Analogue systems

Hello Dave
I mosly agree with you
It's great to have a choice between all kinds of modules, digital and 
analogue, and I am happy with the way AS is making them. The more 
modules the better I think.
But that's exactly my point: taking away a springreverb on the same 
moment the AS 290 apears is not the way to go. At that moment AS 
decides for me what I should use and which is better..... They are 
different modules and should both be available. (I love the acoustic 
feedback on the springs and the option of touching them with your 
hands and thwacking them around)
Let me explain my big enthousiasm for pure analogue sounds:
I am part of a large ensemble of 12 musicians that play electronics in 
some way (powerbooks, analogue synths, amplified objets, proccesed 
acoustic instruments  etc). At some points it's a (large or small) 
band, at some point it's an instalation, shifting back and forth. At 
the extreme loud tutti moments in which all pitches are used and it 
seems there is no more space, the powerbooks cannot pinch through, no 
matter their volume. Only the analogue syths can! That's not just my 
opinion, all musicians and audience agreed on this (talking to people 
afterwards). We did this at a 24 hour concert so we had a great 
oppertunity to compair the sounds and we had lots of time to focus on 
all these colours and different aproaches.
Analogue or digital is not a matter of having your head firmly in this 
century I think. It's providing a choice for all kinds of purposes: 
acoustic, analogue elctronics, digital electronics and whatever the 
future may hold (and I use all available options so am not a purist in 
that sense). In the 22st century it'll still be great to play the 
fiddle I'm sure. 
But to stop producing the Springreverb is like throwing away the baby 
with the bathwater I think.....

I really like this discussion, and I don't think it is a question of 
right and wrong.
It would be nice to hear other opinions on it as