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Old 21st April 2008   #23
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Originally Posted by Kimakaz View Post
Very interesting thread, with some quality responses.

People have been mainly comparing pure Analogue vs VSti counterpart, how about FM synthesis vs FM7 (for example) or wavetable synths?

I d be curious to know your thoughts on other types of synthesis.
The FM7 sounds cleaner because the D to A conversion is better and cleaner
than that which is in a DX7. The hiss and quantization noise in my DX7 used
to really bother me back in the '80s. The voices are produced the same way
in both so the D to A and analog playback is what makes the difference.
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