[sdiy] new stuff (was Moogey jitter)

[rude66]

a lot of these issues have to do with the interface. most people who buy
synths, are musicians, not programmers. and while for the average musician
it's not too difficult to figure out what a sound does if you turn a knob on
a minimoog, a lot of these guys simply give up when it comes to parameter
menu's, multi's, and whatever. that's why synths with good tresets sell
well: a lot of people want to play these things and make music with them,
rather than programsounds and try out all kinds of exotic possibilities.
it's pretty rare to find people that can do both well.

i did some digital programming (k1/4 and dx100, etc) but gave up with my
k5000. i still have it, filled with some wonderful patches from the then
pretty active k5000 users group, but that was one synth that went just over
my head in possibilities and a lousy interface. i have the same with
softsynths: i love features like the midi synced looped envelopes of the
fm7, but the tiny window you have to play in is such a pain, that i gave up
after several sounds.

maybe if you could have these things on giant touch screens with infinite
zoom, things would get better..


On 4/22/06, Rainer Buchty <rainer at buchty.net> wrote:
>
> >D-50, I did. [...]
>
> On this list I of course expect a high "programming" activity, but take
> the average Joe who made the D50 and especially the DX7 such a success.
> While the D50 -- being basically a subtractive synth -- was still easy
> to understand, the DX7 was (and probably still is) way above the head of
> its average owner and therefore made way for "sound consumption" rather
> than "sound creation".
>
> Just like the Commodore 64 -- sold like pre-sliced bread, people *had*
> to have one, but only a fraction of those owners really made full use of
> its potential. But they had "all" the programs they could copy.
>
> >Couldn't / wouldn't do that [programming] anymore today. Maybe that's
> >the _real_ problem with digital synths, that I don't spend much time
> >with them?
>
> Maybe it's because they are lacking the proper user interface?
> Personally, I'd for instance rather use a Korg Polysix than the
> Poly61.
>
> Although I'm not sure how a proper user interface for a digital synth
> should look like -- citing DX7 again, there was the Jellinghaus
> programmer. Far away from being a commercial success.
>
> Rainer
>
>
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