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In a message dated 11/17/2007 3:58:10 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
drmabuce@yahoo.com writes:

<The 'telephone 
swichboard' panel was designed early in the last  century , 
practically at the dawn of electronics itself. 
But there's  something about it....>

<... but there is a quality to the  (noisy) pots and (flaky) jacks 
that is inimitable in software. >  
<i tell my students time, and time again, that the PROCESS of  
patching analog is equal in value to the sonic results . 
When you  touch the patchcord the music just seems to me to have a 
sound that's  handmade.>



I agree! I'm sure most of us on this list do, as well. I've told several  
people before that I really like the sounds I get from some software and  
hardware synths, but for some reason I never get the hair on the back of my neck  to 
stand up or the shiver down my spine like I do when playing on my  modular.    
   Harry D



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