[sdiy] Radfio Shack

[Scott Stites]

>I'm reading what you're saying as 'I'm used to analogue and I don't have 
>the interest in learning a new skill now.' Which I think is partly what I 
>was saying.

Guilty.  Not that I've got anything against digital control, hybrids, and digital sound synthesis.  I don't much care for menus, I'm a knob and patch cord kinda guy, but digital design doesn't exclude that kind of stuff (take a gander at the Buchla 200e).  

At the end of the day, I do this for enjoyment, to blow off steam, and I've wanted a synth since I was in the third grade (literally).  There is nothing to me more gratifying than to sit down, as Scott G. says, and whip up a filter or a VCO in little time and then actually play with it.  I have no knots in my neck when I'm done like I do when I'm coding stuff at work.  

Besides - I'm really down to only needing hardware.  I don't fear parts drying up - I've got enough parts to build the synth of my dreams.   I suspect that may apply to many a person on this list.  Time is the rare commodity I need now, and it is just as finite as the number of CA3080's out there.  

I'm "not stuck in the past", nor do I believe anyone who actually does proclaim the superiority of analog is "stuck in the past".  That term to me implies that the vintage of a synth design invalidates it as a viable musical instrument in today's world.   That simply is not the case.  There is certainly always room for new things using digital techniques.  I'll just leave that for the people who enjoy that kind of stuff.

Cheers,
Scott


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