[sdiy] ... Simulating a Moog

[harrybissell]

Gene Stopp wrote:  <snip>

>  I think we're here, we've
> arrived, we're living in the future. Even so I'll still be soldering
> thru-hole parts together till I'm an old guy. :)

and that would be... till last week ???    :^P

H^) harry  (who will solder thru-hole until he is a YOUNG guy...)

>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> - Gene
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Richard Wentk
> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 1:45 PM
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] ... Simulating a Moog
>
> At 10:13 03/05/2004 -0700, Julian Bunn wrote:
>
> >I guess I'm agnostic on this point.
>
> That's probably wise.
>
> The current state of play is that analogue synths still sound more like
> analogue synths - or at least *good* analogue synths sound more like good
> analogue synths - than any softsynths do.
>
> But softsynths win easily on reliability, polyphony, versatility, cost,
> size, and ease of transportation. And the only musical application for an
> old analogue is to sound like an old analogue. You can do a lot more with a
> good digital synth, especially patchable designs like Reaktor and Max/MSP.
> .
> .
> .