Why DIY? (was Re: [sdiy] Another new hard to find part....)

[Richard Wentk]

At 11:18 07/07/2004 +0200, Rude 66 wrote:
> > > 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?
>
>ehm..
>
>because the hardware equivalent sounds 100 times better and more powerful
>than reaktor?

You think a sequencer has a sound?

Okaaaay. :-)

Anyway, the best way to get huge fat sounds out of Reaktor is to use it 
imaginatively, and not as an analogue clone. The fat sounds live inside the 
digital features, like the granulation tools.

>i'm just playing around with tassman 4 here for a review. great
>possibilities, and the modules look beautiful with their rugged 50's lab
>look. only probblem is with bigger patches you just about need a video
>beamer because you have 3 or 4 screens full of modules. i'm seriously
>wondering if these guys are running another company making scroll wheels for
>mice, because you'll wear one out in a month with this thing..;-)

How awful to have all those features available at the same time. Obviously 
it would be a much better product if it didn't do nearly as much. And 
trying to do something equivalent using patchcords with no memories would 
be a lot more convenient, wouldn't it? ;-)

Richard