I saw that synth on the Sparkfun Site a while back, and I also thought it was way over priced. I learned a lot about analog synths long ago, so it was nice to see Moog introducing this. But, if it's aimed at the DIY folks, why does the old Moog name mean so much to cost so much? In this age of internet information, it's very easy for anyone to find that there are less expensive ways to go about this. Other than that, the analog synths have their own sound, just like digital synths and software synths have their own sound and place. A few months ago I got a chance to compare the linux software synths (I tried quite a few of them) with an analog synth (Alesis Andromeda). The software synths that tried to duplicate the functionality of an analog synth didn't come close to the analog sound. That fine with me, because this just gives us more instruments to play with. I'm glad that when I was younger friends had gotten me into studying analog synthesis; because I learned how most acoustic instruments produce sound. I'm also glad that it gave me a reason to learn electronics, which is a very good thing to know. (It's nice to be able to understand how most things that I live with work). _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
