JayB's Sound Set for Yamaha PLG150-AN (AN200)

[@relgukxilef]

I love listening and watching to those videos. Every single melody makes me eager to hear more!

[@mark12011972]

I checked out the link you publihed on Dec 1, 2013. I was born on Dec 1st btw. Not sure if that means anything. You have talent as a music and sound designer. You got the right equipment to get the job done. You can create an album with a message or inspiration for the world, our time on this planet it limited if you know what I mean.

[@Wobbothe3rd]

I love every single one of these and I'm not entirely sure why... your talent is a decisive factor.

[@pianokeyjoe]

Nice sounds my friend! I make my own sounds when I buy the AN200 and AN1x but it is nice to have some back ups just in case I want something new to inspire me!

[@NicB-Creations]

Great stuff JayB, this inspired me to dig deeper into my An1x and I've gotten some sounds out of it I never thought it was capable off. It's a Trance machine from heaven.

[@Aetila]

Thanks for demoing the PLG-150AN, I was always wondering how it did sound. Great work there!

[@ritinkandoth1196]

simply great , LD popular, Wayfarer, 008 upliftcord & noisy jp are my best demo sounds

[@Jeffthestrider]

That Wayfarer sound design is spot on...

[@neytcev]

Excellent work and very nice demo! Thank you! God bless you!

[@CloudZephyr]

beautiful sounds

[@mrrusty1965]

Definitely purchasing this PLG for my S90ES. Was looking for those analog synth sounds for Depeche Mode, Human League, and Styx

[@chrisliddiard725]

Is the filter sweep on the patches controlled by a pedal, or based on velocity? Btw for those who don't know this, the PLG150-AN is the board inside the AN200 groove box.To access the on board patches, That board can be placed in a compatible device such as the MU128, or another similar sound module /keyboard.

[@JayBmusic]

Chris Liddiard The filter is controlled by a pedal, as written in the video description.

[@axelfoley1768]

Superb synth the PLG150-AN

[@Shadowsphere1]

Audien - Weyfarer I saw Audien live a couple months ago along with a bunch of others like Chuckie and Excision. Was awesome.

[@patrickjay6434]

The sound around 4:30 is great. Wish I knew how to program a synth like that!

[@patrickmurphy5842]

very 80s

[@mysterio1972]

awesome legend sounds!!! congratulations!

[@orientalflux]

always love your work mate :)

[@OfficialPonyMusic]

Hey JayB! Wollte fragen, ob ich die Melodie und Rhythmik bei 3:50 verwenden darf. Ich geb dir auch Credits in der Videobeschreibung und verlinke deinen Channel! Aber anstatt einfach deine Idee zu "klauen" wollte ich doch lieber zuerst noch fragen ob du mich diesen Part verwenden lässt, für einen eventuellen Song! :) Liebe Grüsse PM

[@JayBmusic]

Joa, die ist verfügbar. :)

[@OfficialPonyMusic]

Thx dude! ^^

[@IanCanefire]

nicely done. I like watching the chords you play for ideas.

[@felippeboulderdash8453]

Nice man! Do you think I could use these sounds with Yamaha AN200?

[@yamahamotifxs]

Hi JayB! I bought a Yamaha AN1x and downloaded your voices, the old ones, and the new ones. The best sounds I've ever heard of this synth. Virus, Nord, and JP8000 sounds can be heard very well.Thanks to your wonderful voices I decided to buy AN1x. There was a JP8000 plan, but after listening to your great work, I decided on the AN1x and I'm really happy about it. Your music is super. I tried to load the PLG150 AN sounds with the AN1x Editor. We've been able to load but some sounds lack the effect. Can I be able to upload with effect, or do I have to add effects? Good luck and lots of good music in the future!

[@JayBmusic]

It's because the PLG board doesn't have internal effects aside from Distortion and EQ. Also, the AN1x doesn't have the Multisaw. There's a reason why I have both a AN1x and a PLG150-AN sound set. Because while being very similar they do have some impacting differences. So if you have the AN1x I recommend using the AN1x set.

[@yamahamotifxs]

Thanks for the reply. I use the AN1x sounds that are super. It is a pity that there is no Multi Saw in AN1x, but there are many supersaw-like sounds in the AN1x sounds, which I think is very similar to the real Multi Saw.

[@JohnHafner]

Hey I am borrowing my buddy's an200, still learning it, but these sounds are amazing!!! I am controlling it over midi from an FA-08 and wondering if there was any way to load or recreate these sounds as presets?? Thanks!

[@gpr4eva]

Wonder why the XF wasn't compatible with these boards

[@kurokuragawa]

What I like about PLG150-AN are the filter and fatty sound, and what I hate is that programming is largely dependent on PC.

[@xisotopex]

what can the plg150 an be installed in?

[@feelda303]

I sold my PLG-AN only because it's limited editing capabilities from the synth's panel and software editor unavailability for MacOSX. Yamaha kind of killed it. Great sounds and playing by the way!

[@data9k]

Wunderbar!!!!! And nice watch!!!

[@Glenn11C]

Hey JayB. You rock. I’ve purchased an S80. Would you know where I might find the PLG’s for it. And, if so which ones and how much?? Please and thanks. Until I discovered you, I had been a loyal Deadmau5 fan. Love your work. Thanks.

[@JayBmusic]

Hi! Nowadays you mainly find the PLGs on eBay and sorts. At least in Germany they appear every once in a while. I recommend the AN board for fat analog sounds, the DX if you're more into the FM stuff and the XG boards for proper GM/XG compatibility.

[@gretagrain]

have you tried dumping these patches to an AN200? do you think they will go to the user presets? maybe I should just try editing the internal sounds and then saving over...the editor software is SO OLD! :)

[@elreyabeja4539]

What make and model of telephone do you use? What is the maximum distance it will function over? Do you rate the sound quality?

[@yamahamotifxs]

All your videos are great with. I like the Yamaha AN1x sounds so I plan to buy. I've already downloaded the sounds you've programmed. AN1x is capable of producing SuperSaw sounds?

[@JayBmusic]

No exactly. You can create sounds that are similar using a mixture of polyphonic unisono and sawtooth PWM modulation. But it's not as thick as the classic supersaw (or Multi saw like in the AN boards).

[@yamahamotifxs]

Thanks JayB!

[@mrrusty1965]

JayB, did you find a sound for Styx "Fooling Yourself" and Human League "Don't You Want Me Baby"?

[@teddym2808]

Hey there, sorry to bother you again, do you happen to know if the AN-X in the Montage has the Multisaw?

[@JayBmusic]

According to the manual it doesn't. It seems to have polyphonic unisono mode though.

[@teddym2808]

@@JayBmusic Wow OK. I will just keep my AN1X and get an AN200 to get 5 voices with the multisaw (seen them for a couple hundred bucks), and what I will do is replace my MOXF6 with a MODX+, which is not that huge of an outlay, and get all the motif sounds I already have, PLUS the montage M sounds plus FM-X. I think that will be really worthwhile to do and keep my AN1X as my master keyboard (it's a truly lovely master keyboard and has channel aftertouch, I couldn't care less about poly aftertouch, I don't think I even own any synths that support it). Thanks again Jay.

[@xoio]

Hi JayB, Just curious. Seeing as you own both the PLG150-AN AND the AN1X. Because the PLG board has 'more' oscillator waveforms than the AN1X, Is it capable of making sounds that the AN1X can't get close to? OR can the AN1X be pushed to compenate for any deficiencies it has in 'waveforms', and sound the same?

[@JayBmusic]

+Phased Spaces Well, the PLG board has the Multi Saw and that makes the creation of trance synths much easier than fiddling around with polyphonic unisono mode and saw PWM on the AN1x. However, once you know the trick with the AN1x its sound is somewhat fuller than the PLG's, plus you can spread it in the stereo field. The side effect of the polyphonic unisono mode of the AN1x is however that playing chords creates a light strumming effect because the DSP is too weak. The PLG board is much tighter here.

[@Quant-Beat]

+JayB Thanks a lot for you huge knowledge. I am picky, would you recommend to have both Yamaha AN1x and PLG 150 AN cards? Is there any disadvantage having two PLG 150 AN in a host CS6R? Is there any limitation driving both cards (10 voices)? Can I use PLG 150 AN fully in a CS6R? This question can very few answer qualified, and I believe you know it for sure. Thanks!

[@JayBmusic]

+Luciano Drossi I'd always choose the AN1x over the board, because it's easier to operate and the sound is somewhat more vivid. I haven't yet tried two AN boards, I just know that you can operate them in different modes, as in polyphony extension or dual mode. I guess in Dual mode you can also emulate a polyphonic unisono mode when combined in performance mode. But that's all unchecked...

[@Quant-Beat]

+JayB Now I have the CS6R with one PLG150-AN. How do you edit your PLG? I have the AN1xEditor, Yamaha's own from 1999, and it works playing notes on the software where the PLG150-AN responds, but no other parameters responds.

[@vetal_esher]

I don't see how you are changing the filter cutoff, is there some foot pedal used? Nice patches, PLG150AN still rulez :)

[@JayBmusic]

Yes, I'm using a foot pedal for the filter.

[@TheRealDirtySkillz]

Do more Yamaha Motif ES stuff bro. Some of these sounds are killer though.

[@Zougloulevrai]

Amazing sounds, but i'd like to know if it's possible to use on a soft like FLS with a VST plug or anything ..? Because my keyboard is too old and doesn't support this ._.

[@JayBmusic]

Too old? This thing is from 1999. ;) Anyway, I've noticed that Sylenth actually sounds pretty close. However, it's not that dirty.

[@NatLifeSounds]

is AN200 drum machine is same sound with PLG150-AN?

[@JayBmusic]

The AN200 literally contains a PLG150-AN.

[@xoio]

JayB Is there anything that the PLG150-AN can do that the AN1X can't? I know it has some slight differences in Waveforms (doublesaw) etc, but does the final sound, sound all that different from the AN1X? - From your AN1X demos, it sound pretty 'supersaw-ish' anyway.. But of course the AN1X has two DSPs to give double the poly.

[@JayBmusic]

xoio The main difference is the two more oscillator models Multisaw and Triangle. The rest is pretty much the same, just half of it. The sound is a little bit different which most probably depends on the host synth.

[@xoio]

JayB - cool, I think on the AN1X you can wave-shape using 'edge' to get Triangle And Sine anyway? - As for doublesaw, is it really 'that' much fatter to what the AN1X can do? I imaging using the AN1X's double poly, you can stack more than the AN anyway?

[@JayBmusic]

xoio You can get sine, but you can't get a decent triangle. The multisaw are 5 sawtooth oscillators layered and detuneable and mixable like Roland's supersaw. It's a much thicker sound than just two sawtooth oscillators.

[@zakaroonetwork777]

Does it have exactly the same sounds as the AN1x keyboards?

[@JayBmusic]

The sound itself is identical as far as the features go, but due to different features and lack of effects section the factory sounds are different of course.

[@zariisofficial]

Awesome sounds, so am i able to use these sounds for my ES rack that has the PG150-AN board?

[@JayBmusic]

Zariis (Official) Yes, they should work.

[@brendan3321]

I really hope you use hyper squar in a track sometime

[@dennisspanka4000]

Hey jay. Könntest du mir grob die Unterschiede zwischen dem an1x und dem an200 plugin board erklären? Ueberlege mir einen an1x oder cs6x mit dem plugin board zu holen Danke im voraus

[@JayBmusic]

Dennis Spanka Die grundlegende Engine ist bei beiden gleich. AN1x: direkte Soundprogrammierung am Gerät, interne Effekte von guter Qualität aber überschaubarer Anzahl, polyphoner Unisono-Modus, max. 10 Stimmen polyphon PLG: Programmierung nur über Windows-Software, Sounds nutzen Effekte des Host-Synths (deutlich mehr Auswahl), Einbindung der Sounds etwas umständlich, zusätzliche Oszillatormodelle Multisaw und Dreieck, Pitch-Kurve mit Attack und Decay, nur Mono-Ausgabe, max 5 Stimmen polyphon, keine polyphoner Unisono-Modus Wenn du nicht gerade irgendwelche abgedrehten Effekte möchtest oder sehr auf Supersaw-Sounds stehst, würde ich den AN1x nehmen. Spaß macht das PLG-Board wohl erst dann, wenn du zwei davon hast. Und wenn du mich fragst, würde ich die lieber in einen Motif ES einbauen. Der hat auch von Haus aus die deutlich geilere Soundengine im vergleich zum CS6x.

[@dennisspanka4000]

Hey vielen dank für die Aufklärung. Bin auf der Suche nach einem Synthesizerkeyboard und bin noch dabei das "richtige" für mich zu finden. Da der platz bei mir begrenzt ist würde ich mir gerne nen synthesizer als ein midicontroller dort hin stellen und die richtung trance/supersaw ist schon richtig. Hatte auch mal an einen jp8000 gedacht.. Aber andere Hersteller haben auch hübsche synths ;)

[@scooby3030]

hi ya i just recently aquired a plg 150an card and i was wondering is there a way of copying the sounds to the int bank or can you not copy em do you know im using a cs6x

[@JayBmusic]

yoll d The INT bank is only for sounds using the internal sound processor. If you really effectively want to work with the PLG board you can't avoid getting a smart media card. Unless you want to transfer the bulk manually each time you turn on the synth.

[@scooby3030]

@@JayBmusic hi ya well since i written one patch to the plg card everytime i switch on theres only one patch on the card now

[@ManishHShahMDFACSDenver]

Can this soundset be hosted on a Yamaha AN200?

[@JayBmusic]

Yes it can.

[@ManishHShahMDFACSDenver]

@@JayBmusic Do you recommend a particular editor software to load the soundset?

[@JayBmusic]

@@ManishHShahMDFACSDenver Personally I'm using AN Expert Editor, standalone version 1.2.2 - available on my website in case you can't find it on official Yamaha sites.

[@ManishHShahMDFACSDenver]

@@JayBmusic thanks. I’ll get it from your website.

[@kurokuragawa]

How many boards have you installed? And how do you like the multi-saw oscillator?

[@JayBmusic]

It's just one board. I thought about getting a second one, but so far this one board was enough for me. And I like the multisaw oscillator. It may be not as thick as a supersaw, but it's fair enough for me. I still have the supersaw in another synth. :)

[@scooby3030]

hi ya how do i load the sounds into my cs6x i have the an card installed on it do i have to put the files on a memory card ?

[@Cap10NRGMusic]

Not sure these sounds work in the CS6x, though I’m sure it could replicate many... if you are asking in general “how do I get sounds loaded on a CS6x”... For CS6x you either need - the old software and an old OS that runs it - or you need a SmartMedia Reader (usb). I just got one for my CS6x. The reader probably won’t need a driver - once you plug it in you can read the card on a pc or Mac. Just copy the files to the card, eject the card, put it in you CS6x and load the files... if you need the manual it is available at Yamaha to download as. PDF.

[@GaitaPonto]

Hey JayB, how many patterns this sound set has? The instructions say to bulk dump 64 voices but the ANS file has 56, then there are empty voices from 57 to 64, then there are voices from 65 to 128 that I can't say if they were there before as USER bank content. Sent you a donation today to say "thanks" for your work.

[@GaitaPonto]

by the way, I am loading the sound set to a AN200.

[@JayBmusic]

Thanks for the donation! The host synths like the S80 or the Motifs only support 64 user patches with editable effects and all so that's the maximum number of patches I will do for the PLG board. Patches 65 to 128 should be the default user patches. And yes, so far it's only 56 sounds.

[@GaitaPonto]

OK THANKS! I am enjoying them now!

[@Alenyuu]

Amazing +_+

[@stevenyjtsai]

cool

[@filipzawadzki9424]

Why this sounds like: "you doesn't need any more synths anymore" ?

[@Kumokensfw]

Were do you buy this btw

[@djmarco589]

nice..

[@cathairjk]

YAY!!!

[@Pamuk2002]

hi ich könnt dir 24 Std zuschauen und zuhören , bin einer von deinen größten Fan's danke und weiter so , aber midnight drive ist dein bester Song danke dafür