[sdiy] Ways for innovation

[Ove Ridé]

On 22 January 2016 at 15:32, Rutger Vlek <rutgervlek at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why does my 150 dollar phone have a better screen than my 3000 dollar synth?

What would you use the better screen for? If you would put a better
screen in it, and use said screen to its fullest potential, you would
suddenly come dangerously close to competing with software running on
a laptop or even on your phone. I think this really hits the crux of
the matter. A synth can't get *too* perfect because then it will lose
its charm and lose that potential customer base, while also not being
flexible enough for the laptop crowd. The reason someone might make a
synth today *is* to provide quirks and a unique, limited user
interface and sound palette, to give the user the sense that they have
stumbled upon a "hidden gem". If you can write really good but
CPU-heavy DSP, there's really no reason for you to not channel that
into a VST or similar, today. And that's why the product landscape
looks like it does.

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/Ove

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