[sdiy] Moogey jitter - the old times were the oldest.

[Grant Richter]

People don't have the time or money to learn how to play new designs.

I talked about new synthesizers with Del Dettmar.
He said "I'm still learning how to play the Synthi I got 30 years ago".

The problem is a lack of virtuousity with synthesizers in general.
Specially if you keep changing instruments.
People "cherry pick" the sounds they can get quickly, then move on to  
some new gear / plugin / softsynth.

They don't really ever learn how to play well, like you would an  
acoustic instrument.
People devote their whole lives to acoustic instruments.

One reason is that synthesizers interfaces are still relatively crude.
Another is people view synthesizers as disposable technology and not  
instruments.

If you get a new toaster, you throw out your old toaster.
But if you get a Telecaster, you don't throw out your Stratocaster  
(usually).


> And this is probably what bugs Paul: while the 70s, 80s, and partly  
> 90s
> were the era of exploring new synthesis concepts ( i.e. inventing new
> instruments) we nowadays somewhat stagnate in trying to reproduce "the
> good old sound" instead of going back hunting for that new, unheard
> sound/synthesis.
>