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> The fact that I need to physically wire the components and manually adjust coefficients every time I create a new program means that I can only really leave o
by munificent 5y ago
> The fact that I need to physically wire the components and manually adjust coefficients every time I create a new program means that I can only really leave one complex program configured at a time.
This is basically the reality of every musician making music with guitar pedals and modular synthesizers. And the answer is, yes, you physically make the thing you want. Once you're done with it, you tear it down to make the next thing. That's part of the magic.
It's like building something out of LEGOs. If you want to re-use the pieces, you need to take apart your creation.
- nextaccountic 5y agoWhy can't it work like an FPGA? I set the coefficients in software, it programs the analog computer through a serial interface, and then I don't need to tweak knobs every time I want to change something.
- regularfry 5y agoIt can do. Digital switching of analogue signal paths can absolutely be done. MAX335/336/337-type chips are one way of doing it, and they've been around for decades.
- munificent 5y agoThat could be done, yes. Perhaps a more interesting question is to ponder why an artist might not want that flexibility. How does it affect their creative process when in order to make a new sound the old one must be destroyed? Are there positives to that workflow?