[A6] modern analogs

[Mark R. Strijbos]

> I'm starting to get the opinion
> that you simply can't build a big, fat sounding analog
> synth using ASICS, surface mount components, and modern
> multi-layer circuit boards.

Isn't that generally accepted knowledge already? I've always 
understood that synths (or indeed any audio cicuitry) with discrete 
components will always sound "fatter" and "warmer" than stuff 
made with integrated circuits - at least in this universe.

But you are right of course: the A6 does not replace a 
MemoryMoog, Jupiter-8 or other legends of yesteryear.
IMHO it lacks the "right-in-your-faceness" of those monsters.


> (obligatory feature request:  Send arpeggiator and sequencer
>  MIDI information out of the A6)
i second that motion! 





 


Understanding FM synthesis:
Think of it as one person singing and another person grabbing the throat
of the first and shaking him in a rhythmic manner; the singer being the
Carrier and the throttler being the Modulator.