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Monday, April 14, 2014

The Yamaha AN1x - Poor Man's Buchla & Serge? One Underrated Synth...

This one in via Rolf Eichert: "I am a regular visitor of Matrixsynth page and I am surprised about the huge numbers of Serge & Buchlas around especially if you think about the price tag involved. Here are a few examples of a very underrated Yamaha AN1x Virtual Analog Physical Modeling Synth. Polyphonic subtractive synthesis, FM, Sync, RingMod, Noise are available simultanously, Includes Editor, Modulation Matrix, 4 controller data can be drawn on the Computer screen. Oscillator waveforms, resonance, LFO speed, ADSR times.... can be modulated, This synth is capable of extremly short click & percussive sounds. 10 voice or 2 x 5 voice - unison - split - layer - morphing. The regular analog things you would expect it does as well, If I could only take one synth to a remote island this would be it. What is better than an AN1x? Two AN1x! Cost you about 600,00 to 700,00 US$ (for both!)"


Image via this post. You can find previous posts including video demos of the AN1x here. Don't miss Rolf's demos linked above and here.
Posted by matrix at 4/14/2014 12:51:00 AM
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  1. Anonymous4/14/14, 8:04 AM

    Totally agree! I had a Yamaha AN1x back in the late 90's and sounded fantastic! They keys were solid with great after-touch, the ribbon controller added extra expressiveness, the sounds were as analog, thick and creamy. Too bad Yamaha marketing was so lame, in comparision to Roland's marketing of the JP-8000 that came around the same time but in reality couldn't sound as good as the Yamaha An1x.

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  2. matrix4/14/14, 10:02 AM

    There was also a UK soundset of the Roland JP-8000 presets for the AN1X. I remember A/Bing them. The majority of them were spot on including the classic Chariots patch. The interface does impact how you interact with each synth though.

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  3. Nebulon4/6/22, 9:16 PM

    Great synth. I twin this one up as well. I mean, at the price they were selling at, why not? A great board that a lot of people overlooked. Easy to program and includes a lot of nice extras. Plus, the sound of this thing is very authentic and smooth. I have a Jupiter 8 sitting next to it and they compare favorably.

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