more analogue additive (fwd)

[Bill Layer]

At 12:30 PM 8/13/98 -0400, you wrote:
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>The more I think about this, the more intrigued I become.
>I think what we're dealing with here is almost a step
>back to organ technology followed by a few steps foward.
>Draw bars anyone?  If this project is pursued, it seems
>like a perfect candidate for a digital/analogue hybrid.
>(blasphemy?)  I'm talking about a computer to do the 
>analysis and possibly VCA envelopes coupled with analogue
>wave sources (and of course filters). 
 
No blasphemy here; my feeling is "give to Caesar that which is Caesar's".
What a splendid notion, to let digital do what it does best (control) and
let analog do what it does best (sound right). 

Consider the Korg PolySix, or even better: the Korg Delta. I seem to recall
that the Delta is rougly 1/2 organ (it has drawbars...) and 1/2 synth,
utilising digital control, and analog VCOs/VCFs.

Back to the future.


Bill Layer
"Quantity has a Quality all of it's own." -JL