[sdiy] equalizer

[cheater cheater]

Hi Richard!

On 10/12/05, Richard Wentk <richard at skydancer.com> wrote:
> At 21:45 12/10/2005, you wrote:
>
> >No way!
> >DSP is no fun. DSP costs a lot. DSP breaks. DSP doesn't have an analog
> >sound. DSP isn't easy to change on your workbench. And I'm not
> >interested in learning DSP.
>
> Try Reaktor then.
>
> Honestly, Reaktor will do everything you want, provide a ton of cool new
> ideas, and leave your head spinning so fast you won't be able to think for
> cool new stuff to try next.

Oh yeah, Reaktor is really cool! Especially the newest version which
lets you get even deeper in the guts of things :)

However, Reaktor is not the kind of DSP you could use in a hardware
mixer...... :S :-)

> Development time is maybe a fiftieth of that required for hardware. And you
> can even add memories and use presets and do a ton of other weird and
> exciting stuff besides.
>
> I know some people enjoy noodling around with hardware for the fun of it,
> but musically speaking it's no contest.

It surely sounds better.
But it still has the issues of: 1. ergonomics 2. having to drag around
a PC with you (OK, I would play most of the time from my PC, but it'd
still be very nice to be able to use my mixer without the big gray box
attached....) 3. latency (can't jump over that one... :( )

> Why build a harpsichord when
> someone else is already making good pianos?
>

Because pianos have 20 ms latency. ;-)

cheers,
D.8)