Re: [LAD] Experience driven design and Linux Audio

On Thu, 2014-10-02 at 10:24 +0100, gordonjcp(a)gjcp.net wrote: That's a reasoning just from your point of view, but not the real reasoning. Btw. the DX21 provides 4 operators. But the flagship is the DX7, with 6 operators and 32 algorithms, usually feedback is given to 1 operator only, but 2 algorithms provide a grouped feedback and there are various ways how operators modulate other operators. The reason why it's different for the DX21 are cost concerns. Programming the DX7 for most users was to complicated, because there isn't a usable user interface, just a very small display and a few switches, quasi the Unity of synthesizer user interfaces. A modular DX7 or better DX2014 with cables and potentiometers and programming it would become enjoyable, but the synth would become much too expensive. Analogies or comparisons don't work. There are reasons why completely contrary designs could be as good as the other. There isn't a theory of everything for functionality of design. There are no knobs on a piano, but using a piano for me would be much more complicated, because a "normal" piano can't be connected to a sequencer, so playing it for a guitarist like me is hard to do. Why doesn't a piano provide a neck as a guitar does? I now could make some reasoning from a guitarist's point of view and ignore the fact that a piano and a guitar are just different tools for musicians. Regards, Ralf