Sound Synthesis

[Tony Hardie-Bick]

Michael Zacherl wrote:
> while I agree that it's possible to make great stuff (including filters) 
>    in the digital domain, I don't see the sense of recreating a rather 
> big and cluttered front panel on a tiny screen.

Well, GUI is a different domain again. Great to have all that instant 
recall at no extra cost. Tactility in the GUI domain is rather 
theremin-like. These are maps of familiar terrain; or at least, the 
interfaces fulfill that role, and fix some obvious bugs (lack of recall, 
wear-and-tear ;) ).

In addition to the detail of sonic complexity (yeah - crosstalk in the 
patchbay... oxide on the contacts? ;)...) the old gear provides 
tactility (sometimes more than one would like...) and so, couple these 
two aspects together, and the two types of instruments, physical 
analogue and digital (roughly) emulated, are totally different, in 
contradiction to their similar appearance, and algorithmic topology 
(ahem...).

Tony (HB)