Viva el Presidente !!

[J. Larry Hendry]

You're not alone in your opinion that a hybrid system can give you a good
combination.  Maybe I would stop short of saying "best" of both worlds. 
But certainly something great from both worlds.

A fine example of this technology is the old Korg DSS-1 (sold as a sampling
synth).  I still own two of them and will never part with them.  As a
sampler, they really bite by today's memory standards.  However, they have
wonderful analog filters and programmable digital delays built in.  They
make some pretty interesting sounds because any sample (or hand drawn wave
or hamonically generated wave) can be used as the oscillator source. 

However, once again, the agrument is valid that the waveform is static and
always consistent in its content, taking away the random nuances that we
love some much from our analog beasts.

Just thought I'd chime in and agree a little with your observation about
the great potential of HYBRID systems.

Larry Hendry

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> From: Dr S Grainger <steveg at bss10a.staffs.ac.uk>
> Dear All,
> 
> 	Perhaps as the culprit who brought 'digital' to the 'analogue'
> 	debate you may have spotted that the original posting I made was
> 	about HYBRID systems.
> 
> 	With these IMHO you get the best of both worlds - complex
> 	source waveform generators (with modulation if designed
> 	carefully) and the 'warmth' of analogue filtering.