Computer simulation of analog synthesis in general and Dave's biz bumbling

[Quinton Fulsom]

visit the site @ seersystems.com the product is finally shipping & it is
called "reality"
Unfortunately I've emailed on obtaining a demo and further ordering info of
what seems to be another completely unoticed work of art but they have yet
to reply.  The last time was a few weeks ago (I believe it was my 5th or
6th attempt).  It really sucks that he's making the same marketing bumbles
he did before.  I am very anxious to purchase it but after I demo it.  Our
local store should have it soon.  It is listing @ $500 with a hardware
dongle for protection.  Quint

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> From: Gene & Debby Stopp <squarewave at jps.net>
> To: kjarger at jkjelec.com; analogue at hyperreal.org; synth-diy at horus.sara.nl
> Subject: Re: Computer simulation of analog synthesis in general
> Date: Thursday, July 24, 1997 10:37 AM
> 
> I saw something a while back along these lines...
> 
> When I was at the NAMM show I visited the "Reality" booth, where they had
a
> new virtual synthesis product happening. The main guy in the booth was
our
> good buddy Dave Smith (founder of Sequential Circuits) and he was
gloating
> that he "would never have to pick up a soldering iron again". I'm not
sure
> of the details, but I remember that their system exploited many different
> types of synthesis, and that analog emulation was one of those types, and
> that these guys felt that the degree of emulation was "all the way".
> 
> I remember that the minimum system was a Pentium 133, and that they told
me
> that the number of voices was limited by the amount of RAM you had (some
> other trade-offs are in there I'm sure, like synthesis complexity
> etc.etc.). Ayway the ad is running in either Keyboard or EM, I just saw
it
> a couple days ago. I think the price is $495 or something like that.
> 
> Anybody have an update on this? I've not kept up, but I did have the urge
> to check it out at some point (some day I'm gonna build up some
> mega-horsepower dual P-II ultra-wide fast SCSI MMX fill-in-the-blank
> machine...)
> 
> Philosophically my feeling is that everything has its place - virtual
stuff
> can co-exist just fine with the organic stuff, and any feeling that one
> must "crush" the other out of existence is misguided. The word "obsolete"
> can be used in business, but has no place in art. I think that there are
> vast areas of unexplored strange and wonderful sounds out there in
virtual
> synthesis land, but I will never give up my analog systems. I want both.
> 
> - Gene
> 
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> > From: kjarger at jkjelec.com
> > To: analogue at hyperreal.org; synth-diy at horus.sara.nl
> > Subject: Computer simulation of analog synthesis in general
> > Date: Wednesday, July 23, 1997 12:58 PM
> > 
> > All this talk of the Nord Modular got me thinking:
> > 
> > Simulation of analog has great promise, IMHO.   Eventually, or even 
> > now(?), real time emulation of analog circuitry down to the level of 
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > So am I computerphobic with respect to computer cost/functionality?
> > or am I on the right track?
> > 
> > And an analog synth simulation can't _possibly_ be as fun as tweaking a

> > knob...Gee I've been rambling on.
> > 
> > Please respond privately, if the subject is off topic.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Kyle Jarger
> > JKJ Electronics
> > Visit our MIDI/CV website http://www.jkjelec.com