I had the same reaction to this ongoing thread.
We're a group of people that sit around waxing poetic about the strange
behaviors and unique personalities of all this vintage gear, and yet we're
going to lose sleep over some unusual characteristic of this one module
that, as Paul pointed out, no one even noticed for four years?
Maybe 15 years from now people will be trying to emulate the action of the
Rev2 MOTM-EG!
Brian Eno once commented that when his synthesizers broke, he didn't get
them fixed, because 'NOW they start to have some PERSOINALITY.' While that
may be a little extreme for most of us, it's worth noting that odd behavior
is kind of a major part (I think) of why we're using this gear in the first
place, instead of perfect, flawless digital emulations that never stray.
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From: jhaible [mailto:
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Just one thought:
Not all of the "vintage" envelopes work as we would expect it, either.
Nobody complains about a Minimoog envelope going above its nominal
peak level with fast repeated triggers. Most people consider it a "feature",
even though it is originally a design flaw.
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