From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017080721564029706-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > The technology I use isn't making the music. It's not even really creating   
   > the chords or note patterns. It's just a tool. No more or less " pure " or   
   > honest than the wires and tubes in an old B3.   
      
   I know that - they're algorithms for modifying the configuration of   
   digitally controlled synthesizers...I've got a classic Yamaha DX7 synth and   
   it's digital too.   
      
   > I had a visit today by an accordian player. One of his accordians has a   
   > mic issue. Inside it are clusters of microphones so he can amplify the   
   > instrument. One of those banks of mics isn't working. I got " volunteered   
   > " to repair it. Sorta. They believed the issue was a blown IC. I said I'd   
   > replace that chip. If that fixed it, great. If it didn't, well, sorry.  As   
   > it was, replacing the chip didn't help.  So then we spent about 2 hours   
   > trying to figure out the problem. We don't have schematics, and one of the   
   > circuit boards isn't even accessable at the level the accordian was   
   > disassembled. So we didn't fix it. Did establish it's not the chip, for   
   > what that's worth.   
      
   I had no idea those things were that much of a hassle to fix.   
      
   >  My point in this is that the chip, the amplifier, as a generic op amp, a   
   > TL061. Not expecially high tech, just an ordinary amplifier. Any chip snob   
   > out there can name half a dozen better chips.  Does that matter ?  Would   
   > anyone listening to that guy play know or care about this.   haha....   
      
   Jim   
      
   That's the beauty of A-B'ing the equipment...puts them right together side   
   by side to hear any differences.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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