[sdiy] question about pot size?

[Peter Grenader]

I hear you, I totally appreciate your perspective. I have also read claims
on this list however from more than one of these craftspeople as to why
their widget is better than the others.  While I surely understand that
pride in one's work and the resulting manifestation of what they believe to
be the best methodology contributes to this, I have seem subtle arrows,
rubberbands, dirt clods, bullets and missiles take flight here.

I am still encouraged by your statement however and the spirit it suggests.

- P

Grant Richter wrote:

> on 12/14/03 1:24 PM, Peter Grenader at peter at buzzclick-music.com wrote:
> 
>> Personally, I respect the
>> comraderie between the two of them and would like to see all manufacturers
>> behave this way with one another as they are all in the same boat,
>> together.
>> 
> 
> Because modular synthesizers are made from electronics, there is a tendency
> to view them like a toaster oven. That is to say something which can be
> compared by a list of features offered.
> 
> In reality, they are so different in concept and form, that they are exactly
> like acoustic musical instruments, different and varied with traditions and
> history each of it's own. It's silly to say that a violin is inherently
> better than a trumpet.
> 
> As time goes by, I think "manufacturers" are starting to see themselves more
> like fine craftsmen, and less like industrial moguls. We really do not
> compete with each other, any more than a violin maker competes with a
> trumpet maker.
> 
> Collectively, we are the keepers of a fine tradition, it MAY someday be
> recognized as such. The "soft synth" craze actually works towards this. The
> more a modern digital synthesizer becomes a pattern of photons on a flat
> screen, the closer a hand built analog synthesizer comes to resemble a hand
> built violin.
> 
> Peace and Happy Holidays.
>