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>> Yeah, but analog-modeled synths aren't samples. A basic square wave or
>> saw wave is created mathematically (that means with numbers to start
>> with), then run through some sort of d/a converter to create sound. It
>> never started out as a sample.
>
>Anything 'digital' is sampled.  Just because the samples are computed
>instead of recorded and stored, that is immaterial.

Sampling involves taking measurements and recording them for 
reproduction. The whole idea of 'sampling' is to take sample frequency 
readings 44,100 times per second of anotherwise continuous source of 
sound. 

I think the analog modeled softsynths are creating a file which is of the 
same form as one which comes from samples of something, but they are 
concieved and created in a test tube so to speak. A square wave for 
example is very simple to create mathematically. These sounds never heard 
the 'light of day' until they are converted to audio. 

Because of that, they may not have many of the ill affects of sampling 
process - which happen during the analog to digital conversion - which 
these sounds never go through. For one thing there should be no 
distortion - at least if the algorhthms are well written.