On Dec 1, 2007 2:31 AM, TheRevoltingX <therevoltingx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Since I've never owned a hardware synth I'm only speaking theoretically > but I don't think that there's anything that my baby Csound can't > reproduce if not improve upon. Amen. Csound, among others, is a bona fide programming language; that means that any technique executed by a computer inside any synth (or any refrigerator, microwave, or BMW) can be implemented using Csound. The difference between a programmable computer and a dedicated computer inside a hard synth is that the programmable one has to be prepared to do other things too, so there may be more work involved in emulating the hard synth. But that also means that it would be possible to emulate any number of hard synths at the same time, feed them into each other, vocode with them, etc. Analog is a different question, one that analog freaks don't even want to debate. Meh. I like analog sounds, but I like precise tuning control better. As far as the interface, all a computer does is take input and give output; where the input comes from and where the output goes is up to the user. You could hook up the exact same knobs and buttons to input to a softsynth in any way whatsoever. Granted, there is often a steeper learning curve for programmable softsynths; but there is a higher learning curve for English than for Hawaiian, and that doesn't mean Hawaiian is more useful for writing poetry. -Chuckk -- http://www.badmuthahubbard.com _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
