What you're describing is indeed achieveable, but you're neglecting
to consider that there are a lot of analog instruments that can't
simply be replicated inside a computer. The current state of the
art of computer software simply isn't up to the task of providing
a seamless, bug free interface the way that an old synth does.
Not only that, ordinary PC sound cards (like the AWE32) are not
pro quality soundwise.
I've been spending my hard earned money, skimping on record buying, in
order to get together a setup not unlike what you describe, and believe
me, the time spent farting around getting everything to work together
in the computer cuts into real music making time.
By the way, The April "Keyboard" magazine has a blurb on Aphex Twin,
where they apparently interviewed him. Yet another chance for us
all to play the "spot where he's talking bollocks" game.
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