Re: [microsound] politics of digital audio reflux

[Exegene <exegene@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Jan L. wrote:
*snip*
> amusing with all the bold statements when microsound as a whole is fully
> dependent on products from large commercial empires.
*snip*
> analog is freedom. you can build the equipment yourself out of tubes,
> transistors and whatever.
*snip*


1N411 power diodes aren't hand manufactured by backwoods artisans 
operating rudimentary lathes, transported to the market on horseback, you 
know. How is one supposed to repair that dusty, disused Hammond in the 
corner when the flow of tubes really does cut off? The online synth-diy 
community has been collectively dreaming about convincing some fab to 
manufacture clones of certain specialty chips for years, to no avail.

You think those tubes and transistors are not fulfillments of dependency 
on large commercial empires? Not until desktop assemblers of one variety 
or another get to be common enough for the purpose.


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