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. 👍🙏
@@popcycles 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 )
@@popcycles 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
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.
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)
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.
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.
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
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.
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?
@@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.
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. 👍🙏
Wow, you sound like you were there! Could you name some of these "most classic dance tunes" that you say were made on the Amiga 600 in the early 90s?
@@popcycles the most well known is Urban Shakedown - Some Justice
@@popcycles 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
@@lostcrow. The fm sounds are special since most electronic music was using analog gear like tb-303 tr-808 tr-909. In the 80s 90s.
This set is the reason I got one of these. Super inspiring.
was looking for dx200 demos and left this on for the entire duration, super nice grooves!
Did you buy one? :)
Very cool. "Back in the days" I unsuccessfully tried to get one of this devices. So a big pleasure, to see it here in action!
wow this is pure synthesizing man. really dope! veery minimal
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 )
man im interested in your BCR2000. You can tweak your DX7 pretty good with it??
Take a Look at the upcoming Behringer BX700!
@@VideoJunkXXL You talking to me??
@@popcycles 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.
Man, I just bought the DX & AN pair, and listening to this got me even more excited. Great sounds man, exquisite. Thanks for posting!
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 have the an 200 over 12 years what’s the difference?
Enjoyed this a lot, makes me want a dx200 again
You make the dopest beats
Awesome work
wow 14:10 sick live set!!
Cool grooves
Rocking the year 2001 synth.
This is great, Kudos to you!
what a dope demo
dope! some Arpanet vibes
Love FM, nice!
Amazing!
track 7 really got me moving. great set
very very interrested jam, love the sounds - pure minimal house dopenes!!!! Sub added :)
Reminds me of Autechre.
Great sounds!
So good
At 6 mind in I just started dancing Lmao good synth
Amazing jam. Well done!
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.
Sounds like a dope box. Never heard of these.
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)
if you find a DX or an AN buy them asap.
Is this box using fm synthesis? Track 10 is cool. Does this use built-in effects. Would be cool if their is distortion and delay
Its basically a Yamaha DX7 with drums, filters, effects and sequencer.
are these all user patches? great work by the way, this video is one of the reasons i picked one of these boxes up :)
nice man! I had an AN, but I sold it. It was a mistake, 'cause these little boxes sounds unique.
Do you know what differentiates the AN from the DX model?
nice work!
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.
all sounds and effects from the DX200. Man vs Machine
I really want one of these. Did you have to use the editor software, or are all sounds purely from tweaking the knobs?
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.
good boy
so so sick
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
All sounds are custom patches made with a computer editor, Dexed. Its freeware.
@@GeyloFollen That’s amazing! Thanks for replying, I appreciate it. Cheers!
Does this have the PLG150-DX plugin board?
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.
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?
both, they receive and they send midi data.
this is inspiring music. are all these sounds from the card that comes in the synth? really cool.
Wow - incredible whats possible with just one mashine...
Question: What is the main difference between the DX and AN (200) Model?
DX use Frequency modulation synthesis (or FM synthesis) while AN model use Subtractive synthesis (Virtual analog)
I don’t understand, is it Multitimbral? Every else seems to say it isn’t but here it definitely does not seem the case
It has 4 drum channels (samples) and 1 synth part (Dx7 synth)
Track 12 is nice, are these all from the internal samples and tweaked sounds?
Did you use the editor to get these sounds
I use dexed as editor to make and upload the sounds to the dx200, very easy to use and free
What is your opinion on the Korg ER-1 (MkII)?
an all time classic.
Geylo Follen did you only use the DX200 here?
Yes
@@GeyloFollen wow that's truly impressive! but you own the editor I assume it's not stock sounds?
@@JB-xv4bw I use DEXED as an editor it works very well with DX Familiy.
I want one
The Drums are coming from the DX200 too ?
yes, all dx200
Ultra Cool 😎
track 1 over a trap beat would be insane
I have had an AN for many years but i just gladly paid 825 AUD for a DX. no regerts
What’s the difference?
defineltly those patterns doesn't match with mine..
Sounds so cool, but $600 used? Digitone, here i come
digitone is only 8 voices and the FM engine is very limited compared to a full 6 operator DX synth but Digitone sequencer is awesome tbf
@@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.
@@Lord_UND_Himself you have much to learn about synthesis
@@Lord_UND_Himself this sounds so incredible much better than a digitone lol