcetera. That's why they invented smilies. Cave canem.

Peter,

Thanks for that- yeah I know this problem too well!- and being human, I often 
forget in a cloud of passionate typing. (remember faceless techno bollocks?- 
this is faceless email bollocks -hahahahahaha!)

Tom

It doesn't transmit midi clock. Not the end of the world : I'm  crazy about
the way the beast can still  surprize me....but if  only.....

Mike Berman
digiboy@...

In a message dated 28/4/02 1:36:17 am, digiboy@... writes:

>It doesn't transmit midi clock. Not the end of the world : I'm  crazy about
>the way the beast can still  surprize me....but if  only.....
>
One very cool thing is to get the internal clock of the AN going and input a 
different clock from an outside source- it's an instant way of producing 
fucked-up funky-triplet syncopated rhythms- cool-man!

Tom

--- In AN1x-list@y..., terryfunken@a... wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 27/4/02 10:18:11 pm, peterk@m... writes:
> 
> >Seriously: you've got to be careful with e-mail. You only have 
your words,
> >which leaves out 90% of what communication is about (60% 
body language,
> >30%
> >intonation, 10% content). It may be apparent to you, but 
perhaps not for
> >someone from a different cultural background, different 
proficiency with
> >English, etcetera. That's why they invented smilies. Cave 
canem.
> 
> Peter,
> 
> Thanks for that- yeah I know this problem too well!- and being 
human, I often 
> forget in a cloud of passionate typing. (remember faceless 
techno bollocks?- 
> this is faceless email bollocks -hahahahahaha!)
> 
> Tom

Peter' is absolutely right - when I see someone type in 
uppercase I assume they're shouting and without any other 
notation it's difficult to determine what's an attempt at irony or 
sarcasm.

And to be quite frank about it - I don't have the time or inclination 
to guess at someones intentions. That's why good netiquette 
should be adhered to.

regards,

Jon

From: "jondl_2000" <jondl_2000@...>

> And to be quite frank about it - I don't have the time or inclination
> to guess at someones intentions. That's why good netiquette
> should be adhered to.

That's probably why nobody spotted my 'cave canem', which means 'beware of
the dog' in Latin. :)

- Peter

--- In AN1x-list@y..., "Peter Korsten" <peterk@m...> wrote:
> From: "jondl_2000" <jondl_2000@y...>
> 
> > And to be quite frank about it - I don't have the time or 
inclination
> > to guess at someones intentions. That's why good netiquette
> > should be adhered to.
> 
> That's probably why nobody spotted my 'cave canem', which 
means 'beware of
> the dog' in Latin. :)
> 
> - Peter

bwah ha ha LOL :-) Doh! I get it now...

Jon