Doepfer

Was this the Prussian King who then forced *his* personal religion on his people by 
trashing and banning anyone who tried to discuss Analog Additive Synthesis in his 
kingdom? ;-)


--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Florian Anwander <fanwander@...> wrote:
>
> Hi laryn91
> 
> > My suspicion is there's a small but religious group here ( and on AH) that believe 
analog 
> > must to be sloppy and imprecise. But I suspect most musicians actually want 
precision and 
> > high quality designs in all their musical instruments and tools.
> There was a king in the 18th century in Prussia (Friedrich the second) 
> who stated about the religion of his people: "Everyone should get happy 
> in the way he likes" - its not a the way but its the happiness, which 
> matters.
> 
> 
> Florian
> 
> PS: In fact the original quote is assumingly from Immanuel Kant and 
> "happy" is not a good translation; http://pda.leo.org suggests "beatific"
>