Hartmann Neuron

[Peter Korsten]

Op 8-3-2010 18:49, 1101110110010010100111001 schreef:

> I believe the gents in the video said it was running Linux. The control
> surface would be the only real innovation (kind of). I've seen the
> insides of my Alesis Andromeda, Moog Voyager,  etc.. and seeing the
> custom chips and hardware is wonderful and inspiring maybe it's because
> I don't understand enough of what it all does. I've seen thousands of
> PCs and they are all the same. I'm not saying I don't enjoy computers
> but the Neuron just does not seem like an instrument to me any more.

On the other hand, because developing custom chips isn't exactly cheap, 
even with  FPLAs or whatever they're called these days, using standard 
components means you can focus on the actual synthesis engine, instead 
of all the other stuff. If a 'real' synthesiser 'must' have custom 
chips, only the big manufacturers would be able to make them. And 
despite a couple of products that accidentally escaped the research lab, 
those usually play for safe.

Having said that, the innards of the Neuron don't look particularly 
impressive.

- Peter