Re: [Nolug] Music meeting?

On 07/31/08 21:50, Jeremy Sliwinski (mailing list account) wrote:
> 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. ;)
>>
>
> And ? Digital synths have been trying for years to match both the
> warmth and body of tube based synths for decades. Everyone says
> digital is better in every regard, but I'll take a tube based amplifier
> over a transistor or IC based amp any day of the week.

I bet that a suitably-motivated audio engineer could fool you in a
blind test.

-- 
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA
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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."
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