15 Mar
2008
15 Mar
'08
4:24 p.m.
On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Cesare Marilungo
<cesare(a)poeticstudios.com> wrote:
Yes, there are also commercial modular synthesizers
which are versatile
as well. But, again, I can express much more (and more quickly) with a
bunch of lines in csound than using virtual patch cords. The main reason
to have virtual patch cords is marketing.
I'm perhaps speaking out of turn, or addressing a different issue, but
I think one reason to have virtual patch cords is immediacy of use.
Much as I like guitar amps to have a bunch of tone-shaping knobs, I
almost always end up using my pignose guitar amp, which has only one
knob - volume. For myself, the lack of options allows me to be more
immediately expressive. There are many times I believe I'd appreciate
a similar lack of options in software solutions.
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