| FWIW - my 2ยข is that HardWare is the way.
Now wether or not you can be one of the lucky ones who can afford the hardware that you desire for your productions is another story.
In my bedroom lab, I used to have a Fantom, Motif, MC-909, MS-2000, VS-1880, Digi 002, and some other things. I sold all but the VS-1880 so we could let one of our children have their own room - I actually offered to do that, but my wife told me it wasn't necessary (go figure!).
Now I am at a place where I wish I still had all of my hardware. Although I am writing a lot of tunes these days (inside of Logic), I miss the feel of everything. Not to mention, when I had the hardware, I could do everything so expeditiously - granted - I am doing things fairly quick in Logic, but it is different.
There is the issue of recall-ability with Soft-Synths. There's something very cool, and relaxing about being able to open a session, and have all of your settings laid out for you. You can still have that luxury with some hardware units, but not all of them.
With that said - IMHO - hardware is the way to geaux (in most cases).
From a creative standpoint, it just works for me. |