Fairlight-CMI

Hi Laurent.

I totally agree with you ! Virtual Synths should be considered as
proper instruments and not a realistic copy of the original.

Synths have the same issue 20 or 30 years ago, trying to simulate
piano, brass and string sounds. The Korg M1 piano sound was 
great when release, but today would never been used to simulate
a piano. However it became a classic sound, used by many reggae
bands. And here comes the M1 emulator !!! ;-))

A few days ago, I looked for the TB303 and TR808/909 price on
the internet. Their prices have jumped. Multiplied by 3 or 4
in a few years. Even if they are easy to reproduced, and been
sampled a zillion time !!!

I remember a friend of mine gave a Minimoog for free in the 80s
because no one wanted anymore of these monophonic analog stuff.
Every one was talking and wanting the DX7, D50 and M1 ... 

The same story won't happen with virtual instruments, because they
are virtual, they only run on todays computer, you don't have
any guaranty to be able to reuse it in 30 years... I don't have
any problem with my old analog synths, and the signal is still
compatible with everything.

Virtual as not persistency. If you don't care about it, ok. It's
not my case. I'm a collector, when I buy something it's to keep
it forever !!! My only issue is maintenance and room space... ;-))

Regards.

    Laurent.