Nostalgia, but also something that doesn't really get mentioned much, digital synths and synthesis are not all "sweet spots", i.e. you can create some real noise there, quickly. So the function of analog or subtractive synthesis that way gets romanticized. I mean I would say with no hesitation that the wavetable synth plugins today for the most part far surpass the hardware from the past, and to a degree it's probably because they're not straight emulations. Personally to me one of the best "analog" soft synths is still Diva, because it's not a 1 to 1 copy of some synth, which almost always falls short.Jac459 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:11 amWell you are factually right, but this "reason" is a mystery to me....machinesworking wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 11:46 pm .... There's a reason we still see about half the industry pushing "analog" plugins.
I wish it would die down, but I also wish that some developer would stop attempting to copy exactly and take the best from various things. The voice modulation section on the Memorymoog is really something else, but why only a ladder filter on Moog emulations? why not throw in all sorts of filters? Why not just pile through and make a super bad ass subtractive modeled loosely after the best features in the Matrix 12, Memorymoog, Jupiter 8 and throw in modern features?