I am looking forward to tons of postings in a sensless discussion. As
sensless as the never ending discussions about Windows vs. Mac, real
drums vs. electronic drums, harddisk vs. 2" tape machines, piano vs.
synth, etc etc
Nobody of you will ever become convinced by the other side.
--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, <jesper@...> wrote:
>
> From: "Thomas" <t_j_m_m_d@...>
>
> > Hello Jesper. I don't quite agree with you - or maybe I just don't
> understand what you mean by PC rascals.
>
> "PC Rascal" is a 17-year old kid into techno music thinking there is
no such
> things as instruments outside the screen.;)
>
> > Why shouldn't they have the real sound? Just because they have a tool
> that can give them the sound of Simmons doesn't necessarily mean they
> can make proper music with it, right?
>
> Most certainly not... They can have all the emulating software they
want (if
> they pay for it or download shareware that is) - I don't care, but
I'm so
> fed up with the views that it "sound as good" or "even better" etc.
See what
> happened here when guitar center started selling their crap kit.
People came
> here with questions none of us felt like answering...
>
> > For me, there wouldn't be a difference between turning knobs on my
> computer and turning knobs on a piece of hardware.
>
> That's you... :)
>
> > That might be
> because I have never owned a Simmons kit (although I have had a
> chance to buy a SDS V and a SDS 7 (defective, that's why I didn't buy
> it).
>
> Probably! (totally honest here)
>
> > But when even hardcore analog purists have a hard time telling
> the difference between a softsynth and the real thing, I think that a
> software version of the Simmons kits would be a great idea as I
> expect it would come very close to the original.
>
> To me it comes down to the enjoyment of making music too, not just
the sound
> that comes out of the speaker. I spent a bunch of hours this weekend
> changing every slider in my old ARP Odyssey instead of throwing it
out and
> going for a soft version. It's not just because I love that old boy
but also
> because I know I enjoy the slider pushing more than staring at a
screen. But
> I'm a gear-head so it might just be me... but I don't think so.
>
> As a dane you could compare the prices in "Den Blå Avis" och "Gul og
Gratis"
> not to mention stores in Copenhagen and you'll see that people have
a thing
> for the real deal... There must be some reason why people pay 4000
DKK for a
> SDS-V if they can download samples and emulate it as good...
>
> Time will tell what happens... :)
>
> electronically yours, jesper
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