Peter Korsten a écrit :
> The difference isn't really between digital and analogue, but more
> between subtractive synthesis (what the AN1x and all your analogue
> synths do) and other types of synthesis, like the frequency modulation
> synthesis of your DX7II, the additive synthesis of the K5000, or
> sample&synthesis in pretty much every other synth on the market.
Right Peter ! Each type has its good and bad....
And remember that now a huge majority of music is digitally recorded,
mastered and reproduced , the only real analog links in all this chain
are the mike on one side and the amplifier and speakers on the other...
From medieval music groups playing old acoustic instruments to ...
analog synths riffs for a dance floor all is now mostly "digital" !
You can find the same kind of endless discussion about valve vs solid
state amplifiers, mostly guitar amps, but even home stereos with all the
"audiophile" delirium. One one hand there are good and bad amps,
whatever they're made with tubes, transistors or banana skins... On
another, and only if you want to overdrive your amp, tubes could be
better because they don't clip the same way as trannies do, giving a
different harmonic spectrum. Completely useless to listen to a CD at
home, but for a blues - rock guitarist on stage maybe not. I say "maybe"
because most of the distortion / overdrive pedals (even the most sought
after collectors) are solid state.
Cheers.
J.F.