[sdiy] IC Prototyping was: SSM2040

[anthony]

> Jay Schwichtenberg a *crit :
>
>>
>> IMHO I think the effort and cost of doing a SSM2040 or replicas of most 
>> of
>> the classic chips would be a waste. I think the effort would be better 
>> spent
>> going forward and not backwards.
>
> Mmmh... this is just my opinion, but I'm always surprised (and a bit 
> annoyed)
> when
> a discussion about technology comes to forward vs backwards...
>

I have to say I quite agree, since the greater trend in FORWARD 
technological advancement, at least in the realm of consumer electronics, is 
CHEAPER, SMALLER, CRAPPIER. MP3 players area prime example of the concept as 
a whole: touted as "NEAR CD quality". Why not "smaller and way better?" The 
portability factor is great but the crapiness is contagious: I bought a 
Philips brand MP3/CD player and it certainly plays disks of MP3's quite like 
you'd expect, but when you play a normal CD, you get that annoying pause gap 
in between tracks just like an MP3 player and not smooth like a normal CD 
player. It's sad that this was a product that was manfactured under the 
moniker at least of the company that designed CD's - the stats of which were 
never "audiophile" - why the chose 44.14 (or point whatever), I'll never 
know - and a 5-ish" sized disc would not make for a readilly pocketable 
device.

Of course I'll stop complaining when I can get a small FLAC player - maybe

The point is there used to be some great quality silicon that was really 
ahead of its time. Those Curtis chips are so cool and versatile, it's a 
shame they couldn't have muddled through to the renewed interest in REAL 
analog, when advanced, forward-thinking modeling just wasn't cutting it for 
a lot of people.


> why should we have to choose ?
> the creation of synths never hindered anyone from building pianos...
> the creation of dumboxes never put drummers out of job, despite the big 
> fear of
>
> drummers union in the early 80's AFAIR... actually I know more ppl playing
> real drums than ppl using a drumbox...
>
> JB
>
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