My evil modular plans

[John Speth]

>Digital is getting better and better all of the time.  My main aversion to
>it is: lack of knobs, lack of patchpoints.  Why build a modular you can't
>touch (like the Nord Modular)?  It's a very tactile experience.  I don't
>want to have to open up my paint can that's buried in a box every time I
>want to make a brushstroke.
...
>Just a few thoughts.
>
>R>

Amen to the "brushstroke" metaphor!  (Love my Prophet5)  Wasn't there a
software program for the MAC several years ago that lets you "patch" on a
screen?  (Was it called MAX using CSound?)  

I think that a good virtual patchable modular using touchscreen would make
a nice economical way to give you that tactile experience with the added
benefit of configurability new technology.


John Speth (johns at oei.com)
Object Engineering, Inc.
Vancouver, WA