[sdiy] 566 Functional Replacement

Mattias Rickardsson mr at analogue.org
Tue Mar 20 13:40:53 CET 2018


> The type of interface - sea of knobs or small display with 1 encoder is
> not determined by analog or digital synthesis.

No, but 1-knob UI is definitely determined by digital *control*. ;-)

Speaking of control of VCOs - do we have any different control needs now
compared to 30+ years ago?

/mr

On 20 March 2018 at 13:25, Jarno Verhoeven at ziggo.nl <
jarno.verhoeven at ziggo.nl> wrote:

> The point was that we had a switch in the past from analog to digital, and
> that was accompanied by a drastic change in UI (lots of knobs -> very few
> knobs).
> I had the DX7 in mind, and my post was meant as a joke, as we do not want
> to go back to that.
> Humour, always tricky in email.
>
>
> > Op 20 maart 2018 om 11:29 schreef Roman Sowa <modular at go2.pl>:
> >
> >
> > The type of interface - sea of knobs or small display with 1 encoder is
> > not determined by analog or digital synthesis.
> >
> > Roman
> >
> >
> > W dniu 2018-03-20 o 11:09, Jarno Verhoeven at ziggo.nl pisze:
> > > A single line display, and a single encoder is a fine way to edit a
> > > patch with 200 parameters. You really don't need knobs for everything.
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > > Op 20 maart 2018 om 10:32 schreef Vladimir Pantelic <
> vladoman at gmail.com>:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 20.03.2018 09:41, Roman Sowa wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Then again more and more the whole idea of doing anything analog
> fades
> > > > > away, as it's so easy to do in digital today. I can't believe I
> just
> > > > > said that.
> > > >
> > > > well, after the rebirth of (modular) analog and now the rebirth of
> the
> > > > specialized integrated analog ICs, will we soon have the rebirth of
> > > > "throw it all away and go digital"? :)
> > > >
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