If you could have only one synth, what would you choose?

[chk071]

Is Dune a sampler?

If you wouldn't call it a sampler, which term would you use to describe what it does?

[whyterabbyt]

So, is Kontakt a synth?

If you wouldn't call it a synth, which term would you use to describe what it does?

Youve owned a Blofeld, is the SL version a synth?

If you wouldn't call it a synth, which term would you use to describe what it does?

Is that a different term from what you'd use to describe what the Blofeld does?

[whyterabbyt]

Is Dune a sampler?

Well it plays samples, so according to your definition it has to be.

Im not the one buying into the false dichotomy though.

[chk071]

So, is Kontakt a synth?

If you wouldn't call it a synth, which term would you use to describe what it does?

Youve owned a Blofeld, is the SL version a synth?

If you wouldn't call it a synth, which term would you use to describe what it does?

Is that a different term from what you'd use to describe what the Blofeld does?

Hey, I was the one asking a question here.

And, of course Blofeld is a synth, because, that's primarily what it does. It isn't a sampler, because it has a synth engine, generates waveforms, has filters, has envelopes, has LFO's, and all the other stuff a synth usually has. Sample playback is simply a mode of the oscillators.

If it quacks like a duck, it's a duck.

[chk071]

Is Dune a sampler?

Well it plays samples, so according to your definition it has to be.

No, and that wasn't my definition at all. Good job twisting my words. Or rather, imagining stuff I didn't say.

[whyterabbyt]

No, and that wasn't my definition at all.

Do explain it precisely, then.

Because I want to point out that samplers aren't synths.

[chk071]

Again, I ask you if you would say that Kontakt is a synth, or Dune is a sampler.

Just respond to my questions, instead of trying to find excuses for pissing at my leg.

[Dencheg]

<gameshow host>Roll up folks, its Synth or sampler time...</gameshow host>

Since synths cant ever play samples, and samplers cant ever 'generate waveforms' which of these are which?

Alchemy?
Iris2?
Pigments3?
Concept2?
Reaktor6?
Rhino?
Dimension Pro?
Blofeld?
Blofeld SL?
PPG waveterm?
Nord Wave?
Tasty Chips GR-1?
Emu Morpheus?

I didn't state that synths can't play samples. I was saying that synths have synth oscillators.
Omnisphere is a synth.
What about Nord Grand?

[whyterabbyt]

And, of course Blofeld is a synth, because, that's primarily what it does.

What's the threshold?

It isn't a sampler, because it has a synth engine, generates waveforms, has filters, has envelopes, has LFO's, and all the other stuff a synth usually has. Sample playback is simply a mode of the oscillators.

Yeah,Ive been saying that all along.

If it quacks like a duck, it's a duck.

well, obviously not if its a sample of a duck.

though its definitely a synth and not a sampler if it 'primarily' doesnt play back duck samples, is that right?

[chk071]

Your skill to evade simple questions is really outstanding.

[whyterabbyt]

Again, I ask you if you would say that Kontakt is a synth, or Dune is a sampler.

Just respond to my questions, instead of trying to find excuses for pissing at my leg.

No, you respond to mine, the ones asked before yours. Instead of you trying to find excuses for you pissing your pants and shifting the blame.

[chk071]

Is. Kontakt. A. Synth?

You really should be capable of answering that one. Look how easy I made it for you.

[Dencheg]

What's the threshold?

One sample slot doesn't turn Serum into a sampler.
TAL sampler is a sampler.
Synth1 is a synth.

[whyterabbyt]

Answer. MY. Questions. First.

You really should be capable of answering at least one of them, it was either/or all the way through, thats how easy I made it for your very binary thinking.

[whyterabbyt]

What's the threshold?

One sample slot doesn't turn Serum into a sampler.

Is that your threshold? Two sample slots would?