What's the Yamaha AN200 like without its PLG150-AN card? 

Go for it!

You are correct 👍

Moki will be making another appearance v soon :)

@@gearfacts It seems that Miko has some real star power. You should do a narrative video, like "Miko Down Under". Possibly overdub a voice with the cat in everyday Aussie life situations, like mistaking a wombat or a kangaroo for a huge mouse LOL. You could follow in the same format as Morris the Cat, ya know?

@@dawnr8511 haha I’m not sure her “adventures” would make for compelling viewing. “4th December 2021 - slept for 20 Hours. Ate some food. Continued my strange obsession with plastic bags. Slept some more…”

@@gearfacts Ya just film an expression on Moki's face and do a simple voice over. The cat does not need to do anything except a voice over comment on what's going on. Like "oh no, he's got another 80's synthesizer, but no cat nip again!"

@@dawnr8511 hahaaaa, it's the story of her life, the poor thing. Pfft what am I saying, that cat lives better than most humans!

Yeah I really must work more Moki into my vids

Not really - I'd google it and see if there's some secret way;)

Just play the demo songs. If it is just rhythm and bass, there is no card or it is defective. I just bought an AN200 without that card and had it returned. Thankfully got another one that works fine.

MIDI 5-pin sockets and cables are sturdy, reliable and simple to understand. Modern gear without them makes life harder, when connecting directly with older gear due to them relying on a computer being present etc.

@@EgoShredder Amen! Agreed! I do not like USB midi on a synth or keyboard as the ONLY option.. 5 pin din is also so versatile that you can wire it in many ways as you like in a setup like for custom sockets and cabling in a studio etc.

Late reply, but it’s not 16 beats only - Shift-Swing (Beats) allows you to choose 16, 12 or 8, and although any one pattern is 16 beats maximum, you can chain patterns together in song mode. The BIG problem with the AN200 is that its CPU is too slow, so is unable to push program changes to the PLG fast enough when chaining patterns with different sounds in song mode. This results in the first AN beat of a new pattern being lost. Really annoying. The other annoyance is that not all the AN parameters are available through the physical controls (this is unforgivable), for example the ring modulator. So you have to carefully choose a preset to start with (that has those parameters you can’t control), OR use a separate AN editor over MIDI - there’s a pretty good panel for Ctrlr that works well.

Yeah I was amazed at how BIG some of those drum sounds were. Made my other percussion gear sound pretty feeble.

No...the synth part is off

The PLG cards were a standardized format Yamaha created to be interoperable with several other products. The cards are compatible with certain devices in the Motif product line, as well as some later MU- series modules.