Software vs. Analog in 2025 – Has the Balance Shifted?

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Has digital finally dethroned analog?

Yes, software has clearly taken the lead
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31%
No, analog still holds its ground
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24%
About 50/50 - I balance both worlds
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6%
Not sure, it's context-dependent
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1%
Doesn’t matter. It’s about results, not tools
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37%
 
Total votes: 70

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seafire wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:00 am
IvyBirds wrote: Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:06 pm

if you want to say it matters to you, awesome say so
I did. Which part didn't you understand?
IvyBirds wrote: Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:06 pm
So because it matters to a few people we should universally declare that it matters to everyone
Why's that? Like I said, what everyone else uses is of no interest to me. Seems to bother you sufficiently to keep posting your drivel here tho. Maybe you should pick up some extra gigs to take your mind of it, or join a gym or something.
What I use absolutely is of interest to you, which is why you keep on engaging with me and teling me I am wrong

Maybe you should join the gym or take up a horse and buggy to take your mind off of it

Use hardware, use software, use analog, use whatever I don't care, one is not better than the other they are just different

But in the end it doesn't matter if your filter is analog or not, if it did the Akai Timbrewolf would have been a massive success and everyone would have loved it

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IvyBirds wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:25 am
seafire wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:00 am
IvyBirds wrote: Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:06 pm

if you want to say it matters to you, awesome say so
I did. Which part didn't you understand?
IvyBirds wrote: Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:06 pm
So because it matters to a few people we should universally declare that it matters to everyone
Why's that? Like I said, what everyone else uses is of no interest to me. Seems to bother you sufficiently to keep posting your drivel here tho. Maybe you should pick up some extra gigs to take your mind of it, or join a gym or something.
What I use absolutely is of interest to you, which is why you keep on engaging with me and teling me I am wrong
Because you are wrong. I have no idea what you use, and no interest either. That's your choice. What I use is important, nothing else. You have no idea what I use, or why.
IvyBirds wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:25 am

Use hardware, use software, use analog, use whatever I don't care
Seems like you do, judging by your rants
How original

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seafire wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:37 am
IvyBirds wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:25 am

Use hardware, use software, use analog, use whatever I don't care
Seems like you do, judging by your rants
Nope not even close, go back and read what I wrote, I don't care what anyone uses, what I do care about is elitism and cork sniffing of which there is a ton of it in this thread by the purists, along with all kinds of false information about software synth options

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IvyBirds wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:57 am
seafire wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:37 am
IvyBirds wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:25 am

Use hardware, use software, use analog, use whatever I don't care
Seems like you do, judging by your rants
Nope not even close, go back and read what I wrote, I don't care what anyone uses, what I do care about is elitism and cork sniffing of which there is a ton of it in this thread by the purists, along with all kinds of false information about software synth options
Ah I see, having a preference or even a liking equates to elitism and cork sniffing in your mind.

Do carry on. Such fun.
How original

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Nearly 100 pages!!! :hyper:

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Uncle E wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:14 am Nearly 100 pages!!! :hyper:
I know right, but, I think you meant to say "Nearly the FIRST 100 pages!!!"

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ghettosynth wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:38 am
Uncle E wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:14 am Nearly 100 pages!!! :hyper:
I know right, but, I think you meant to say "Nearly the FIRST 100 pages!!!"
Let's go for 200! :love:

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That would seem the logical progression
How original

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Analogue and software are both shit. Digital hardware rules!
I lost my heart in Cap de Creus

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Is this thread better than the other, more recent thread?

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Bunny_boy wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 7:34 am Is this thread better than the other, more recent thread?
both suck; no acknowledgment of the superiority of electromagnetic or acoustic instruments.
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."

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whyterabbyt wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 7:46 am
Bunny_boy wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 7:34 am Is this thread better than the other, more recent thread?
both suck; no acknowledgment of the superiority of electromagnetic or acoustic instruments.
Nothing can touch a Theremin.

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Bunny_boy wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 7:34 am Is this thread better than the other, more recent thread?
Better is a real loose term to use but quantity has a quality all its own

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Bunny_boy wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 7:34 am Is this thread better than the other, more recent thread?
Define "better."

No wait, let me guess, this thread has better analog filters!

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