Since this was a completely one sided and biased post, perhaps some balance needs to be added.
15. Personalized service straight from the designer/integrator.
15: Either that, or you can write to them many times and never get a response, like Moog CE, CMS, and others.
12. Real meaty sound without quantization or aliasing artifacts.
12: Only applicable to really high notes. But at least they still stay in tune way up there unlike my analog modulars.
11. Design quirks or inadequacies and component limitations or aging really can be features.
11: No! Lack of consistancy, changing component tolerances, differences between like modules, and lack of neumeric accuracy is a detriment.
10. True plug and play.
10: Unless you need that extra +5v line, or you're trying to connect a +/-12v module, or the connectors are different, or the rack holes are in a different position, and so on.
9. Boot time measured in microseconds.
9: But warm-up time measured in minutes.
8. No software crashes.
8: Let's wait and see if any of Paul's future digital based modules crash or not. Just two days ago my Lexicon PCM41 digital delay crashed. I had to turn it off and on again to get it working. So much for avoiding computers.
7. No reboot necessary.
7: See #8.
6. No OS upgrades.
6: Just numerous PCB revisions, bug fixes, hardware mods, EPROM swaps, and calibratating to deal with.
4. No obsolete modules because they weren't updated to support new OSes.
4: What? Generally new modules are introduced in software upgrades.
-------------------- Reasons to also own a virtual modular
1. One single purchase and you have an entire synth. No need to keep buying more modules for years to come.
2. Patch storage and recall.
3. Polyphony.
4. No scratchy pots, no bad jacks, no cable shortages.
5. Create patches that would be impossible, impractical, or cost prohibitive on an analog modular.
6. You can pirate software, you can't pirate hardware. :-)
7. As computers get faster the maximum size of your virtual modular grows proportionately.
8. Can be used in conjunction with a real analog modular to add features that will never exist in your real analog modular.
--Elhardt
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