And I honestly feel that there's some wrong assumptions being made here:
first, namnibor's approach to music making is just as modern as the "inside-the-box" one. There's a reason that "analogue" is making a huge come back these days. Most of the guys that have grown in a software environment such as ourselves used some kind of "emulation" of classic hardware one time or another and developed a lust for those instruments and are willing to try the real thing now.
second, take a look at second hand market even for "virtual analogues". Do you honestly think that Discovery DSP Pro sounds like a real Nord Lead? I don't. And to be honest, such a collection of synthesizers like namnibor owns puts almost any plug-in collection to shame in terms of sound quality - and I'm experienced enough to know that, and so should you. I don't know the technicalities behind it, I just know it sounds better.
third, it feels a lot better to. having a dedicated interface makes you take the time to learn the thing inside out and there's plenty of creativity involved in just combining the powers of multiple machines together, let alone the modular analogue "euro rack style" stuff.
4th, analogue modular is also very much alive and doing well, and there's a reason for it. it sounds better, it offers possibilities that software can't even dream off so far. Because, let's face it: running a new high end software filter with zero feedback latency is very demanding on the CPU, now imagine coupling that with crazy emulations of weird circuitry that just messes up the CV and being able to assign that anywhere you want. Think about it. Diva sounds wonderful but brings any CPU to its knees in "divine" quality. So, even though our computers can handle it, it's still a world apart from a real heavy duty analogue setup in terms of sound and options.
I think it has some ins and outs, just like anything out there. Being able to automate everything, to process sound quickly and with just about anything, was a revolution. But if you take pride in your sources, there's simply no argument here: hardware still sounds better but it's way more expensive, specially when you're talking about modular stuff.
Take a look at Make Noise stuff, for example
