Mark Mothersbaugh on Classic Hardware vs Software Emulations

[D-Fusion]

Someone is selling a minty looking MemoryMoog on Portland Craigslist for $9k right now.

Remove the K behind the number 9 and i will buy it

[zerocrossing]

Someone is selling a minty looking MemoryMoog on Portland Craigslist for $9k right now.



At least vintage synths are generally repairable, unlike these modern pieces of garbage they sell.

The closest modern synthesizer that I own is a Melbourne Instruments Nina. While I have no idea what the repairability of it is, I know that I could buy one every decade for the rest of my natural life span and just reach the price of that Memorymoog. I also like it a lot more as an instrument, for various reasons.

[machinesworking]

Someone is selling a minty looking MemoryMoog on Portland Craigslist for $9k right now.



At least vintage synths are generally repairable, unlike these modern pieces of garbage they sell.

The closest modern synthesizer that I own is a Melbourne Instruments Nina. While I have no idea what the repairability of it is, I know that I could buy one every decade for the rest of my natural life span and just reach the price of that Memorymoog. I also like it a lot more as an instrument, for various reasons.

Those things aren't cheap either, $3,555 new these days.

[El°HYM]

I like this era of Portishead:


Portishead - Machine Gun Live in Berlin



Portishead - Chase The Tear

It is such a great band, not only musically but foremost sonically, pretty much unreached in those days. They made a good choice of mics, preamps, comps and quite some tape bouncing, thus their music will live on because it stays alive. Tricky might have come near with this one, yet the vinyl crackle while giving some nostalgic charme, also seems a bit overwhelming. Great times for music it was for sure, also for the true Artist.

[TechHaus]

Someone is selling a minty looking MemoryMoog on Portland Craigslist for $9k right now.



At least vintage synths are generally repairable, unlike these modern pieces of garbage they sell.

The closest modern synthesizer that I own is a Melbourne Instruments Nina. While I have no idea what the repairability of it is, I know that I could buy one every decade for the rest of my natural life span and just reach the price of that Memorymoog. I also like it a lot more as an instrument, for various reasons.

Those things aren't cheap either, $3,555 new these days.

Think of all the "Native Instruments" one could own with that type of money.

[TechHaus]

Someone is selling a minty looking MemoryMoog on Portland Craigslist for $9k right now.



At least vintage synths are generally repairable, unlike these modern pieces of garbage they sell.

The closest modern synthesizer that I own is a Melbourne Instruments Nina. While I have no idea what the repairability of it is, I know that I could buy one every decade for the rest of my natural life span and just reach the price of that Memorymoog. I also like it a lot more as an instrument, for various reasons.

Cool box! Appreciate you sharing - I'm ignorant to the higher end boutique stuff (especially since the pandemic), I just know the guitar mart specialz and some of the bastardizations of known old brands (saying this as someone who owns a modern mic with a Telefunken badge on it).

I need to visit Control Voltage (store in Portland) and get caught up.

[zerocrossing]

Someone is selling a minty looking MemoryMoog on Portland Craigslist for $9k right now.



At least vintage synths are generally repairable, unlike these modern pieces of garbage they sell.

The closest modern synthesizer that I own is a Melbourne Instruments Nina. While I have no idea what the repairability of it is, I know that I could buy one every decade for the rest of my natural life span and just reach the price of that Memorymoog. I also like it a lot more as an instrument, for various reasons.

Those things aren't cheap either, $3,555 new these days.

Think of all the "Native Instruments" one could own with that type of money.

I’ve got those too.

[machinesworking]

Think of all the "Native Instruments" one could own with that type of money.

I think the only truly redeeming part about hardware is it's not prone to software depreciation.
Native Instruments is a good example. You're safer on Windows but there is still software you can no longeer use in a modern setup from them, because they abandoned it etc. There are dozens of reasons why software is great, being able to open old software on modern computers is not one of them.

It's why I bothered to switch up the mk3 Kontrol with them, it's not dependent on computer software at all, if NI disappeared tomorrow it wouldn't affect it's functionality in terms of mapping CC's to knobs etc.

[TechHaus]

Think of all the "Native Instruments" one could own with that type of money.

I think the only truly redeeming part about hardware is it's not prone to software depreciation.
Native Instruments is a good example. You're safer on Windows but there is still software you can no longeer use in a modern setup from them, because they abandoned it etc. There are dozens of reasons why software is great, being able to open old software on modern computers is not one of them.

It's why I bothered to switch up the mk3 Kontrol with them, it's not dependent on computer software at all, if NI disappeared tomorrow it wouldn't affect it's functionality in terms of mapping CC's to knobs etc.

Looking back, I wish i kept all of my old computers and setups. I think if you are "pro" in this industry, you are expected to. I dropped the ball there. Nobody told me.

Also, I print tracks all the time now. Regret not doing that enough back in the day.