[sdiy] [OT] I love physical modelling

[Rainer Buchty]

>That's a little bit like saying that you wished plumbers weren't so 
>focused only on the pipes in your house, isn't it? Maybe you'd like 
>your plumber to clean the contacts on your vintage synths also?  ;-)

:)

With the "Amen to that" I wasn't thinking about the individual plug-in 
writer, but rather thinking in bigger terms like NI bringing out a 
hardware synth. 

And like with their other software, they'd just outsource that job, too. 
Just with the difference, that the FPGA designer wouldn't have to 
disassemble/rev-eng the Windows software, but instead becoming some math 
or at least C(++) code.

Always remember how Terratec started -- they printed the cardboard boxes 
for Soundblaster cards. Today, they manufacture a whole bunch of sound 
cards and accessories.

>and porting an existing VST plug-in to an FPGA isn't just a matter of 
>changing a couple of compiler flags and recompiling.

As someone who made a living from VHDL design, I'm fully aware of that ;)

>> So why bother just because of a handfull of nuts who insist 
>> of having "real" hardware at their hands?
>
>I realize you're being sarcastic, but yes, that's kind of the point.

I wasn't being sarcastic. It's exactly the point.

People just don't want to pay the price. And those, who look into the 
box and see like a $20 FPGA say "why does this box cost $399" not seeing 
how much the casing, front plate costs, how much you had to invest in 
advance (for the software it's just the compiler and maybe some library 
license) etc.

Rainer