Can you ever "warm" something up with digital?

[ATS]

Conventional wisdom says analogue is for the job.

But warming a digital VST synth up with a digital saturation plug-in seems weird.

Is it possible? How does it fare compared to analogue saturation or distortion hardware?

lots of things seem weird to many people.

[vurt]

Conventional wisdom says analogue is for the job.

Conventional for who? Turnips?

"Digital = cold" is one of the dumbest things about making music I've ever heard.

my microwave is digital.

Best post in the whole thread, even if it's technically not true.

the timer is digital

[vurt]

Conventional wisdom says analogue is for the job.

But warming a digital VST synth up with a digital saturation plug-in seems weird.

Is it possible? How does it fare compared to analogue saturation or distortion hardware?

lots of things seem weird to many people.

like jackfruit.

[El°HYM]

Conventional wisdom says analogue is for the job.

But warming a digital VST synth up with a digital saturation plug-in seems weird.

Is it possible? How does it fare compared to analogue saturation or distortion hardware?

lots of things seem weird to many people.

like jackfruit.

This #thread went Bananas pretty Quick.




With that said, I like Bananas.

[rod_zero]

Whatever "warm" means if it a physical phenomena it should be possible to measure it and then simulate it.

If you can't measure it with tools that are more sensible that the human ear, which is quite limited, then it is magic aka no evidence that it exists.

omg lmao

you failed science class?

[mixyguy2]

Whatever "warm" means if it a physical phenomena it should be possible to measure it and then simulate it.

If you can't measure it with tools that are more sensible that the human ear, which is quite limited, then it is magic aka no evidence that it exists.

omg lmao

you failed science class?

More like you failed life. lol @ "if it can't be measured with a tool, it doesn't exist."

[mixyguy2]

This #thread went Bananas pretty Quick.




With that said, I like Bananas.

The digital ones or the warm ones?

[El°HYM]

Best for cold 'digital' synths might be to just put them into the Oven.

https://hendyamps.com/the-oven

[cthonophonic]

Whatever "warm" means if it a physical phenomena it should be possible to measure it and then simulate it.

If you can't measure it with tools that are more sensible that the human ear, which is quite limited, then it is magic aka no evidence that it exists.

omg lmao

you failed science class?

More like you failed life. lol @ "if it can't be measured with a tool, it doesn't exist."

Yes, it's true that there are things that exist only as feelings or ideas. But physical phenomena exist independently of what is in one's head. If someone can consistently distinguish between two sound sources in a blind A/B test, they are discerning a physical phenomenon, which can be measured.

If you are arguing that no device exists that can make that measurement, that's one thing. If you're saying that it's impossible, you're just mystifying. It's a "God of the gaps" kind of argument at that point.

[El°HYM]

We should start talking about Shannon Nyquist Sampling Theorem now.

[pdxindy]

Plenty of digital synths sound warm already

[sQeetz]

The only thing digital in this thread is the question itself. Yes or no? Yes

[syntonica]

You can polish and massage a turd as warm as you want. It still will be a turd.

No.

It will be a warm turd.

[kvotchin]

Noise (saturation, distortion, etc,), instability (resembling pseudorandom modulation), compression, EQ (notably filtering). There is your “warmth”.

These are all available tools in the digital realm, not surprisingly.

[El°HYM]

Programing fluctuations & some instabilities in the first place does indeed help a lot. Yet, we should also talk about how to use non - linearities and bandwidth here.