Re: [Nolug] Music meeting?

But but but... Audiophilic sheeple say that analog is best,

On 07/31/08 21:39, Chris Jones wrote:
> Vacuum tubes are terrible for making music actually. It takes about
> 30 minutes of warmup before a tube based oscillator can even play in
> tune reliably. ;)
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>> On 07/31/08 18:56, Chris Jones wrote:
>>> Joey had expressed interest in maybe having a music meeting soon... If
>>> we do that, I definitely want to bring along my new toy. My modular
>>> synth is coming along really nicely, it's almost a fully featured
>>> "synthesizer" to where it will be fully playable. Any modules I add
>>> from that point on will purely add to its timbre. This thing is
>>> literally the linux of musical instruments. Rather than buying a
>>> Roland, Yamaha, Korg, etc... this thing is like giving you the source
>>> code to a synthesizer and you can wire it up however you want, to
>>> achieve any type of sound imaginable. Not sure how many of you are
>>> familiar with Moog synthesizers, especially the Minimoogs they make
>>> nowadays. Well, this will be similar but far more flexible. The
>>> original Moog synthesizers from the 60's were modular, and were truly
>>> the first playable synthesizers ever made. That's what this is
>>> modeled after. Should be fun. :) Here's some photo links below:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://a889.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/64/l_703640d3ae07dcaae22f2064ac42f9b0.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>> http://a602.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/52/l_0262d815fd52687e71a1a2beaee9ba49.jpg
>> So... how many vacuum tubes in it? After all, it isn't "real" unless there
>> are vacuum tubes. And vinyl. Can't forget vinyl...
>>
>> --
>> Ron Johnson, Jr.
>> Jefferson LA USA
>>
>> Scientists are people, too. IOW, they also "crave power, money,
>> respect, and influence, and they also fear for their jobs. Each
>> can be a healthy motivator, but each has the ability to turn a
>> good scientist into a bad one; and in some cases, they can turn
>> a good scientist into a charlatan."
>> http://thefutureofthings.com/book/3/the-bomb-that-never-was.html

-- 
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA
Scientists are people, too.  IOW, they also "crave power, money,
respect, and influence, and they also fear for their jobs. Each
can be a healthy motivator, but each has the ability to turn a
good scientist into a bad one; and in some cases, they can turn
a good scientist into a charlatan."
http://thefutureofthings.com/book/3/the-bomb-that-never-was.html
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