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>As Logic baby implied above, I'd say that the biggest difference between
>analogue and analogue modelling in digital synths is largely due to the 'non
>linearities' that creep into the system in the various stages of a real
>analogue
>synth. Even the best designed circuits will have some limits as to how far
>they
>can minimise 'problems' like power supply fluctuations, drift in capacitors
>and inductors, and the various waveshaping distortions (often unintentionally)
>introduced in virtually every transistor in a circuit. As a consequence,
>these
>'deficiencies' give many anasynths the character and quality of sound that so
>many people love(d) about them.  Warmth, fatness, grit, etc... I would bet
>however, that if they could have, many  designers would have willingly chosen
>to avoid the distortions and  irrgularities if it were possible to do so
>when thesynths  were designed  and built.

Many might have but I have read interviews with Bob Moog and it is 
pretty clear that he wouldn't.  I have seen him say that his favorite 
processor is a clipping transistor.

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