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

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> If the differences between the two were so great that even within a
> mix of things one could easily tell the difference between what was
> coming from a true analouge synth and what originated from a VA, I
> would agree with you.  I don't believe this to be the case however.



In my opinion, the differences can be heard, although you're very correct in
that i can be masked and/or mixed well enough for it to be extremely hard to
tell....for me though, the biggest difference is when you're actually
playing the synths yourself, particularily in a live band. I've tried
numerous ways to replace the sound of my ATC-1 while jamming with my
buddies, no digital synth, hard or soft, that I have tried even comes close
to the girth and fullnes of it when heard in a live mix.

The closest I came to it was by running the Gmedia Minimonsta's raw
oscilaltors out into the filter input of the ATC, useing the filter and amp
envelopes of the ATC for all the sonic dynamics. THAT did sound nice, but it
also defeated the purpose because I still needed the ATC with me.

What I think it comes down to is that good analogue signal paths create far
broader sound spectrums, mostly outside of what it is audibly noticable
outright, it creates more of a feeling, or an aura to the sound. That can be
dissipated by exstensive digital compression and what not to some extent,
but once it's there I think a piece of that sound always is no matter what
you do to it afterwards.

Don't think I'm arguing...not at all, I love digital synths, I just use them
for what their best for, which for me is scalpel like precision and massive
stereo placement abilities BECAUSE of how much thinner the overall end sound
is...a good analogue is the exact opposite for me...really hard to crush and
sculpt the sound to where it's exactly needed in a mix...needs to be tamed
and controlled with more force.

There are alot of bad analogue synths too though, and really rich digitals,
I'm not generalizing ALL synths when referring to digital and analog...just
the majority of them. The original DX7 still sounds immensely warm, thick,
and sticky to me everytime I play one...but then the DX7II does not...likely
just a matter of parts used, chance, and the signal path in whole.

Cheers,
BIV



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