23 Aug
2012
23 Aug
'12
9:33 p.m.
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
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