[sdiy] can you really *not* hear the difference? (was: Frequency Counter Software)

[Dave Kendall]

There is an important difference between sound generation, and sound
recording/reproduction.

Use whatever quality stuff you need to make the sounds you want to hear, and
then record/monitor on the best gear you can get, that degrades the results
the least. 
(Unless that's part of the effect you want - e.g. tape compression effects.)

We wouldn't have rock music as we know it, if someone hadn't decided that
the sound of an amplifier not being able to cope wasn't, in the right
circumstances, actually quite a cool sound.

(Mind you, some might say we should go back in time, find this guy, and
shoot him, but I guess it's horses for courses :-)

Dave.

on 11/10/05 22:22, cheater cheater at cheater00 at gmail.com wrote:

> Hi Andre!
> 
> On 10/11/05, Andre Majorel <amajorel at teaser.fr> wrote:
>> On 2005-10-11 20:44 +0200, cheater cheater wrote:
>> 
>>> Is it only me or does the synth-diy scene kinda force itself
>>> to make crappily sounding things?
>> 
>> Some of us can hear the difference and *like* it lo-fi.
>> 
> 
> well of course. I'm not saying lo-fi is bad. I'm saying no hi-fi is bad.
> 
>> Take Jürgen's PS-3200 clone for instance. To me, it's one of the
>> best sounding synths I've ever heard. It must also be one of the
>> worst in terms of specs as it's designed to be cheap
>> (single-transistor VCAs). I'm willing to bet this is not a
>> coincidence.
>> 
> 
> People do the same while taking $400 for a single module.
> feels like a cheapskate rip-off to me...
> 
> cheers,
> D. 8)
>