Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

I totally agree.  Long live HARDWARE!

I mean, we can DREAM..  ;-)

-Soren.

>Subject: RE: shifting focus... back and to the left?
>
>I agree.  Call me old school, but dedicated hardware
>is so the way to go.  Why?  People are still using
>Roland Juno 106's from 1984.  Who's still using
>software from that year?  Also, when I bought my Korg
>D8000, it was true unto itself.  I had to learn to
>love it for its limits.  Those limits are where the
>magic happens.  The place where artist (musician) and
>craftsman (synth designer) meld.  With software
>they're ALWAYS trying to get you to UPGRADE to the
>newest version.  The result is you *NEVER* have a
>chance to get intimate with your tool because it's
>always changing.  Do a search on "Brian Eno" and
>you'll surely find his elequent rant on this topic.
>
>Also, I shelled out $300 for a set of Audioease MAS
>plug-ins a few years ago and they've done something
>that's worse than offering endless upgrades: not
>updating ever.  The computer I had when I purchased
>them died and I ended up with an OSX box.  I love the
>new OS, but now I have a $300 coaster.  On their site
>it says, "We have working OSX versions but will not be
>releasing them any time soon."  Nice.  It's been years
>since OSX came out.  The Lexicon MPX 1 I purchased
>around the same time is still faithfully chugging away
>in my rack and it doesn't seem to care if the world
>around it changes much.  Pure software is much more
>tempermental. </rant>
>
>Mark Sottilaro

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