[sdiy] SSM2040

[bayne d'artagnan]

On 11/2/07, Jason Proctor <jason at redfish.net> wrote:
> well we could go on hairsplitting and taking apart each other's
> semantics for a long time and get nowhere.
>
> why don't you sum up your position like this and we'll call it even. OK?

The summary is pointless Jason, I'm not splitting hairs, I made my
thoughts clear. I use chips, you use chips, I'd say a LOT of people on
here use chips. Some of us make up excuses why their particular usage
is ok while trying to claim that others usage isn't, some of us don't.
It's really that simple.

Your claim that there is no alternative to the 3320 is absurd. It's a
filter, there are hundreds of filter designs available. Ah, but none
that sound exactly (or almost) the same. Well, sound is but one
criterion and it's the one that you choose. For many building is as
much a part of the joy as playing and ease of build is every bit as
valid a criterion. In fact, any reason that anyone chooses to use a
chip is valid for them.

Nobody owes anyone else their chips and just about everyone one here
believes that even if they don't say it. Actions speak louder than
words and if you have a chip in a  module you have no business
lecturing others about what they should do with their possessions. If
you choose to own vintage polysynths then it's your responsibility to
make sure that your choice is a viable one and you still have no
business laying claim to the possessions of others.

As I said early on in the conversation this is pure ideology that some
of you are trying to spoon feed to others. There is no practical
reason whatsoever to not use chips in personal designs. The fact that
the price of them is as low as it is, and far below perceived value
for some of us, suggests that the supply is adequate to meet the
demand.

Thomas decided to use his chips for what he wanted. Great! That's what
we should all do. I expect that when they're worth $500 each then many
of us we'll make different decisions. But, the reason will be the
same, we'll make the decision because it's what WE want to do, not
because someone else believes that we have some obligation to an
imaginary shortage.