[sdiy] Taking a Step towards - - --((FUTURE-PREDICTIONS))-- - -

[Paul Maddox]

Ruud,

> i was thinking recently.. why not take things a step further than this?
why
> not make a modular midi controller or control surfaces? they would
basically
> be front panels like motm, blacet, .com, moog etc. even the same split in
> components: oscillator, filter, etc. the knobs are programmable midi
> controllers. if there would be some way to interconnect these modules, you
> can literally build exactly the same synth as a vsti, solving the problem
of
> general controllers not having the right 'feel'. you could even go so far
a
> to design a bus-system that would allow modulation routings and such.

welcome to the world of the 'open synth' system that rainer, I and others
thrashed out on a list well over a year ago.
but people don't like it becuase it involves digital stuff.

Paul