Re: https://ruby.social/@davetron5000/111808072570241785 There is a tradeoff in gear price and immediacy. That tiny FM synth I have is incredibly hard to program. There are software editors for it but they all fall victim to “using a mouse to control a rotary encoder" which is rough.
Last time I used software synths, it was the same way - the skeuomorphism doesn't serve the user need. I wonder what a synth UI for a computer would be like that had immediacy but not the frustration of a mouse moving a rotary knob?