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[Tony Hardie-Bick]

Yeah - like Gert says, there is awesome stuff, and I do really like the Arturia filters - in some respects they're very close (not so much in the chaos domain, though).

Also, like Michael, I think I could be spoofed by some of the digutal emulations, at least, in a quick AB test.

And I agree with Marc that the excitement of performing with a particular kind of interface (particularly when one "knows" it to be directly connected to temperamental analogue circuitry) will dramatically affect the experience and therefore sound of performance.

But, no, I won't accept that these emulations are "good enough". The excitement of the originals does NOT have to be compromised, and in a world of code, such wonders could even be duplicated infinitely: Infinite inspiration. And it's totally possible. So I'm not hugely inspired by yet another almost-as-good-as. These are products/tools, whereas blindingly bright inspiration comes from revolution, not acceptance.

Tony (HB)

"Marc Nostromo [M-.-n]" <marc.nostromo at gmail.com> wrote:

>Often I wonder if part of the analog charm doesn't simply come from the
>fact
>that those keyboards have a lot more dynamic than their digital
>counterpart,
>forcing the user to blast the volume and get a big oommpf in the face
>when
>the filter kicks in.
>
>2011/9/16 Michael Zacherl. <mubar04 at blauwurf.at>
>
>>
>> On 16.9.2011, at 11:08 , Tony Hardie-Bick wrote:
>>
>> > Is there some theoretical reason why a digital synth cannot sound
>> analogue? I can listen to analogue synths on digital media, and they
>sound
>> the same.
>>
>>
>> it's probably the same reason as with the CGI creation of an animated
>human
>> face.
>> They got very good over the decades and the results can be really
>> astounding.
>> But looking at them  in many cases will reveal that "something is
>wrong".
>>
>> Then again - although I dare to say I'm experienced with analogue
>stuff -
>> I'm sure you could spoof me by playing some fake Moog to me.
>> I just thought of a gutted original Minimoog stuffed with a computer
>and
>> I/O connected to the original knobs etc - would one notice?
>> (sorry for that - it's just hypothetical)
>>
>> On the bottom line I never joined that war (I did join discusssions
>though!
>>  ;-)  about analogue vs. digital but I can't cope with fiddly
>computer
>> screen interfaces trying to pretend "I'm an analogue synth with ...ty
>> knobs"!
>>
>> ;-)  m.
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