[sdiy] Modular - sound or song

[nicolas]

I think the biggest distinction between digital and analogue, hardware and software is in the playability.  A modular is slow to patch, hard to expand, but once set up every parameter is available right there for realtime tweaking.  On the other hand those tweaks can be difficult to automate, so it has to be played by a human.

Digital synths tend to be quicker to patch, but usually only a subset of parameters can be tweaked in realtime as knobs tend to be overloaded with multiple functions.  On the other hand the playing of the instrument and the tweaking of the knobs can be recorded, played back and generally automated as much as you like.

This difference in how they are played is the crux for me rather than the sound capabilities.

Cheers,
Nicolas


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