> Unfortunately they're not getting anywhere close the almost unlimited
> rainbow of colors or Carlos, nor the complexity and attention to
detail.
> It's hard to get people off the butts to do so much as buy a filter
bank to
> get some different sounds, or to convince them to layer different
sounds for
> more complex new sounds. And those who claim they want to use a
synth for
> only new sounds then end up mixing in samples, real sounds,
mellotrons, drum
> machines, digital pianos, etc., so we're right back to square one, not
> utilizing the synth to its fullest. That's the problem, when people
want to
> be expressive and musical they seem to end up not using analog synths.
OTOH, Carlos herself abandoned analog synths and switched to digital
machines to do her most accurate imitative synthesis work, "Digital
Moonscapes", and her most exploratory, "Beauty in the Beast".
Frankly I find it kind of amazing how much effort people will put into
talking about what other people do with their synths. I mean, really,
wouldn't you rather spend the time playing your synth?
--Adam