Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Personal computer (was Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 08:15:48 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 21 Message-ID: <20251028081548.00001124@gmail.com> References: <0g8hslxmvj.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10detk2$2b3jr$1@dont-email.me> <10dhm2v$33b7e$1@dont-email.me> <10dkuvq$3uqs3$4@dont-email.me> <20251027092116.00003792@gmail.com> <10dob9g$11mbi$2@dont-email.me> <20251027135620.0000727d@gmail.com> <10dq603$1r51o$3@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:15:53 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3f76a23363c3ee8540267c4343320f1b"; logging-data="2092612"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18iX3bmjBBhzs67QGrn0Trxg7iFMSxmid8=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:/5sU5wvK5P8UfQdwPnyoYtfWRP8= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:76778 On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 06:30:27 -0400 Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > > If it's any consolation, getting into MIDI just means you accumulate > > hardware synthesizers instead of/in addition to the above ;) > > There's a shit-ton of software synthesizer apps for Linux, > Windows, and Mac. But I do have the following hardware: > > - Roland MT-32 synth. Bought that living in L.A., from a guy > who was a colleague of Herbie Hancock and who also owned > an Atari ST. Yeah, that's a fun little box - not nearly as flexible for patching as the D-50, but the core sound is quite close and it's multitimbral. And of course there's all the old games that support it ;) (Softsynths are certainly convenient wrt. space and price, but there's a certain primal itch with twiddling controls on a dedicated panel that multipurpose MIDI controllers just don't scratch...)