Hartmann Neuron

[Tony Hardie-Bick]

Peter Korsten wrote:
> 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.

I have a nagging suspicion that the whole synth industry is a rather beautiful 
smoke-and-mirrors, for algorithms that lag behind pure software to a rediculous 
degree.

Tony (HB)