David Griffith wrote: > On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, david wrote: > >> Well, I think that Yamaha's sound patches in their hardware synthesizers >> sound much better than any soundfont I've heard. But if you're talking >> about a pure synthesizer (one that generates its own sounds, not simply >> playing what is basically just a sampled sound) - hard to tell. I still >> think the Moog synthesizer sound is the best! > > Another thing that hardware synths have over software is the user > interface. You just can't get the kind of flexibility that you have when > you reach out and grab cables and frob knobs. I agree with that! The Moog was so *manipulable*. Even the Hammond organ I played during my professional music career was manipulable in ways that synthesizers don't conveniently make available - moving the tonebars in and out while playing, for instance. Reminds me - I need to splice an audio tape back together and get a working tape deck. I have an old solo recording of a Hammond organ going through a wah-wah pedal and fuzz box before going into an amp, I should make another tape copy and digitize it before the tape dies completely. It would have been recorded sometime between 1973 and 1975. I do want to try my Wacom tablet as a control surface sometime. Even a Smartboard would be an interesting way to do music. -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
