Korg Volca series

[Tony Scharf]

A VA is software, though.  Just ask anyone who owns a Waldorf product about
bugs.

On Apr 12, 2013 4:22 PM, "Peter Korsten" <peter at severity-one.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Andy,
>
>
>> Sure, nothing against VA's but I feel like they need to have something
new or special about them to make it worth it to make a hardware version as
opposed to software.
>
>
> Perhaps we shouldn't look at hardware synths like that: "Oh, I can do
that with Moog Big Softie (VST/AU), so why would I bother buying a hardware
synth?"
>
> For me, personally, hardware synths have a very big advantage over
software synths, namely, that they're not software. I write software for a
living, I'm surrounded by software everywhere I go, even my 12 year old car
runs on software that sometimes fails (so I have to turn off the engine to
get my speedometer to work again), so to have something that simply does
what it's supposed to do, after you switch it on and it does its little
light show, is very enticing.
>
> If you prefer software, because of all the integration, or because you
can carry 20 synths without having to hire a haulage firm, or whatever
other reason, no hardware synth is going to lure you away from that –
unless that hardware synth offers something that you can't possibly get in
software, such are real analogue components.
>
> One of the loveliest pieces of kit I've ever played on was a Yamaha C3
baby grand. Totally impractical, but it had this little something that you
won't get in even the best digital piano or sound bank.
>
> - Peter
>
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