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The AN1X not only excels at duplicating old sounds, it also has some 
features to make some nice new sounds. It really updates the old 
polyphoic sythesizers. Use of such features as the mod wheel for 
scene control lets you switch from a funky wah wah sound to a jangly 
fm piano kind of sound. You can also easily jump from a rhythmn 
instrument to a lead instrument just by setting up the scenes,

Now I'm not knocking the Andromeda, and I'd love to have one, but the 
AN1X live gets you about 95% of the way towards an analog tone.As far 
as sound design, an instrument like the Andromeda is way ahead of the 
AN1X but after a couple of years I still haven't tapped into half the 
power of the AN1X.

Anybody here going to buy one of the new Melotrons? They're only 
$5000.00 at www.melotron.com.

Rainbow Jimmy
http://www.spaceanimals.com
http://www.mp3.com/spaceanimals

Hey Jimmy,

>Anybody here going to buy one of the new Melotrons? They're only 
>$5000.00 at www.melotron.com.

Aw jeez, I was only going to buy one, but at THAT price, I think I'll pick up a couple of em!  <ROFL>

Regards,

-BW

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Bruce Wahler
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978.386.7389  voice/fax
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> Anybody here going to buy one of the new Melotrons? They're only
> $5000.00 at www.melotron.com.
>

Dudes/Ladies,
    We who play rock apparently for the most part do not understand and
appreciate the sounds we get at the bargain prices we pay.  Ok, I'll
certainly agree that $5k seems like a lot.  But that's a lot of sound as
well.
    I know some musicians in local symphonies (Balto. & DC) and took a look
at their union newspaper classifieds a few years ago.  There was not one
violin posted for under $10,000 and when you got into the larger instruments
like cellos... whoa... like $50,000.  And some doublebasses for more than
$100,000.  A Stradivarius was more than half a million if I remember right.
    Think about it - they get for their money exactly ONE sound.  Maybe more
if you're considering technique, but all in all... long live rock.
    Now where I envy them is the road trip and setup.  One tuxedo, one
instrument, one case.  Put it on, take it out, sit your butt down and play -
bow, put it back, go home and change.   Saturday I'll be performing at an
important yearly event and taking no less than 3 keyboards on an A-frame, a
12 space rack, 3 guitars, a bass, a combo guit amp with 4x12 cabinet, two
12" monitors and miles of cables, snakes and MIDI connectors.  I will be
enjoying myself, though.
http://www.untiedmusic.com/musicfest

Ed Edwards
Leader: Ezekiel's Wheel
http://www.untiedmusic.com/ezekiel

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From: "spaceanimals" <alciere@...>
To: <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 4:02 PM
Subject: [AN1x] AN1X sounds


> The AN1X not only excels at duplicating old sounds, it also has some
> features to make some nice new sounds. It really updates the old
> polyphoic sythesizers. Use of such features as the mod wheel for
> scene control lets you switch from a funky wah wah sound to a jangly
> fm piano kind of sound. You can also easily jump from a rhythmn
> instrument to a lead instrument just by setting up the scenes,
>
> Now I'm not knocking the Andromeda, and I'd love to have one, but the
> AN1X live gets you about 95% of the way towards an analog tone.As far
> as sound design, an instrument like the Andromeda is way ahead of the
> AN1X but after a couple of years I still haven't tapped into half the
> power of the AN1X.
>
> Rainbow Jimmy
> http://www.spaceanimals.com
> http://www.mp3.com/spaceanimals
>
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Ed Edwards wrote:

>
>     I know some musicians in local symphonies (Balto. & DC) and took a
> look
> at their union newspaper classifieds a few years ago.  There was not
> one
> violin posted for under $10,000 and when you got into the larger
> instruments
> like cellos... whoa... like $50,000.  And some doublebasses for more
> than
> $100,000.  A Stradivarius was more than half a million if I remember
> right.
>     Think about it - they get for their money exactly ONE sound.
> Maybe more
> if you're considering technique, but all in all... long live rock.
>     Now where I envy them is the road trip and setup.  One tuxedo, one
>
> instrument, one case.  Put it on, take it out, sit your butt down and
> play -
> bow, put it back, go home and change.   Saturday I'll be performing at
> an
> important yearly event and taking no less than 3 keyboards on an
> A-frame, a
> 12 space rack, 3 guitars, a bass, a combo guit amp with 4x12 cabinet,
> two
> 12" monitors and miles of cables, snakes and MIDI connectors.  I will
> be
> enjoying myself, though.
> http://www.untiedmusic.com/musicfest

But remember we can always generate our own business and most of these
people can't unless they are also playing in a chamber group.

Linda
(a prog rocker, a jazzer, and sometimes pit percussion player for these
union type gigs)

>
>
> Ed Edwards
> Leader: Ezekiel's Wheel
> http://www.untiedmusic.com/ezekiel
>


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