>>Why be so dismissive? It's great that there are so many modules to choose from, nowadays.
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>The plethora of modules is a great thing. To each their own.
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>My point was the people dismissing Paul/JH's "Moog-like" filter because it wasn't an exact clone. And then goin on how they can only use those "true" Moog circuits.
Oh! Sorry, I missed that, obviously reading too quickly. Looks like I agree with you, then. :-)
>Back in the day they weren't designing circuits for that "special" sound. They were designing them as best as possible given the componentry and understanding at the time. But now years later it is that "magical" design. Alrighty then...
What you say is true, but sometimes the old stuff has something magical about it. An example that I like to mention is Tom Oberheim's comment on the evolution from OB-X to OB-Xa to OB-8; each synth was cleaner and theoretically "better" than the previous model, but in retrospect he decided that the earlier ones have more character. (I think this story comes from Mark Vail's book.) I suppose the 2/4/8-voice has the most character of all.
John