[sdiy] Modular - sound or song

[paul.maddox.mail-list at synth.net]

Dave,

> However, let's not overlook the fun of actually designing and building
> circuits, laying out and assembling panels, and finally getting to play our
> creation.  I doubt that programming a microcontroller provides the same kind
> of thrill.

Wanna bet?
The thrill of getting Monowave II working is just awesome, making it  
polyphonic (like Phoenix) is JUST as much as building a hardware module.

each time I have a new idea the first thing I do is throw it into my  
Chameleon, why? because it costs me nothing other than my time to try.

> For me, analog vs digital synth is like a '57 Chevy vs a 2008 Toyota.
> Obviously, the Toyota is a far superior automobile, but no teenage kid is
> going to spend countless happy hours underneath one with a wrench, covered
> in grease!

because they don't have too :-)

> I, for one, find the virtual limitlessness of all things digital kind of
> demoralizing.  If you have the whole world of possibility at your
> fingertips, why even bother?  I don't believe that endless possibility
> sparks creativity, but rather stifles it.  It's the same reason why CGI has
> nearly ruined movies.

WHAT?
take a step back and re-read that.

You don't want felxability? you don't want chocies?
So in your analogue modular world you have ONE type of VCO with ONE  
output wave, ONE type of filter, ONE type of Modulation source (LFO OR  
Eg)...

Having choices is, I'll agree, a double edged sword.
It's great that you can take pretty much idea and make it.. but it's  
easy to get lost in the thinking rathe rthan the doing. That comes  
down to self discipline.

The problem comes, like CGI in films, is when people over use and just  
get lazy. That's not the fault of the technology, only of the users of  
the technology.

Paul