{"id":272,"date":"2021-08-13T06:25:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T06:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2025-03-26T10:38:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T10:38:23","slug":"an1x","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/an1x\/","title":{"rendered":"Yamaha AN1x \ud83e\uddfb\ud83e\uddfb\ud83e\uddfb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is the 90s & there is time for Klax!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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I kept finding myself saying the AN200 is great box, but if only it had a better interface. And there was something with a better interface. It\u2019s like c\u2019mon son, but with a montage of gold coins pouring through the air and chin scratching. There\u2019s a point where the price is low enough you may as well tap that Paypal button (as usual, cheaper to fly in from the USA than buy local). Plus, Jexus recommends it<\/a> and everything he says is always correct without exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There seems to be two sizes at the Yamaha factory: teeny weeny and fuck I can\u2019t carry this of which the CS80 is the grand poobah. I guess it\u2019s not that big but it turned out to be a lot bigger than expected, and it was planks like this that pissed me off hardware in the first place. Like if I am carrying it down the road and it feels like a surfboard then that\u2019s where I start pining for VSTs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway. I was a bit surprised to find that the engine is a slightly earlier version of the PLG-AN150 card\/AN200. Most obviously there\u2019s no supersaw so that\u2019s your rave set busted right there. The second LFO is also underdeveloped. Generally it has the same flow \u2013 two oscillators, algorithms for FM and Sync, a filter with a couple of modes, a feedback loop and a bunch of FX. Still the same kind of Prophet 5 tactics and sounds and it is a very analogue experience, based around little adjustments that are incremental to the noise. Move that filter just a little, put the resonance just so, and there it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The knobbery is decent. It takes a little time to get used to the multiple functions (reading the little text in a dark room not a help) but it\u2019s nowhere near as tedious as e.g. the MiniNova. Let\u2019s say you want to twiddle the frequency cutoff. That\u2019s green text on the left, so push the green button on the left and there you go, all the knobs are to do with the filter settings. I\u2019m not as keen on the upsy downsy buttons over on the right, but most of that is about making dance party arpeggios and screw that for a lark. The dumb thing is that you can assign 8 custom functions to the knobs but when you do there\u2019s no label that states what they are. Update \u2013 push the buttons down for the names you fool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d venture this would make a nice controller. The keys are velocity and after touch sensitive, it\u2019s got a ribbon controller for some extra woo and then \u2013 knobs. One last question. Why is there a little ledge over on the right? What goes there? A singing skull? Certainly not the Mopho<\/a> in the photo. That was a cause of regret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not in love with it, like I was with the MS2000, but I know the latter is only going to get so far. This will go the extra\u2026 if you are prepared to turn knobs very carefully\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPDATE: it was sold to a man that was very happy to have it. He is able to play music with all his fingers at once and so aftertouch etc. was important. I see now that the keyboard is not common, I might have asked more – but I got the sounds I wanted out of it – which is now on PadShop<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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