All about the Roland Jupiter-series

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From: Douglas Robert Stechishin [mailto:umstechi@...]
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 10:56 PM
To: Rhen, Kris
Cc: analogue@...
Subject: RE: [AH] Re: was JP-8: now VA vs Analog


On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Rhen, Kris wrote:

> > If you ask me, (and you didn't... I know) Virtual Analog 
> > synthesis, Analog
> > modelling synthesis, etc etc should just be called "Digital 
> > subtractive synthesis"...cause that's all it is really.  
> 
> Isn't that like saying that the sound coming out of your old record player
> isn't anything like the sound from your CD player? 

No, not at all.  Using your CD/Vinyl analogy, what I'm saying is that Cd's
shouldn't be called "Virtual Vinyl".  I was making no comment towards
sound whatsoever...  I was making reference to the fact that both types of
machines, digital or analog, employ the technique known as subtractive
synthesis.  One does it in the analog domain, the other in the digital
domain. Make sense now?

> I've gotta side with the "everything has its place" and "they sound the
same
> in a mix" croud (though I may be standing alone here in AH? :-)  

I agree with you here, fully.  I even ditched my Minimoog in favour of a
VA cause I actually preferred the sound (and the voices and
controllability and effects and...)  There, I said it.  Sue me. :)

Doug