Hello.
MOTM lurker here.
For the studio musician plugins and virtual synths are great. They are not the
same thing as the real deal though. Visibly the sound waves are noticably
different even in the most accurate virtual recreations. Also lugging out a
computer to a live performance isn't all that cool, lugging a modular out on
the other hand raises some eyebrows.
As far as live shows with modulars go, the most noteable of late was Radiohead
on Saturday Night Live only a few weeks ago performing live with a Roland
100m. How cool would it have been if he were clicking a mouse on a laptop
instead of pulling patch cables and re-plugging them on the fly?
Regards,
Don
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> But this article is basically saying, "The time is here! Sell your gear!
> Virtual is everything! I'm sold on it!"