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Thoughts from the mind of Dennis Gunn, 27-02-2002:

>Some theories:  Recent hardware synths are easy to come by therefore
>why emulate one when the real thing is probably sitting right there.

Ease of use?  Load a song and have all synths & patches sitting right there...

>As has been pointed out emulating a recent synth would probably be 
>far more CPU intensive.

Yes, agreed.

>The evolution of virtual synths it seems also virtually emulates the
>evolution of the hardware synthesizer.

Now there's a good thought...

>I'll betcha in 5 years virtual instruments will have so totally 
>surpassed hardware ones that, although people will continue to use 
>hardware, it will be
>more out of a sense of retro aesthetic than anything else

Yes, you might very well be right here.  OK, so we just have to wait 
a bit more...  Of course I also realise that VSTi's in a sense are 
still in a sort of baby-phase (not wanting to take away from the 
wonderful achievements of some).  It's only since a short time that 
computers have become powerful enough to make native synthesis a 
feasible concept, so indeed we should maybe just wait a couple of 
years to see where the trend goes.

>Mellotrons have a wonderful way of being very present in a rock mix
>without overpowering it where real symphonic instruments might tend
>to either dominate it or at the other extreme sound like "background".

And the bonus question: how come this is true (since indeed it _is_ 
true, and quite a good observation imo)?

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