Expressiveness (was Software vs. Hardware)

[Chris Strellis]

> Mine
> I've had for 20 years.  In fact, the instruments I really feel I can
> get the
> most emotion out of are the ones I've had for nearly 20 years.  I know
> precisely how they function, where the sweet spot is.  I could play
> them in
> the dark underwater.

My Yamaha CS-10 I've had for 23 years now and yes I could play it in the
dark underwater, well some non-conducting fluid anyway.  Although it
isn't a very complex synth. My hand automatically goes to the knobs that
I need to change the sound to what I want without thinking.

I could say the same for an SH101 or my Juno 106.  I haven't played a
101 for 10 years or so but I have played with one for 10 year previous
to that.  The 106 I've had for a couple of years but is so similar to
the 101 (no Env to PWM though).  I don't bother saving presets. It's in
manual mode all the time coz I can always dial up the sound I want.

Cheers

Chris