[LAU] off topic (was: Re: ableton live in vmware)

[Leigh Dyer]

cunnilinux himself wrote:
>> ...Or buy dedicated hardware analog modulars
> as for me, i use hardware MIDI controllers
> /* korg padkontrol & novation remote zero sl */
> but hardware synth is another thing based on the same assumption:
> musician should be restricted with instrument interface, and should
> never care how the internals of instrument work.

I think it's a stretch to suggest that people running hardware analogue 
modulars don't know how their instruments work. Sure, you may not know 
exactly how an oscillator produces the sound that it does, but you 
certainly know the kinds of sounds they can make, and how you can use 
those sounds and route control signals and apply a whole realm of 
different techniques to produce different sounds.

I don't have an analogue modular, but I do have a very flexible VA synth 
(a Waldorf Blofeld), and the same applies. Yes, I can dial up a preset, 
but I rarely do -- I'm always digging in to its features and trying new 
things to produce new and interesting sounds. Though its UI is 
relatively limited (it's far from the knob-per-function UI you get on 
something like a Virus), I find that having a dedicated hardware 
interface is somehow more immediate and inspiring than using a mouse on 
a softsynth.

Thanks
Leigh