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spaceanimals said:
> So if I had the money, with the AN1x. the Piano Bar and an amp
> simulator like the POD(or a 65 Fender Twin) and a few plug ins I
> could get 80% of what I want in a dream synth.I'm scared to think
> what music technology will look like in another 10 years.

For me it's going in the wrong direction, mostly. Synths 10 years ago had 90%
of what I wanted in a dream machine, and the number's been slowly dropping
ever since.

Aftertouch sensors going away, or almost as bad, being made cheaply without
regard to feel and reliability; poly aftertouch gone forever as an actual
keyboard-based control; arpeggiators multiplying in presets but not providing
actual editing capability any more; tuning tables and intonation adjustment
pretty much gone; vector synthesis gone; wavetables almost gone (at least
until MX4 comes out and someone ports the PPG tables into it)...

There have been a few victories (better modulation routings, more interesting
oscillator structures, better but not perfect time sync of parameters to
global clocks) but they've been few and far between.

Don't mind me... it's Monday.

mike

-- 
Mirai: "I predict in the future all music will be made and heard with
organic living technology..."
                                      Rothwell: "You mean musicians?"
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