I think it all depends on what you are going to do. After that, it's how well you can use that technology to get it done.
I know I do not use every feature with my stuff. I find some of them easier to use than others to start with or I just don't get it. In my area, it is hard to find someone who uses equipment like me so I don't have a hands on. I spend more time than I want figuring it out or as I been told many times, going about it the wrong way.
I am happy with the wide selections I have to choose from these days. I even have software to use now that helps things out a bit, like in the arp's department. Manufactures have to make money. The standard stuff they sell seems to tie them along. I pick and choose. Sometimes I find a gem. Sometimes I find a common stone and dress it up.
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http://www.soundclick.com/bands/7/inquisitorbetrayermusic.htm ----- Original Message -----
From: Jon
To: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: [AN1x] 500 pound AN1X
--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Metlay" <metlay@a...> wrote:
>
> spaceanimals said:
> > So if I had the money, with the AN1x. the Piano Bar and an amp
> > simulator like the POD(or a 65 Fender Twin) and a few plug ins I
> > could get 80% of what I want in a dream synth.I'm scared to think
> > what music technology will look like in another 10 years.
>
> For me it's going in the wrong direction, mostly. Synths 10 years ago had 90%
> of what I wanted in a dream machine, and the number's been slowly dropping
> ever since.
>
I find that hard to believe...ten years ago there were a only handful of manufacturers
offering inovative features and some of them are no longer in business or succumbed
to economic realities, i.e., ROMplers are cash cows. Workstations are light years
beyond where they were in the early 90's and the plethora of boutique synths,
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