[sdiy] composing with c++

[Richard Wentk]

At 11:30 17/06/2003 +0100, Steven Downhill wrote:
>         >> Now I realise how much time I've wasted trying to get a good sax
>out my
>         >> 303... Should have got a SoundBlaster !
>
>         >you mean you cant even program a sax on a simple TB303, pah!
>         >Call yourself a synthesist!  ;-P
>
>I can get loads of patches out of my TB303.
>Some of my favourites are Bagpipes, Ukulele, Celtic Harp and Sitar.
>The only thing I can't seem to program though is a good guitar patch.

No, you can't get a good guitar out of a 303. It's not built to do that.

Nice piano sound though.

Seriously, it's worth remembering that analogue synths were originally sold 
to a lot of people on the quality of their imitative abilities. I know it 
sounds laughable today, but a lot of advertising materials said things like 
'Able to realistically imitate any sound'. The idea that you could use a 
synth for synth-type noises was just a bit downmarket for a lot of people.

Of course, some magazines (like Sound on Sound) still haven't understood 
that trying to get a modular to sound like a piano or an acoustic guitar is 
a waste of page space. ;-)

Richard