OK, I'll bite...
I sold my OB Xpander analog synth for a Nord Lead 2 rack, but I kept my
Korg Mono/Poly, and would love to get a Jupiter someday, maybe a prophet
or moog weather it's the knobs or the sound or some spiritual force,
these old synths are unique and un-imitatable. But I have no interest in
using a soft synth, simply because I like twiddling actual knobs instead
of rythmically mousing a virtual knob around on the screen. Any soft
synth algorithims can eventually be ported to an embedded hardware
architecture, and the nord modular has made a good stab at doing this.
Eventually they will get it right and I will buy one.
Actually, though, i find the best music I have made to be driven by
simplicity, and that's why I may never get a nord 3 or modular, cause
sometimes, that extra LFO or filter, or AI morph zone time slicer, just
ruins it.
In my humble opinion
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> Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 18:00:08 EDT
> To: idm@hyperreal.org
> From: Loptimiste@aol.com
> Subject: Softsynths
> Message-ID: <e2.44b1b66.264c8768@aol.com>
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> I've recently come to the conclusion that software synths are completely
> useless. They hold no value, whatsoever. The only way to make
> groundbreaking music is to shun new technology.
>
> That's why it's 1100$ for a 303. And The same for 808's and 909's. And the
> same for juno 106's. It's all hype. Software synths have so much more
> flexibility for the price. And if analog is the only thing you'll listen to,
> then you're stuck in the past. Hardly ground breaking.
>
> F*ck *n*l*g.
>
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