Yamaha Audio AN1x User Manual

Factory-set Voice List

The following voices are preset at the factory. Each voice has different settings which you can change by moving the CONTROL knobs and other controllers. Each controller is assigned with its own unique settings. In general, AEG or FEG is assigned to knobs 1 and 2, VCF Cutoff to knob 5, Resonance to knob 6, and Effects-related parameters to knobs 7 and 8, respectively. Parameters assigned to other knobs were carefully selected for maximum effect. Depending on the settings for each parameter, changes you make may not be distinctive.

No. DescriptionVoice NameCat. No. DescriptionVoice NameCat.

Relaxx

Combination of arpeggio synth & synthpad. Use [ASSIGN] knobs to control the arpeggio voice.

Earth

Sound effect layered with arpeggiated melody line and human voice-type pad.

Terraform

Celluloid

MajorBrass

Soar

Hardcore

Uni-Bass

MegaDrone

SyncLead

Legato

Alan

Mini

Hard sequence voice with pattern select. Keys C#1 to B2 correspond to User Patterns No. 1 to 23.

Dual voice layered with full-bodied bass and metallic sounds. SINGLE mode is suitable for original tunes. Also try MONO and LEGATO. Also good for Synth lead in the upper register.

Powerful analog brass sound. Use [RIBBON] controller to change VCF Cutoff (horizontal) and Resonance (pressure).

Ethereal pad sound using arpeggiator.

Hard core acid sound. Use [RIBBON] controller for distortion control.

Fat bass sound using DUAL UNISON with Legato.

Fat lead sound with moving filter.

Lead sound using "Sync." Try the [RIBBON] controller for effect.

Pad strings sound with slow attack.

Standard British progressive rock sound.

Classic analog synth bass with various sequence patterns. Keys C#1 to B2 are correspond to User Patterns No. 25 to 47.

Vinnie

Detroit

Plastik

ChinaTech

Silence

Dog Bass

Slum

Loud

MiniLow

Kickbass

Sub Sub

Nice Split of vintage arpeggio & synth lead.

Combination analog bass and analog effect sound.

Combination synth sound layered with analog drum sound and its perfect fourth. Step Sequencer playes only while you hold the keys since the Hold function is set to OFF.

Combination analog pad and analog lead sound.

Fat hip hop saw bass. Slide the edge back with the [MODULATION] wheel.

Heavy analog bass with a characteristic attack. Select Scene 2 for a variation.

Hybrid analog and FM bass sound.

Analog bass sound with short filter decay. Use [ASSIGN] knobs to change the envelope and filter settings.

Bass sound with a characteristic attack. Select Scene 2 to produce a sharp bass drum attack.

Hollow sub bass sound.

Chemical

SyncSweep

Caner

MorphEP

Doves

BPF Morph

Seismic

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Diving sweep sound. The rhythm in Scene 1 is created with the FreeEG. This is disabled for Scene 2.

Use [RIBBON] or [MODULATION] wheel for sync pitch control.

Fat hook-line voice for dance & techno music. Try scene 2 with [MODULATION] wheel.

Continuously changes between electric piano sound and pad sound using "Sync" by Scene Control function.

Spacey sequence voice. Use [RIBBON] controller and [ASSIGN] knobs for effect.

Sequence voice with band pass filter for special atmosphere.

Step Sequencer plays a combination of analog drum and analog bass sounds. Free EG adds modulation for unique atmosphere.

Hardstep

Wonder

Duck Bass

Prophetic

Harmosync

Kangaroo

Acid 1

Slippery drum and bass sound. Use the [RIBBON] to control the slip.

Analog bass sound suitable for melodic riffs.

Analog bass sound with wide dynamic range created by velocity.

Vintage analog style bass sound.

Contemporary acid sound. In Scene 2 the compressor drive is on the [RIBBON]. Try Scene1 for a more harmonic effect.

Bouncey soft acid sound. Get happy with this one.

Hard acid sound number 1. Note that the feedback parameter (knob 7) interacts with the resonance (knob 6).

No. DescriptionVoice NameCat. No. DescriptionVoice NameCat.

Acid 2

Acid sound number 2. Twiddle those knobs for ultimate experience.

OB-8

Thick detuned wave.

Acid 3

Soft Brass

Hard Brass

Bronze

Fatty

Quincy

CS80 Brass

Tangiers

Brassmorph

Analog

Lush

Chocolate

Harder acid sound. [RIBBON] controls distortion amount. Watch the resonance.

Soft analog brass sound. Try the [RIBBON] controller. Sensitive synth lead voice. Use [RIBBON], [PITCH] wheel and

Bright & fat analog sawtooth synth sound. Scene 2 is a square wave variation.

Unison brass sound with short decay changes. Open filter brass with the [MODULATION] weel. The same voice with the oscillators in octaves is in Scene 2.

Fat 70s style synth brass. Typical 80s Stevie Winwood type lead sound.

Gentle and cool synth brass sound. Use velocity to control brightness.

Emulation of classic CS80 brass patch. Dangerous lead sound also great for percussive sequence lines.

Brass sound with fast attack. Great for house stabs. Soft sweep with tons of resonance.

[MODULATION] wheel gradually changes the sound between filtrated brass sound (Scene 1) and projected brass sound (Scene 2).

Bright analog synth strings. Use [MODULATION] wheel or [RIBBON] for dark strings.

Rich PWmod string pad. Use the [RIBBON] to control brightness. A slight variation, up an octave in pitch, is in Scene 2.

Orchestral sound layered with strings in different octaves. Pad with arpeggiated bells on top. Use the [RIBBON] to control

Lucky

Earth Lead

HardSync

Chick

Stevie

Floyd75

Synchromes

High Sweep

Ice Pad

Sprinkler

GreatMorph

Church Bel

Portamento lead sound created with a typical square wave. Turn knob 3 to change the pulse width.

[MODULATION] wheel.

Fat synth lead sound with sync-envelope.

Dark analog synth lead. Turning knob 5 makes the sound brighter.

Stacked over 4 octaves! Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" revisited.

Synth pad using Free EG for subtle trembles. A typical example of how easy it is to create a voice by using Edge and Ring Modulator.

Layered sound with fast arpeggiated sound and soft pad. The soft pad can be changed drastically with [MODUALTION] wheel and [RIBBON] controller.

Powerful pad sound suitable for progressive rock. Check the drastic changes between Scene 1 and 2 using the [MODULATION] wheel.

the volume of the bells.

Stringz

String Pad

Billy

Fetish

P-5 Compy

Stakka

Dust

WarmPoly

Rhubarb

Susy

Analog PWmod synth string pad. Scene 2 is a square wave variation, with pulse width controlled by the [RIBBON].

Soft pad great for backing. Dark and thick analog synth pad sound. Scene 2 is an LFO

70s style poly synth sound. Use [ASSIGN] knobs for neat sound variations.

Wasp-like sound for soundtracks with the sweet pleasure of pain. Modulated pluck sound with high string pad fading in over it. Use

Emulation of the classic Prophet 5 sound. Clear portamento pad sound.

Voice stacked with a major third. Analog strings pad sound with chorus effect.

Pizzicato synth sound. Powerful synth pad sound.

70s style poly synth. Use [ASSIGN] knobs for sound variations. Vocal type pad sound.

Fat portamento hook-voice for dance & techno. Sweep pad which can morph to Sample & Hold using the

Warm vintage "mini" synth lead voice. Thin pad which sits behind fat drums.

Deep Blue

Da Padd

Water Pad

Night Sky

Oberweich

PolyTen

PortPad

Sacred

Sweep&S/H

Slip

Synth pad sound with great sound projection.

sweep with BEF variation. The [RIBBON] controls LFO sweep speed in Scene 2 over a wider range than knob 3 for a "watery" effect.

Pad with upward BPF sweep. Use the [MODULATION] wheel to change between the original version of the pad and a variation. Use the [RIBBON] to control the brightness.

the [MODULATION] wheel to change the pitch of the pluck sound. Middle positions include great voice variations. Use the [RIBBON] to control volume of the strings.

[MODULATION] wheel.

No. DescriptionVoice NameCat. No. DescriptionVoice NameCat.

85

Pd

Polyswell 

Warm and wide poly synth sound with long filter attack. Sound effect which creates rhythms by matching the delay length

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Fx

Heaven 

to the Arpeggiator tempo.

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Padbells 

Co

DX E.Piano

Pf

Condenser 

Pf

WhitneyEP 

Pf

DrawOrgans 

Or

16+2.2/3 

Or

Garage 

Or

House 

Or

Pipes 

Or

Hi Q Reso 

Pc

Koan 

Pc

Combination of bells with pad. Use [RIBBON] to fade the bells in or out.

Bright FM electric piano sound. Sound which creates animal squeakings using the Free EG.

Condenser piano sound. Filter LFO sound effect great for trance music.

Electric piano with clean Whitney Houston sound. Pointy strobe-ish techno sound.

Clean organ with 4 drawbars. Use [MODULATION] wheel for rotary speed and [ASSIGN] knobs for tone control.

Many organ sounds available with controllers.

Garage and ragga type small synth organ. Scene 2 has a more percussive version.

House organ ideal for bouncey basslines. Sound effect combined with Arpeggiator and PEG.

Chiffer pipe organ sound that transforms into full organ when the [MODULATION] wheel is increased. The [RIBBON] controls the volume of the upper octave.

The immortal Kraftwerk invention. Use all controllers and go crazy!

Ring modulation style wind chimes. Sound effect producing completely different sounds in all pitches

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Mars 

Fx

Porpoise 

Fx

Jack 

Fx

Microdot 

Fx

Polaris 

Fx

RhythmCity

Fx

CyberBag 

Fx

CyberClock

Se

Flutter 

Se

Industrial

Se

Moment 

Se

Typical vintage synth with high pass sweep.

Thick pad sound with creamy effect. Adjust knobs 2 and 7 if it's too slow for ya.

A sequenced voice is triggered from B2 and below. Try using single notes or octaves in the lower range of the keyboard. Play chords from C3 and above. Change chords in time.  The [RIBBON] controls the brightness of the sequence.

Sound effect created with the FreeEG.

Soundd with special sweeping effect.

by applying FM modulation.

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Woob 

Pc

WelcomBk 

Fx

Magic 

Fx

Hypno 

Fx

Soundtrack

Fx

Morphyum 

Fx

WindString

Fx

Vangelizm 

Fx

Chandelier

Fx

FreeEGRthm

Fx

Ambient percussion effect by ring modulation. Whimsical special effect sound using sync to create vocal

Great space pad sound. Use the [MODULATION] wheel to add pitch modulation effects. Hold note A4 to recreate the beginning of ELP's "Welcome Back My Friends" (Karn Evil 9).

Spacey pad with soft sync modulation. Distorted analog sequence great for techno music. Use the

Notes in the bottom octave of the keyboard play a sequence and determine its pitch. Play single or double note melodies in the upper keyboard. The Free EG does the rest.

Synth voice great for film music. Automatically plays with C sus 4. Get into it!

FX voice with pitch attack & sync. Free EG adds radically changing long cycle to the sequences of

FX pad sound expressing fast bowed sound of a violin using the Arpeggiator.

Combination synth and analog pad sound using Arpeggiator. Typical percussive type analog synth great for arpeggios.

Bright analog sound effect using Arpeggiator. Percussive chill-out effect. Be cool.

Free EG and Arpeggiator extravaganza which procudes unusual rhythms.

NOTE When Step Sequencer Keyboard Mode is set to "sel&norm" or "sel&shift", User Patterns can be played

We All Die

Se

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Cactus 

Sq

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Overdrive 

Sq

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Omega 

Sq

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Csus4 

Sq

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TekkLine 

Sq

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Highway 

Sq

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Saturn 

Sq

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Poptart 

Sq

127

VirtlScene

128

to the left of the Split point. User Patterns can also be selected by playing a note. In this case, when you press the C1 key, the current Voice Pattern will be accessed. (See page 41.)

formants.

Analog sequence with complex Free EG modulations. Hold the key for a long time.

[RIBBON] to control the filter.

Analog sequence with complex Free EG modulations. Hold the key for a long time.

typical phrases.

Spacey sequence with strong phasing effect.

Play a tune along with the typical sequence line while changing voices using the [MODULATION] wheel.

Tone Generator And Effect Signal Flow

Controller

Control Source:

PB Wheel Mod.Wheel Foot Controller Ribbon Controller After Touch Velocity Key Track

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FEG

ATTACK/ DECAY/ SUSTAIN/ RELEASE

VCF

FILTER TYPE: LPF

(-12/-18/-24 dB)  BPF HPF (-12dB)  BEF 

VELOCITY SENS. KEY FOLLOW

LFO 1

WAVE:

SAW / SQUARE /  SINE /

TRIANGLE

S&H / S&H2

DELAY

LFO2

WAVE:

TRIANGLE

PEG

Depth / DECAY

/ 

VCO1 MIXER

Pitch

WAVE:

Saw/Pulse/Saw2/Mix  Inner 1~3 (SYNC)

PWM

VCO1 Master

Pitch

VCO2

WAVE: SAW/PULSE/SAW2/MIX

PWM

Amount

SYNC

FM Source Selector

VCO1 Slave

RING MOD.

HPF

(-6dB)

NOISE

AEG

ATTACK/ DECAY/ SUSTAIN/ RELEASE

VCA

VELOCITY SENS.

FEEDBACK

VOLUME

EFFECT

VAR

DLY REV

(Delay and Reverb can be configured in a serial or parallel connection)

Arpeggiator Type List

No. Param Name Comments

1 UpOct1 The chord (or phrase) ascends up 1 Octave. 2 UpOct2 The chord (or phrase) ascends up 2 Octaves. 3 UpOct4 The chord (or phrase) ascends up 4 Octaves. 4 DwOct1 The chord (or phrase) descends down 1 Octave. 5 DwOct2 The chord (or phrase) descends down 2 Octaves. 6 DwOct4 The chord (or phrase) descends down 4 Octaves. 7 UpDwAOct1 The chord (or phrase) ascends up 1 Octave, then descends. 8 UpDwAOct2 The chord (or phrase) ascends up 2 Octaves, then descends. 9 UpDwAOct4 The chord (or phrase) ascends up 4 Octaves, then descends.

10 UpDwBOct1 The chord (or phrase) ascends up 1 Octave, then descends. (This is slightly different from type UpDwAOct1.) 11 UpDwBOct2 The chord (or phrase) ascends up 2 Octaves, then descends. (This is slightly different from type UpDwAOct2.) 12 UpDwBOct4 The chord (or phrase) ascends up 4 Octaves, then descends. (This is slightly different from type UpDwAOct4.) 13 RandmOct1 Plays up and down randomly over 1 Octave, based on the chord you play. 14 RandmOct2 Plays up and down randomly over 2 Octaves, based on the chord you play. 15 RandmOct4 Plays up and down randomly over 4 Octaves, based on the chord you play. 16 Techno-A Typical techno sequence TYPE A. (Euro techno type.) 17 Techno-B Typical techno sequence TYPE B. (UK type with Velocity.) 18 Techno-C Typical techno sequence TYPE C. (Japan techno type.) 19 Techno-D Typical techno sequence TYPE D. (German techno type.) 20 DAHouse Backing sequence with House music feel. (Bass for left hand, Chord play for right hand.) 21 SyncopaA Syncopation type sequence TYPE A. 22 SyncopaB Syncopation type sequence TYPE B. (Octave moves considerably.) 23 SyncoEcho Syncopated type echo. 24 TekkEchoA Echo with moving filter A. 25 TekkEchoB Echo with moving filter B. 26 PulseLine Sequence mixed with bass line and sequence line. 27 BassLineA Arpeggio phrase TYPE A for bass. 28 BassLineB Arpeggio phrase TYPE B for bass. (With Velocity.) 29 BassLineC Arpeggio phrase TYPE C for bass. 30 BassLineD Arpeggio phrase TYPE D for bass.

Effect Type List

VARIATION EFFECT Wet:Dry

3-BAND EQUALIZER

1 Chorus 1 D63>W ~ D=W ~ D<W63 3-Band EQ 2 Chorus 2 D63>W ~ D=W ~ D<W63 DELAY EFFECT 3 Flanger D63>W ~ D=W ~ D<W63 1 Delay L,C,R 4 Symphonic D63>W ~ D=W ~ D<W63 2 Delay L,R 5 Phaser D63>W ~ D=W ~ D<W63 3 Echo 6 Auto PAN D63>W ~ D=W ~ D<W63 4 Cross Delay 7 Rotary Sp. D63>W ~ D=W ~ D<W63 5 Tempo Delay 8 Pitch Change D63>W ~ D=W ~ D<W63 REVERB EFFECT

9 Aural Exc Dry (1-63), Wet (64-127) 1 Hall1 10 Comp Dry (1-63), Wet (64-127) 2 Hall2 11 Wah D63>W ~ D=W ~ D<W63 3 Hall3 12 Distortion Dry (1-63), Both (64), Wet (65-127) 4 Room1 13 Over Drive Dry (1-63), Both (64), Wet (65-127) 5 Room2 14 Amp Sim. Dry (1-63), Both (64), Wet (65-127) 6 Stage1

7 Stage2 8 Plate

Effect Parameter List

Variation Effect

CHORUS1, 2