Digital DIY synths?

[Magnus Danielson]

>>>>> "BS" == Ben Stuyts <ben at stuyts.nl> writes:

 BS> 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.

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

DSPs form another set of challanges, so do they really attract the
same people?

 >> 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.

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

Sure. Op-amps comes in tubes, DSPs come on tape or on charts ;^)

Cheers,
Magnus