Instruments • Re: Software vs Hardware

In 2025, virtual instruments sound so good that one doesn't even need to look at hardware.

Unless one prefers hands on bespoke interfaces,

There is 100% absolutely no more bespoke hands on interface than a good MIDI controller you have programmed to do exactly what you want it to and that's fits into your workflow

Every hardware synth you buy doesn't have a bespoke interface created to serve your needs, it has a mass produced interface built to make it easier and cheaper to manufacture

With hardware you are forced to use whatever control surface they give you, and in 2025 if your synth has patch memory and/or can be controlled and programmed remotely via MIDI all of those knobs and faders are just sending digital data anyway to a CPU. It's not like if you turn the knob for filter cutoff that you are actually turning the potentiometer that increases resistance in the audio path filter circuit

So why not just buy a good controller(s) that have lots of knobs, faders, and buttons and make your own?

Statistics: Posted by zerocrossing — Sun Mar 02, 2025 7:18 am