On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 01:07:31PM -0400, David Robillard wrote: > Since a monophonic synth is so severely limiting anyway, I make no claim > about being a faithful emulation of wires and capacitors and such. If > analog was sufficient, I wouldn't be spending such a ridiculous amount > of time writing software :)
Clearly we have different backgrounds. Straying from the technical into the artistic domain is a good way to end this thread, so... All the synth music I really love happens to be made using monophonic instruments. Things like Zawinul's solo 52 seconds into 'A remark you made' <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWvSr2g4U34>. Once synths became polyphonic they mostly turned from a instrument in its own right into something just used to imitate other instruments. I'm working on a SW modular synth that at least in its first version will be strictly monophonic, precisely to emphasize it's meant to be an instrument on it own, and not a cheap replacement for anything else. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
