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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by tnecniv on Monday February 06, 2017 @06:49PM (#13585527)
> People are buying hardware synths (which are just computers running software) only because software on these embedded computers runs reliably, but VSTs crash, freeze every time and require hardware license keys plugged into parallel port.

I only know about guitar pedals, but aren't a good portion of these analog through and through?

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by ben174 on Monday February 06, 2017 @06:58PM (#13585609)
Not really. Real true analog gear is pretty rare these days. Even Roland's recreation of their famous TB-303 is using what they call Analog Circuit Behavior (ACB) which emulates the original components in software:

http://www.rolandus.com/blog/2014/02/14/analog-circuit-behav...

A fun true-analog synth which is pretty fun for a reasonable price is the MicroBrute: https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/microbrute

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