On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 10:21:42 -0500 Rob <lau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Saturday 01 December 2007 03:08, David Griffith wrote: > > 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. > > Well, there are controllers out there with a lot of knobs and sliders. > I have one myself. But I haven't had time to get my sliders working > with Bristol as drawbars, for example, or to get my knobs working > with Zyn, and that's something I do see as a drawback.... but the > lack of controller standardization is really the fault of the > hardware makers, not the Linux synth authors. > > I've played and owned a lot of hardware synths over the years, but > ever since I realized 10 years ago that I could get a recording of a > software synth with no analog hiss, I haven't played hardware synths > at all. Once I got my little Edirol controller, I put them all in > storage and will probably sell them someday if they still work, > though someone just gave me a CZ-101 and I may give in to nostalgia > for a while first. I was tempted by that Korg vocoder one that came > out a couple years ago, but.... no SPDIF, no deal. > > Maybe someday it'd be possible through the existence of LASH to create > a standard control set (I assume LASH sessions include things like > MIDI control mapping) and write "drivers" for all our controllers to > map the physical controls to that control set. But I probably > wouldn't be able to contribute much to that aside from a > few "drivers", because LASH is magic to me. > > Rob I think you're also talking apples & oranges. I have two hardware synths, which I mix with ZynAddSubFX. I've not used Csound, it's too complicated for me :( I would also think it depends on whether you are in a studio making a recording or on a live gig. A hardware synth might be more convenient played live (dunno, don't do live work myself) and would probably impress the punters more than a tiny laptop. But I would think in a studio setting a softsynth would win on performance every time. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
