connect_icut
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I should point out that I don't use randomization to simulate the sound of analogue gear, I use it as a controlled compositional/improvisational element in a specifically computer music context. I swear the results aren't as dry as that makes it sound.
I really do like the way analogue stuff sounds and I'm sure playing with gear is fun but to realise the sounds I hear in my head requires a computer and a programming environment along the lines of Max/MSP. Of course, it would be pretty easy to use Max to send controlled, randomized modulations to hardware instruments via MIDI. In fact, Max was originally designed for use with a MIDI hardware set up (because high-level, real-time DSP simply wasn't possible at the time).
I really do like the way analogue stuff sounds and I'm sure playing with gear is fun but to realise the sounds I hear in my head requires a computer and a programming environment along the lines of Max/MSP. Of course, it would be pretty easy to use Max to send controlled, randomized modulations to hardware instruments via MIDI. In fact, Max was originally designed for use with a MIDI hardware set up (because high-level, real-time DSP simply wasn't possible at the time).