Some people would rather have an ice pick stuck in their eye than use a software instrument. I’m definitely not one of those people, but they do exist. I personally find real modular to be a pain to use. Too messy, and the idea of having to repatch every time you want to revisit a setup is not for me. To a lot of people, the patching of the modular is the music. I’m sure those people would hate having to drag virtual patch cables around with a mouse.mj21000hello wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:39 pm What are the benefits of real, hardware modules vs. Reaktor, Falcon, VCV Rack, etc. The ability to adjust two parameters at once is useful, but that could be configured via a midi controller in software.
Is it just a really expensive way to feel like you're playing an "instrument"?
Another reason is sound quality. You can hook up as many modules as your case can handle and patch everything to everything and there’s never a chance of a buffer underrun. If I’m doing something in Reaktor and I want the audio rate modulation to sound great, I’ve got to run it at double my project’s sample rate, so that means 96 kHz. That sounds great, but I can quickly get to pop-click city if I’ve got other things going on that are also CPU intensive. I’ve got a fair amount of hardware synths so that’s not a problem. I can basically dedicate my computer to running Reaktor only, if I want to.