Digital DIY synths?

[Ben Stuyts]

On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Troy Sheets wrote:

> Plus, working on analog circuits is just more of an art.  There
> are so many more variables... Simple things like how well you have
> matched a transistor pair have subtle influences on the sound
> quality... how hard you drive your filter, ect.

Isn't it also the fun in designing a dsp based synth to make these things  
matter? To introdoce non-perfect saw pulses, to introduce non-linear  
transmission? I agree that a pure analog synth is more 'visible', but as I  
said in another message, I think it is just a matter of state of mind. In a  
dsp based synth, you are not trying to make the perfect mathematical pulse  
signal. That would be easy. You are trying to make the most musically pleasing  
pulse signal.

>  It is these
> little details that make your own analog synth a real unique
> artistic tool.  Plus, I don't know... I just think analog circuits
> have more "life" in them... they breathe and pulsate and you can hear
> the electrons squirting through your circuits.   Digital is just more
> sterile and mathmatic.

There's just as much electrons in them DSP's... This sound like it could grow  
out to an audiophile type of war. TUBES, USE TUBES! B-)

Best regards,
Ben