[sdiy] VCO design question

[Paul Maddox]

Karl,

hehe, the point was aimed at Antti who implied that simple digital  
system are not as good as analogue ones, whereas complex digital ones  
are.

To me Digital is different to analogue, not inferior :-)

Paul

On 2 Dec 2008, at 20:52, karl dalen wrote:

>> Not even when you have sample rates in excess of 1Mhz and bit depths
>> in excess of 32bit.
>
> Really?  And that coming from the most wavetabled person on the  
> net!........  :-)
>
> KD
>
> --- Den ons 2008-12-03 skrev Paul Maddox <paul.maddox.mail-list at synth.net 
> >:
>
>> Från: Paul Maddox <paul.maddox.mail-list at synth.net>
>> Ämne: Re: [sdiy] VCO design question
>> Till: "Antti Huovilainen" <ajhuovil at cc.hut.fi>
>> Kopia: "synth DIY" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>> Datum: onsdag 3 december 2008 00.57
>> Antti,
>>
>>
>>> For a valid comparison it has to have same quality and
>> features as the analog solution though. Apples to apples and
>> all that.
>>
>> In which case no digital system will ever be adequate.
>> The same is true for DSP based synthesis, I mean, is
>> 44.1Khz good enough? is 96Khz? 24 or 16 bit? if you're
>> gong to use digital the line has to be somewhere.
>> as you say yourself, apples and oranges.
>>
>> Each person draws the line as to what they consider
>> 'adequate' quality in terms of features.
>> Life is a compromise, audio the same. :-)
>>
>>> Digital oscillator can do that, but it's no longer
>> quite trivial.
>>
>> sorry, if you're insistent on 'analogue'
>> quality you will never achieve that with Digital. Not even
>> when you have sample rates in excess of 1Mhz and bit depths
>> in excess of 32bit.
>>
>> Paul
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