Yamaha AN1x - Some patches 

In my opinion, this is the best "sounding" most musical sounding VA ever made. If Yamaha had put that sound engine in a case with higher build quality, there would be no contest. It is kind of cheaply built but don't be fooled.. This is a HIGH END unit.

This thing doesn't have the sexiness of a virus but what an amazing sound this thing puts out. If you listened to trance in the 90s you were listening to this thing 80% of the time. I just picked one up with less than 5 hours of on time and cant wait to fiddle it. I was an early adopter of VSTis and used to argue that software on computer can do anything software on a synth can do but that's like saying a schoolbus can do anything a lambhorgini can do. There is something that takes a life of its own with dedicated hardware meant to drive that software and this thing proves it.

@roboticrealm can you tell me what is the song at 2:21 or is it just improv?

one of the best virtual analog synths, much underrated!

I was pretty much ignoring the video in the background (its my work day) but the sounds at 6:00 immediately grabbed my attention. Yamaha should put these back into production with a stronger heavier case, and rename it AN2x with some really breathtaking presets and people will buy this keyboard it will never get old and will always be one of the best.

So regret selling this beauty some 15 years ago - nothing else sounds quite like this, Yamaha came up with a classic not even realizing it back then.

the sound of this synth is amazing. One of yamaha's best vintage synths.

Fantastic! It's clear these are not just presets, but that you spent time to show your best sounds here. Thank you! Often it felt like you were moving through some best sound too quickly, but anyways I got the idea. Sounds great! Oh, you don't need to play the overplayed Jump song. Ugh!

It looks like a el crapo CS1X, but sounds amazing!

Yamaha please do a reissue of this fantastic sounding synth as it blows away most of the new VA and real analogue stuff...and please.. not a micro mini key toy version.

Just bought one.£370, with studio speakers and stand.Original box. Fantastic. hugely underrated and undervalued. Prices are going up. Getting more and more desirable. A classic synth. Get one while still affordable.

Awesome synthesizer! It sounds like a mix between a Prophet 10 and CS-80! I was going to get one, but after the news of Yamaha's AN-X trademark registering I prefer wait for more news about it.

They put an AN1X "engine" into the Yamaha Montage 2...and that doesn't sound like this at all. I even wonder if they could remake this baby, which I have.

Beautiful synth much underated but a classic. You play so well. Think I've got room for one ,more synth, in the bathromm, my house is getting smaller and smaller.

the best Yamaha I've ever owned, extremely phat to soft and airy evolving pads can be achieved! This was the synth that bought forth a revolution in early classic and melodic trance. The blue wonder lives on! =)

this Synthsizer has Stood the test of time this thing sounds like a Nord lead and jp 8000 at the same time...Fairly cheap and way better than some modern synthsizers ( waldorf,behringer,arturia,c;lassic nord lead 2x)

Robticrealm is the first patch called Beth/ Rest? Thanks!

Been trying to find the first patch for years. Downloaded every patch off internet but still can’t find the first patch.

говорят новый Монтаж будет иметь движок An1X

Great demo. This, and an Access Virus Indigo 2 are my two synths I bought 20-something years ago. Both great-sounding instruments.

In the late 90's I saved up and bought one of these upon the recommendation of some producer friends. I didn't know a thing about synthesis, and was totally puzzled by this synth (just an idiotic bassist who got into electronic music). Someone broke into our storage a few years after and stole a lot of musical gear, including this synth. It was a huge loss, life changing, but I recalled the difficulty editing this synth and used that to consoled myself with that memory. I've since finally learned how to create compelling electronic music, and have managed, over great amounts of time to put some gear together. I just hit play on this video and it hurt so bad knowing I had this synth, with this sound quality and didn't know how good it really was, and that I lost it and that I'll never be able to afford it again. It really hurts. I literally felt pain listening to the first few notes. Life moves on.

How and where did you get these sounds??

WoW !! some really nice patches there my friend 😎 I have been playing various keyboards in the past few years mostly Korg's and Roland and have been interested in various Nord's too but have never ever seen the Yamaha AN1x before until somebody mentioned it to me in the passing and so I have just Googled it and seen your video as the first ever viewing of this wonderful sounding analogue synth......I'm blown away with its capabilities !! It sounds amazing 😉 Thank you for uploading this video Glen 🎹

excellent patches-probably wouldn't have sold mine if these came on a stock machine -too bad you can't just upload this set you've compiled -I'd get another AN1X

Excellente démo !

Very interesting synthesizer and great demo of its capabilities.

Wikipedia tells me that Dave Smith worked in R&D for Yamaha in the early '90s after Sequential went under, and his research into physical modelling (aka virtual analogue) ultimately led to the release of this synth in 1997. Apparently the firmware reveals that its oscillators were modelled on those of the Prophet 5 and 10. Unfortunately for Yamaha, Roland's JP-8000 came out a few months before the AN1x and everyone raved about the ease of use and the Supersaw sound, causing Yamaha UK to issue a preset bank that was essentially a clone of what the Roland did by default. With Yamaha's unison and feedback filters, you could get pretty much the same trancey sounds out of this box too. Since it does a pretty good emulation of the famous Sequential and Jupiter analogue sounds, but is more reliable (and has highly capable MIDI functionality) it's kind of weird that this device isn't as sought after - or as expensive - as the creaky old synths it was designed to replace.

where can i get these patches?

Can´t agree. AN1x totally matches analogue phatness if tried to mimic a high end analogue side by side, but it´s horribly hard work. I “copied” and improved some of my Oberheim OB8´s patches on AN1x but some sounds took days. It certainly sounds a bit different but absolutely not thinner than an OB. Edge, VCA Feedback & its EQ are the key. To scene-morph totally different OB8 programs on AN1x turned quite unusual because it led to further recognizable OB-patches

Very good. Factory Patches ?

Would Yamaha ever consider to create a New version hope they will AN1X2 !!!! yes

Robticrealm can you please send me the an1x file or sysex of these patches! I would gladly pay you. I have searched everywhere online!

Do you have a list of patches used? Looking for some sounds like these for my An1x

Is it possible to divide the keyboard playing the arpeggiator on the left and a pad, lead or whatever sound on the right side (split option)?

Been eyeballing Behringer's new Deepmind line lately but I just rediscovered just how great the AN1X is...even though it's about 2 decades older! Soooo much you could still do with is, and even has more keys than Deepmind.

I LOVE my AN1-X

I have a Roland D20, D50, JX-8P, A Korg M1, a Yamaha DX7 mk1 and one of these. It's my favourite sound of them.

Do you have a list of some of the patches you uses? I have a AN1x and I really liked them!!

11:50 lol

I just bought AN1X partly also because of this awesome video. What is the patch at 03:00. I want to study it. I hear that it is arp ,not a sequence, short decay so it makes that gated sound. But I don't know how to tune the oscillators to this timbre. I'm still learning...

Great sounds. I like it.

10:14 👼

7:39 muy similar al "ribbon yo head" off del KORG TRINITY

Credo che sia uno dei migliori sintetizzatori degli ultimi 30/35 anni!!!chissà a quanto si trova il prezzo!

A lot are factory patches or tweaks of them, nice vid.

Hi Lukas. Can you please tell patches names on 12:34 and 12:45? Thanx

What was the first sound of something? Liked it!

It`s just a real brething hi-end synth! Great sound!

What audio interface or recording device have you used to convert analog audio to digital? Have you recorded it on 24bits 48khz? Thanks a lot.

too much reverb waay too much reverb

0:25 1:25 and 8:45 I flew away...

Tack för An1x patcherna på din hemsida! An1x måste vara den mest prisvärda begagnade synthen någonsin. Gillar din musik!

You should upload this somewhere. I really like the first sound a lot but can't find these.

良い音出すのに発売当時はマルで人気無かった…

great playing and sounds

they are original sounds?

Hej Lukas, jag har precis köpt en AN1x, och laddade ner dina Custom patches, men jag tänkte fråga om bassljuden i videon, vart har du hittat dom? Letar efter flera bassljud, för det verkar som den är kapabel till att göra dom fetaste analog bassljuden jag har någonsin hört. Tack på förhand.

anyone know if the yamaha AN1x can be used as a midi controller in ableton (on Mac)?. I want to buy this synth, but I need to know that first. THANKS

I bought one of these but never learned to program it, I would like to sell it (posted 2 December 2017, Sutton near London). I think I still have the box and manual, ISSUES: I had lent it to a family who lived nearby and didn't realise the kids would abuse it; or that the parents would then rub off quite a bit of the markings when cleaning it , presumably, before I collected it - do get in touch if you're interested, it's not that bad, electronically perfect - plays fine never gigged and hardly used apart from that damage. Even in that beat-up condition it's worth £250, they go for £350 - £400 in good order if you can find one. I think it's easier to say I won't take an offer, I have changed the battery inside, these are highly sought after and had I realised I would have kept in the box and no lent into the mystery family lol...

I've just bought one of these and should have it in about a week and a half. How do you import patches off the internet or use the editor if it doesn't have a USB input?

nice voicings

Welp. Now I understand why this virtual analog is so well-loved.

I gave in to GAS after seeing this demo couple of times and I got myself one. Great demo, great sounds! One of the secrets of this synth is feedback parameter. If you turn filter resonance up and then turn feedback up to arround 80 it shifts energy from cutoff frequency part of the spectrum to lower part of the spectrum. And then magic happens :)

Such a damn shame that these are so expensive. I would like to own one so much, but I really don't have the money.

Would you mind sharing what patch is playing at 3:47

Wow it sounds great, but my god it is an ugly synth

Hi Can anyone please help with using bulk dump with Yamaha ANX1? I’ve download Midi OX and have a MIDI to USB lead. However when I press send Bulk dump Midi OX doesn’t receive any data. Does The ANX1 have to be in any particular mode for this to work?? All I want to do is Use the Bulk Dump function as well as send patches to the Synth

I owned a cs6x and the sounds are the same. Mind Blowing!

wow