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> I have a book on synthesizers somewhere around here which is a 
compilation of
> articles from Keyboard.  On chapter is called "The Most Dangerous 
Synth in the
> World" and is about Keith Emerson's Moog.  The extended frequency 
range is
> explained to have resulted in the enormous sound he got.  The author 
quotes
> technicians who had to deal with blown tweeters and subs on a 
regular basis.

I read somewhere in an analog vs. digital debate where someone 
speculated that Bob Moog would have probably used brighter sounding 
oscillators if it had been practical at the time; I don't know whether 
that's true or not (and I'm definitely not an electrical engineer BTW 
so take any of my theories with a grain of salt).  Anyway, now we're 
trying to imitate endearing analog imperfections with digital devices 
but, in the day, the analog pioneers would have probably given their 
right arms for some of the digital capabilities that exist today.

It's always fun to get sounds from your synth that go beyond the scope 
of what you'd normally expect (e.g. analog-ish sounds from a DX7)but 
there's also something to be said for using particular synths for what 
they do best (or for what other synths can't do as well).  Because of 
that, I tend to think of analog/virtual analog for warm, soft, & murky 
sounds.