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--- In logic-ot@y..., LogicBaby <basharar@m...> wrote:
> I am not questioning the viability or the richness of virtual analogs, My
> MS2000 is a great sounding machine despite its 4 notes of gorgeous
> polyphony, but after  playing the real thing I can say that it sounds more
> organic, even a DCO drifts more than its DSP counterpart, there is a certain
> buzziness/flanging in the sound that I have yet to hear in a virtual synth,
> it sounds more like real electricity shaped into sound,  its tiny silly
> little things that speaks REAL analog to my ears, I have just been alerted!

Can you, or anyone else who can, explain to me what that 'analogue' sound is? I don't seem to understand it, :-). I've listened to a Roland Juno 60, a Roland Jx8-p, a Roland Jupiter 8 and a Korg Poly Six. These are synths of the early 80's. I also know the sound of that Matrix 1000. The only thing I can say of the sound of these synths is: they have a certain 'oohmp'. That fast attack thing you get on analogue synths. IMO that's due to the analogue circuits that do the envelopes.
Agreed, you can also get that 'warm' sound on these synths, but you can also get this sound on digital synths, to my knowledge. The thing that bugs me is that people who complain about digital synths are just people who only play presets on synths and don't know their synths.
Btw, from the analogue synths mentioned above I only like the Korg Poly Six, the Roland Jupiter 8 and the Matrix 1000. The Juno and Jx8-P sound 'cheesy' IMO. They are nice to cut through the mix. Or am I wrong here; I spent a couple of hours noodling with a Juno 60, Jx8-P and a Poly Six and decided to go for a Yamaha CS1x(digital) syth after all, :-).
What's so special otherwise about these analogue beasts?
Yoonchi.