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For the same reason that softsynths aren't. You're not really making anything, you're just sticking bits together.<br />
<br />...no real appreciation of how they go together as a whole.<br />
<br /></blockquote><div class="gmail_quote"><br /></div></div></div></blockquote>I'd say Urs Heckmann (or Lennard Addink or Rob Papen or Steve Duda...) has more of an appreciation and understanding of how "bits" come together into a whole synthesizer than 95% of the DIY hardware hackers out there. Their synths are well designed and sound great. </div><div id="x90f20345d68649e"><br />But they make software, so not only do the not make synths at all, they just stick bits together. At random! What morons!</div><div id="x90f20345d68649e"><br /></div><div id="x90f20345d68649e">This conversation reminds me of why I only lurked for over a decade. I think I'll just go back to that now.</div><div id="x90f20345d68649e"><br /></div><div id="x90f20345d68649e">- S</div><div id="x90f20345d68649e"><br /></div>
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