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The definition of ‘analog’ must have changed since I was a boy. An LCD screen?
I realize that the circuitry that generates the waveforms may still be analog, yet controlled by digital switching. I enjoy designing such circuitry also. But the name for this technology is ‘hybrid’.
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Folks marketing synths these days tend to use “analog” as a short-hand for “all-analog audio signal path.” They ignore their engineers’ pleas to not do that.
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Fine, then you can’t have one. Anybody else want to get smart?
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A local musician asked me to fix his 1977 Polymoog synth a coupe years back. I explored it, and concluded that a pure analog synth is just a big pile of unreliable switches and pots.
So no, thank you.
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Bingo!
A lot of analog synths in recent years have incorporated digital components such as sequencers – I imagine for cost reasons and form factor issues.
The controls may not even be resistor pots. Their point is that a well engineered UI (controls that make sense and lots of them) is a big win for musicians. Their employ of computer control is intended to enhance the performance-ability of the instrument.
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