Right! I love mixing 'em...and I even like pseudo-granular in the
analog realm. Anyway, point made, now I can crawl back under my
rock... :)
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "cormallen" <motm@c...> wrote:
> >How about granular synthesis? Harmonic resynthesis? Morphing? All
> >∗possible∗ theoretically in analog (I think) but wonderful in the
> ?digital realm. Go here: http://www.symbolicsound.com/.
> >
> >Right tool for the right job, and it ain't always analog.
> >
> >Mike
>
> Oh, I agree absolutely! Digital is fantastic for that kind of
stuff.
> And mixing analog and digital into hybrids is wonderful too,
whether
> that's a MiniWave, PPG Wave, Prophet VS or taking the output from a
> soft-synth and plugging it into your 440...
>
> My previous post was about the shortcomings of digital emulating
> analog, not about digital being inherently evil.
>
> I'd also throw in physical modelling in there, though I tend to
prefer
> modelling instruments that DON'T exist rather than ones that do.
(If
> I want a lead violin part, I'll go find a violinist - they can
> articulate that sound far better than I ever will; they've spend 20
> years learning how to do it).
>
> And w.r.t 'Zipper noise': that's not a limitation of digital. It's
a
> limitation of the implementation. Future systems will through
enough
> resolution at it that you won't be able to hear it. (Most current
> systems get this right too now, though not everywhere).
>
> Harry