KVR Audio

mcnoone · Post by **mcnoone** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:46 am

Hi.
I've decided on getting a Yamaha AN1x.
http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/an1x.php
Just hoping to hear any owners or previous owners opinions of it, and if they know of any working links to info or sounds for it.
Many of the links I found through Google are dead, so if there are any helpful ones besides the normal (Yamaha dot com or similar) sites. Please share the links. I have the manual, and know that the software editor for it, won't work on my intel mac. It's only for OS Classic.
Hoping mostly for sites with some preset or music demos of it.
Thanks.
Michael

Goseba · Post by **Goseba** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:52 am

I had one years ago and loved it. There was software for programming it but no idea where to download it from now.

stimresp · Post by **stimresp** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:03 am

Hi,

The Yahoo group is still active:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AN1x-list/

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:04 am

I have one and love it. It's easy enough to program, that I've never really bothered with the software editor. If you get it, join the yahoo group and grab JayB's set of patches. In fact I believe he's done a Youtube vid

I broke one of the black keys so haven't been using it lately, but I miss it as I usually played it more than any of the others. (Need to get that fixed, but the only guy I trust to fix it in a timely manner is also insanely expensive. )
Simply love the hands on feel.

popmoney · Post by **popmoney** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:14 pm

I read an interview with Scooter ( forgive me , my life is so interesting ) where one of the members was praising it.I sold mine years ago as it didn't fit my needs at the time but I would pick one up again if I got it cheap as it's a good controller.The sounds are decent too.

I wouldn't pay more than €300 for it though ( you can nearly get a master keyboard with hammer action for that).If you are going to play live it would cover a lot of ground soundwise I'd say. If you are spending all your time in the studio then I would look at what keyboard controllers I could get for the same price with weighted keys .Recording vstis is a lot easier than recording an analog synth.But as I said , if you are playing live then it would serve you well I'm sure ,and is much easier to carry than a keyboard with weighted keys.

I wouldn't think of it as "Vintage" funnily enough.
Cheers.

Shy · Post by **Shy** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:07 pm

I have one and I don't recommend it if the sound is what you want it for. You will be disappointed. If anyone feels like posting youtube links, don't bother, I know much better than you how it sounds. If you want a great keyboard, get it. If you want patch demos without a bunch of bullshit effects, send me MIDI files and I'll record stuff.

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:30 pm

Shy wrote: I know much better than you how it sounds.

Shy · Post by **Shy** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:38 pm

Not you

, the usual posters, those who never even used it but like posting youtube links to "prove a point".

olepro · Post by **olepro** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:38 pm

bluedad wrote:
Shy wrote: I know much better than you how it sounds.

Yep, that's good to know who know what sounds best.
think about all that time we dont need to spend.... just ask Shy

Shy · Post by **Shy** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:47 pm

So funny, olepro, read above, and I offered some proper patch recordings exactly so that he won't have to base his decision on any random internet guy's opinion.

mcnoone · Post by **mcnoone** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:56 pm

Thanks all for the replies and opinions.
I've already read a lot of other forum posts about it, and heard many sound demos.
I'm using it for both a midi controller, and to do a bank, and samples for it.

Shy wrote:I have one and I don't recommend it if the sound is what you want it for. You will be disappointed.

That's the first negative opinion I've read about it's sound, out of a 100 or so users.
Some say, with the right tweaking it can sound extremely good.
Most say "it blows my JP8000 away, sound wise". or "got it to sound like real analogue", and "best of the 90's VA's"

However, I did read a few that said the presets are poor, and mentioned the good is found through learning to program it.

Thanks everyone again for the input.

Shy · Post by **Shy** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:29 am

The presets are actually exceptional, and are a main reason it has a very good reputation.

Shy · Post by **Shy** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:39 am

As for editor, get this version, and here are patches from the long gone Teklab mailing list.

dokidokipanic · Post by **dokidokipanic** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:48 am

a demo of my groundbreaking bank is here:

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source ... smJonzDK2Q

about 80% of the patches were by me and the rest were tweaked (or occasionally just left alone) sounds from around the web, collected together to make an ultimate patch bank.

the sounds include patches which, using very clever mod sequencing of the noise amount, give you a complete bass and drum backing in the left hand and a poly part/lead in the right, there are also morphing patches, crazy free eg pads and other such things which push the an1x to it's total limits.

there's even patches which sound like melotron flutes (pretty much bang on) and strings, things that many would think impossible from non-rompler boards.

hopefully the download link will still work and you can grab the patches, if not, i'll try and find them and upload them again.

just load the patches into an1x edit and you're done

mcnoone · Post by **mcnoone** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:05 pm

Shy wrote:As for editor, get this version, and here are patches from the long gone Teklab mailing list.

Thanks for those, but I'm on a mac, and realized a while back that Yamaha only has their mac os editor for os9 non intel machines.
So I might just use my pc to edit some or just do all my sounds by hand.
There is also an overpriced editor for it by another company, which I'm not buying. Can't really use my pc, as it's junk...might buy a new one though.
Possibly not gonna use an editor.
Thanks for the zips though.

Buying a Yamaha AN1x. Looking for opinions and useful links for it.