[LAU] My JX-8P is dead, any SW based synth that can handle the heritage? :-(

[david]

On 03/10/2012 05:09 PM, Al Thompson wrote:
> On 03/10/2012 05:56 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> No soft synth will reach the sound of CEM microchips or Yamaha FM
>> synthesis.
>>
>> We get stuck if our old synth get broken.
>
> How true!  I've done a LOT of searching for a softsynth that will get
> one or two sounds of my Moogs.  I've found some that sound "good."  I
> get thinking that they are just about "it."  And then I fire up one of
> the Moogs and compare, and find out just how different they are.
>
> One odd thing that I've consistently noticed over the past few years, is
> that if I find a good MiniMoog emulation, and match settings on it for
> one of my favorites on a Model D, is that, when listening to the
> emulation, it sounds very close.  But, if I run each through a channel
> strip so I can directly A/B them, I find that the emulation is muddy and
> has no distinction.  I have to roll a LOT of high end off of the real on
> to get the two channels to be even close.

Maybe you need to grab Windows (IIRC) and buy the official Moog 
software? Hard to make software sound like any piece of hardware because 
analog hardware is much more inherently variable than software.

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David
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