WHY? (was Re: [sdiy] ... Simulating a Moog)

[Ingo Debus]

Am Freitag, 07.05.04 um 16:10 Uhr schrieb Scott Stites:

> If one views the synthesizer as a whiz-bang box that must produce a 
> uniquely different sound for every musical part it's ever destined to 
> play, then the VCO->VCF->VCA combo would wear thin pretty quick (not 
> as quick as it should in most cases, but that's another subject).
>
> If one views the synthesizer as a musical instrument, then it is quite 
> satisfactory.  After all, I doubt there are many cello players out 
> there wondering why the cello development process is so damned 
> stagnant.....
>

Not a fair comparison IMHO. On the VCO-VCF-VCA combo only a few 
parameters can be changed: pitch, waveform, eventually pulse width, 
Cutoff frequency, Q, volume. On a cello there's much much more.

Ingo