I dont care how old this instrument is...this video demonstrates that an instrument is only as good as the person using it!... Sometimes as a producer it helps to set yourself limitations, because thats when magic happens... think on this moving forward producers. Some of the most classic dance tunes produced were done on the Amiga 600 in the early 90s... this was very limited indeed but it didnt stop producers producing monster dance tracks. Example: "Urban Shakedown - Some Justice" Moral of the story... dont always rely on new tech for producing. Well done Ticco! I really enjoyed this set. 👍🙏
@@dpalaoro I also wrote loads of tracks on the Amiga 60 back in the day... my Artist name is "NDE", I also produce under "Echo Shore", "D'Blaze", "Temple Of Hades" and a few others lol.... If you listen to my track "NDE - The Fog" that was actually produced on the Sony Playstation in the 90s
I have always wanted the DX200 (I wanted to buy a used one when they where around 200 dlls) and kept waiting for a cheap one, never came and now they are around the 400 dll mark. 2 weeks ago I bought a DX7 locally for 150dlls and programmed a BCR2000 to control it (I also have a setting to control the AN200). Diving into FM synthesis I noticed that there are about 120 parameters to create a sound, the DX200 gives you the ability to control about 15 of them, the rest of them are filters and envelopes which are not an integral part of the FM engine but inherent to the DX200, so, it is mostly a "tweak a preset" groovebox machine. However inside it has a full DX7 II engine (operator by operator, algorithm by algorithm) with the added ability to modify it in real time! It is an amazing machine, if you connect it to a DX editor you will unleash an amazing synthesis beast! Anyways the AN200 never ceases to amaze and after 18 years with it I'm still learning new tricks under its hood. BTW Nice set!!!
Yes that was the whole point of the 200 series. Take the DX7 and the AN1X and make grooveboxes out of them for the EDM club scene. You were supposed to create your sounds in the home/studio and perform them live with out having to lug around giant keyboards. I have both the AN and DX200 as well as a full sized AN1X (which I really need to get around to selling) I've yet to try the editors in WIN10 but I hear people have got them running...but I have yet to find my MIDI interface...which is lost in one of my closets of doom (large walk in closets full of vintage analog and digital gear...as well as toys...and samurai swords? lol )
@@dpalaoro hey.sry, i was meaning tbe upper cimment. If you are interested in a bcr, behringer teased Long Time ago an "BCR32", but everyone is still waiting.
indeed it has a limited sequencer but that forces you to constantly move the sound resulting in a very dynamic session. Remember the 4 free envelope generators with 8 bars and the 2 scene per patch, they are very handy
I also instantly tried to look up the price but found none for sale. Seems like a nice machine, I wonder how one would compare it to the model:cycles (If one had tried both)
Never really understood this box. Like can you only play presets or can you pick your own sounds per patch and place them wherever on the sequencer and modulate them with what's on board?
You can program your own patches, upload dx7 patches, or use presets. You can have 2 patches loaded at a time and crossfade between them and record parameter changes into sequences. All the other sounds you hear -drums, percusdive hits, six and a limited range of bass notes, are from a fixed set of sample presets you can sequence on the drum track. As this set shows, you can get a lot of of the box within those limits.
Nice track man. Bass is kicking. Are you using any external effects or processing or is it all the Yamaha? I used to own an RS7000 which was awesome; sick sequencer as well.
This video made me confirm getting one! do the track sequences send note data into daws or to other synths? I want to use some of the preset bass sequences for my analogue synths. Do you know if that is possible?
FM synthesis is one of the most complex synthesis available, with many different parameters. That is why the use of an editor is mandatory. I use Dexed, which is free and very good. The physical controls of the DX200 are just a few, for basic control not for deep editing.
Sounds cool! And how do you use this device in your music productions? Do you record it as audio in DAW, make loops or record jam and then edit audio parts?
Its internal sequencer is limited to a 16-step bar, which is not enough. The best way to use its full potential is to sequence it via midi through a DAW and record the audio also with the same DAW. So yes, DAW = Midi and audio.
Are you playing over the preset demos? Or have you created these compositions and stored them in the synths memory, and replaying them while adding some real-time modifications? Please clarify. Thank you
@@GeyloFollen Indeed. Plus the Digitone isn't a decade old and discontinued. So many modern features plus firmware updates. Also sounds a bit nicer. Used DX200s used to be $400. Much more reasonable.
