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Originally Posted by Tomer=Trance
but as music and technology evolves maybe (this might be hard for some) analog will not be needed anymore or atleast subatractive sounds will be less commonly used.
i think were spending too much time looking at the past insted of looking at the future and developing new methods of synthesis and sound manipulation.
what do you guys think?
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Im all for people developing new forms of synthesis. But new is not always better in terms of sound. There is a reason why most people enjoy traditional, warm analog sounds.....it just sounds good. How many enjoy cold, thin and aliasing sounds from hell? Hence the Casio cz synths were never that popular. There is a fine line between using new gear that sounds great in its own right....and using older gear to make up for the characteristics missing.
I think the reality is....people who've spent alot of time using real analogs have difficulty moving over to VA (not so much FM synths or wavetables). VA will run its course one day.....how many VA's do we need? How about VA's which come with routable analog filters (which allow for 8 voice poly)? That would be a welcome change.....but its kinda been done already (ESQ-1).
I dont know what the answer is
DS