[sdiy] Another new hard to find part....

[Richard Wentk]

At 09:33 06/07/2004 -0700, Harry Bissell Jr wrote:
>--- Paul Maddox <P.Maddox at signal.qinetiq.com> wrote:
> > so why hack something?
> > Why not buy yourself a DSP module and roll your own,
> > exactly as you want it?
>
>Time... I want it this century.  There is only so much
>that one person is going to get his arms around. This
>is another example of the increasing cost of
>technology.

[cough] collaborative project [cough]

>I could emulate everything from the Matrix6R, as well
>as my interface needs... but by the time I re-invent
>the wheel my work will already be obsolete.

But why would want to emulate the 6R when there are so many more 
interesting techniques and ideas you could be exploring?

And if you code a softsynth on a standard PC/Mac, planned obsolescence is 
much less of an issue.

It's possible some of you guys haven't been keeping up with the softsynth 
world recently. But when I can patch together a custom 32 step sequencer, 
with logic functions, MIDI and/or LFO sync, and assorted interesting 
modulation possibilities in an evening in Reaktor, and then load it as a 
preset, complete with my favourite sequences, why would I want to spend 
three months designing and building a hardware equivalent?

There comes a point where having pretty lights and rows of knobs just isn't 
enough any more. ;-)

Richard