[Careyn]

there are plenty of poorly-designed boxes out there with expensive components in them.

Name them. Name their components.

You're making music, right? And the music you're making doesn't have any tangible components, does it? So if the digital gear you're looking at does a better job than an analog piece, making your music better, is that not a valid argument?

If it did a better job nobody would be using analog anymore.
But it doesn't do a better job. It is just cheap to produce and a lot of money can be gone towards convincing people it does a better job which brings us to

I would say that if a piece of software helps generate more income than a piece that has components, then it's offering more value to a musician or studio owner.

It may not be "tangible" value, but who cares?

If I piece of gear attracts a lot of customers even though it is cheap to make and expensive to buy that is not value. That is just hype.

Another important part of the picture is that people wouldn't buy it if they didn't like it...or if it didn't work.

You are giving people way too much credit they are not that sophisticated when it comes to buying gear. What they usually end up buying is the gear that reaches their ears above the other gear out there. Thus advertising and careful product placement is what moves the boxes off the shelves. Not components, design and sound quality.

OME analog gear is better than the digital equivalent but not all. If you can't make something sound decent with the abundance of digital tools out there you either aren't trying or you suck. "All digital is bad"... Really, you're that lost and closed minded?

I have already talked about this. I will not repeat myself just because you are too lazy to go past first page. Refer to previous posts.

OK, time out.

Use what you like.

Don't worry about what other people like.

Get over yourself.

That is all.

Okay. Can't argue with that.

the ironic thing is - without digital, this thread wouldn't exist...

First off please forgive me for not clarifying this for the mentally challenged here...
We are talking about digital and how it can be applied to audio recording gear. Particularly audio recording gear with ridiculously inflated prices.
We are not talking about digital applied to Vbulletin message board scripts.
Those are good Sqye. Those are good.

Especially if they come with features that allow me to be as graphic as I want to be.
For example I can dfegad all over your posts and give you the fuuck too.

I would be more than willing to agree that analog sounds better than digital as long as you guys agree to buy me a full analog suite for my studio.

Wow. That is even worse than the people who wanted to tell me that digital sounds better because Vbulletin message board scripts are digital.
So let me get this straight. As long as you can't afford it you can't agree that it sounds better?
Tell me... are you always this stupid or are you making a special effort today?