[sdiy] Additive Synthesis - Wendy would say it works...

[Magnus Danielson]

From: Kevin Lightner <synthfool at synthfool.com>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Additive Synthesis - Wendy would say it works...
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:19:43 -0800
Message-ID: <p06200703be6522b1c820@[192.168.0.4]>

> >
> >
> >Ahh YES. That is exactly my point. There is no set of easily operable controls
> >to get to a desired end result.  You may get fantastic results... at a
> >fantastically high price (in labor)
> 
> This brings an old adage to mind: "Anything you can control, you 
> *must* control"
> Probably not good for politics, but certainly good as applied to 
> engineering, modular synths, etc.
> ;-)

Yes, but the challenge is finding ways to greatly reduce the number of things
you have to control to get good sound control. Maybe this is to some degree one
of the things which is nice about the Synthi, you can control many things under
one knob!

Cheers,
Magnus