Let's Talk "Analog vs Digital" at Superbooth '24

[@AndrewNCook]

“Perfection which is unnecessary” is an amazing response. I’ve been searching for that phrase for 20 years.

[@VegPoop]

fail

[@davebellamy4867]

6:17

[@matiasss550]

I love perfection.

[@martinforstner3075]

It still leaves it to the individual, what they deem ‘necessary’ or not, and what constitutes ‘perfection’. It is definitely an interesting notion, that turned around could also be valid, and consider some aspects of analog as ‘Imperfection which is unnecessary’

[@mudi2000a]

I think that is not well thought out because digital can do so much more. Same way with analog some things are possible that are difficult with digital. The best is a hybrid where you can benefit from the best of both.

[@ModePhaser]

Haha. Nice to see Joey Blush Response. Fun to see two of my favorite channels cross paths like that.

[@MyReasonToPlay]

👍 screenshot'ed for the desktop wallpaper

[@sibbyeskie]

A new generation is discovering the magic of analog. And some are even more affordable than VSTs! As A.I. looms and people find this sound and start to appreciate the details we’ll come back to nature full circle. And, yes electrons and physics is closer to nature than DSP algorithms can ever attempt, saying this as a coder.

[@pauliedibbs9028]

These are truly amazing times in the realm of audio production, on many levels, but Anthony makes it that much more fun.

[@wiseoldfool]

Interesting that several people associated "digital" with fingers, but one of the key attractions of analog gear is that it has knobs, sliders and switches that are tactile, ie we can manipulate them with our fingers. Nobody mentioned foot pedals!

[@GustavoJacob]

Exhausting, I agree. Just make music with whatever is at hand.

[@bcj842]

These are great, open-ended questions. And you're the perfect person to ask them. You've got such an endearing manner. I like the character and "conversation" of analog synths as well as the malleability of digital. But that's only ONE of many responses to these questions. Everyone is going in so many different directions with it. So fun.

[@Andrew-rz7qt]

The Prince of Synth in his natural habitat, amongst his people.

[@darryldouglas6004]

Years ago I heard people saying digital is cold sounding compared to digital in regard to synthesis. I’ve played so many digital synths that sounded awesome and warm. More recently I found out that they were originally referring to the early digital recordings not instruments. These issues were quickly resolved however the stigmatism remained.

[@everybodyhasoul5438]

Very cool! & A special shout-out for you and all the musicians of past generations that have decided to start sharing their important knowledge, insights, and experiences with the world. I’m just old enough to have been growing up playing and learning from older (pre-digital) generations and while the tools of music making may have changed rapidly, the humanity of it has not. Please keep sharing, the younger people need it!!!

[@VEsound]

Interesting to see/hear the richness of the answers for sure!

[@Gerald_Daniel]

Thank you so much for showing us how beautifully the Superbooth is embedded! That's almost a forest in which it takes place.

[@hygro9625]

I can't believe you guys keep doing totally different and new styles of videos and I'm here for it.

[@guilessa]

Such a feel good video. Great vibes!

[@xenobiigaming]

Keep going Anthonny! I enjoy your content as a fellow music nerd, and you along with Dr. Mix and Matt Johnson (Jamiroquai) are the most informative and knowledgable that I've seen, while also entertaining and talented.

[@wiseoldfool]

Digital? Synths. Analog? Synths. That was a lot of fun, Anthony!

[@ollikru]

Haven't expected such a diversity of answers. Really helps to get out of one own's filter bubble :) As always, thanks for sharing - it was a pleasure meeting Dante and you at SuperBooth!

[@Hyperslob]

Digital “Unnecessary perfection” Analogue “Necessary imperfection” Hybrid “Expensive”

[@AlchemicalAudio]

You are putting out some really diverse content. I love seeing it, thanks!

[@acidjack]

Nice Video , Nice question. Buy the way was a great Thing to meet you there and have a small conversation with you. I was the guy with the walker. Thanks for all. you are a kind person and it was a great minute to meet and talk. Thanks

[@martinforstner3075]

This was surprisingly awesome. I was prepared for people having the old ‘which is better’ discussion, but the way the question was phrased promoted very personal and interesting answers, like a technological Rorschach test. This was very enjoyable to watch. Thank you.

[@89hdjdua]

It’s worth watching this just because Anthony’s such a lovely, gentle and positive human being - uplifting!

[@trabouliste1037]

Analog- my cello Digital - my cello recorded

[@JH-lo9ut]

So great to see that you are visiting us over here in Europe Anthony! I hope you are having a great time in Berlin (I usually do) and that you have made interesting new friendships. I'm really looking forward to see what you've found.

[@sawsquaresinetube]

That was a lot of fun! My people! Thanks Anthony

[@puppysick2]

Hello Anthony, I think we live in times when ideas tend to be seen as antagonists; For my part, I see the digital as e-mu, akai samplers, effects and recording and analog as synthesizers in which you can create sounds from scratch

[@dodgedforgottenn]

Joey from Blush Response! Love your channel!

[@danielmconnolly7]

It isn't Analog vs Digital. They are both great in their own way, it just depends on what type of sound you're trying to achieve.

[@HenritheHorse]

Love putting digital sounds and samples through analog filters! Or digitally bit crushing analog synths.

[@Andrew-rz7qt]

Take everything out of its box and do something amazing with them. Everything with anything.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@HenritheHorsehell yeah

[@toddjbradshaw]

You're doing a wonderful job with your channel Anthony. Thanks for everything and sharing the journey with us!

[@JpChannelOne]

The digital is a bridge to the analog, to the brain, to the soul and to the body. This bridge is a miracle bag. Sounding analog with a few oscillators can still be very amazing.

[@carlosmodegahan4455]

This is a great video! Interesting to hear what people think and not just experts and manufacturers!!!

[@Dartagnan65]

And, that one or the other is not better, just different! I have both, and enjoy them both!

[@cortical1]

The best part about this is that Anthony was mistakenly at a Renaissance festival. Superbooth was actually taking place one forest over. 😉

[@cortical1]

Just kidding, of course! Sending appreciation to you and your team up the 5 from San Diego!

[@gonzinigonz]

In the words of the late great Jim Williams "everything's analogue" 🙂

[@adriansmithmusic]

My Korg Minilogue is an analog synth and has a bright/ harsh tone which is usually considered how digital sounds. My Roland Boutique JU-06 has a warmer tone but is digital! So it really depends on the implementation. Analog isn't always better!

[@Paintopia_VR]

Digital can be anything, analogue can only be itself

[@Lyubota]

If we r talking about sound - digital and analogue will not work without electricity. So they both are on the one side. On the other - instruments that can sound without electricity (pianos, violins, acoustic guitars etc etc). And one more thing - digital can be just software, or can be packed in hardware body. Analogue can be only in hardware body. Thanx for great video)

[@C_F_M]

This was a fun video! When I think of "digital" I think of those beautiful crystalline FM bell type keyboard sounds from the 90s, and "analog" makes me think of DIY-buildable instruments with unique character

[@pjforde1978]

This video is really special. Some day when looking back on this era, I hope that this is what they show kids in their synth design classes in high school.

[@ZachariahMcConnell]

Digital: infinite possibility Analog: beauty

[@JeffPalmer83]

Cool video! To add my own thoughts: Digital - ease of use, total recall Analog - hands-on, in-betweens

[@camhyde9701]

Analog = Hi Fidelity.. now that's interesting and I am inclined to consider that to be true in the signal source domain

[@pendulumdistinction2494]

I hope you went back to talk to the designers who had created the matrix based analog mixing desk that was connected with the DSP technology. At the 6 minute mark of this video under the tent where you started with Hello. It looks like these individuals are definitely onto something extraordinary combining the two paradigms together in the greatest fashion.

[@blush_response]

nice to meet you! :)

[@anthonymarinellimusic]

You too!

[@cyb3rk3v]

Incredible vid Anthony! Enjoyed listening to it on my analog speakers from my digital source. Digital speakers would never sell.

[@Moogulator]

like what you just did here - because it's different and .. just friendly. saw you at moog just in a blink of an eye - greets!

[@arseniyistomin1894]

Digital: accuracy, reproducibility, predictability Analog: imperfections, limitations, surprises For me it feels like in digital I am the boss and a piece of gear is my employe. I can ask him to do exactly what I want, but I should clearly understand what I want to get a great result. At the same time in analog I and a pice of gear are colleagues. If I ask my colleague to do something he will do it but he will do it "his way". And it can (or can not) be better than I thought it would be.

[@kaitlyn__L]

Love this free association style interview technique!

[@flaviobanterla]

This was GREAT Anthony!! And it really makes me wish beeing at the Superbooth next year meeting my tribe haha, thanks for another super interesting video

[@ianmathews]

great fun, awesome cameos!

[@patriciaoudart1508]

❤ It is about sounds that makes Music, for me. Analog and digital are part of me, born in 1960, early life known classical instruments, my grand mother voice's human form, an old piano given me harmonics,, Albinoni a venetian harmony and suddenly , came the radio in my bedroom. I discovered Blue, Oxygen and Tangerine Dreams, that thrown me in NEW instruments to make music, new sounds, and what I love, keyboards playing, the piano way. Analog is new sound coming from new instruments. But we know. Recorders came in the same time, magnetic tapes, effects, heavy systems that never entered in a bedroom. One time I had my hifi turntable, being able only to listen, Disco, Equinoxe, Moondown, Hymn, Opera Sauvage, Cambodia, and I had to stand the end of analogic, to buy very very cheap my Juno 6, Korg M1, my loved Roland SH2000, Analogic, My Dear Jackson😎. Then it is the story of my Daughters, the 90' , the first computer at home, the first CD player at home.... And here we are. Digital life, I made music with five computers, midi keyboards, Dx7, softwaves from Korg, free vsti, Audacity, and as a teacher I initiated my pupils... Do You Know we can make Music with a Computer??? I brought a Roland Jupiter 50, to play natural instruments, meaning the search of sounds that remind landscapes, freedom, and an other world than the city-buzzy-Kreepy ones most want to tempo Us in the ears. Rubycon is my reference, great time , but now, time changed a new time, I brought a Deepmind Behringer, having effects included, analog with a Hobbit digital crying in the box. Definitively I lived the answer, it's a price questiom if you can invite the musicians in your bedroom that's good, but me I always made music in four square meters with few money😊. Actualy I listened to the last Oberheim, synth, and I said immediately this is mine, I need it. It is because of the sound , like my Deepmind, , like a pair of shoes, 'm doing well in analogic. Remember, my four square meters loves numeric more than me, but my ears loves analogical stories. Organic is right for me

[@blenderbuch]

Analog has character or not . Digital you need to dial in character or fail. 😂 Happy I did meet you and Dante on Superbooth. 😊 Make: shirt.

[@anthonymarinellimusic]

You too!

[@dodgedforgottenn]

I’m glad you went to Super Booth! This was a fun experiment.

[@theIpatix]

My take on the question is: Digital is all about power (in terms of control), analog is about elegance!

[@PacifierMusic]

Blush Response networking. If you don’t know him, go watch his videos. Love it!!!

[@Gerald_Daniel]

Analogue/digital - these days it's actually a question of taste and mood. If you'd install certain present vintage emulations into vintage hardware today, one might perhaps not even notice the difference. More important is what are the instruments hw/sw that produce the fave sounds.

[@nagchumpalot]

I love how a seemingly boring question can unfold into something really interesting.. For me Analog is "The Beginning" and Digital "The End" 😅

[@davebellamy4867]

In general, digital technology will unalive us all.

[@Dartagnan65]

@@davebellamy4867 : Frik'n AI

[@Zaccyonline]

The fm/Moog answers are so me 🤣

[@ChrisMills-AmbientSpace]

Such a delight!

[@sandybeansconqueso]

8:45 “round” can also be the way something feels. not necessarily needing to be seen with your eyes

[@thebreathalyzer]

Great video the variety of the responses is really fascinating. And a lot of responses that were more thoughtful than the usual "this versus that", which is kind of an optimistic thing. I'd probably think of analog as "raw" and digital as more "modern" maybe...

[@neonblack211]

Blush response Guy! He's great

[@martijn_nl]

A digitally recorded (AD converted) ARP 2600 performance sounds better than the same performance from an ARP 2600 plug-in. Analog signal behavior seems to be be very hard to generate digitally as it changes constantly in a nonlinear way. Analog can't do most of what digital does either. Glad to have both!

[@FreshnessStudio1]

Great video, Anthony & Dante ~ very interesting indeed

[@johnrichardson3297]

Glad you saw Blush Response there!

[@FLH3official]

Thanks for the video, Anthony. I hope you enjoyed your trip in Europe. And for me most weird thing is these people don't recognize you, they don't know who you are!

[@legitt6093]

Digital as a calculator, and analog as a slide rule =)

[@wiseoldfool]

As one old fart to another, I salute you!

[@unclejerrysworld]

I love this!! Asking such simple questions with a myriad of feedback on so many levels!!! :)

[@alphabeets]

Such fascinating and interesting and unexpected thoughts. I think of continuous flow vs discrete numbers.

[@donwrangler]

The tiny microphone makes this even better 😁

[@entropybentwhistle]

With the gear available currently it’s really in the hands of the users. I’m partial to melodic music and pleasing sounds and a person can create those equally effectively on an OB-X8 or a 3rd Wave, a Sub37 or a Hydrasynth. I no longer have a preference because of the great instruments being made using either or both types tech.

[@FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur]

You are good in these things. Thank you.

[@RossTotino]

Thank you for this. It makes you think.

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

Almost esoteric episode. Great!

[@donnydarko7624]

Digital: incremental Analog: continuous. At any rate digital controlled oscillators or digital oscillators with analog filters offers the best of both worlds imo. I prefer Wavetable over your basic FM so analog filters paired with digital oscillators is my personal preference in that regard, but for your basic subtractive synthesis I prefer digital controlled analog oscillators. And I agree with the round answer digital distortion is noticeably harsh or I would describe the peaks of digital distortion as sharp compared to analog distortion. I will say that I find Diva to be the most convincing analog sounding VST I've heard though. Although You can sounds from inside the box out to add analog saturation, distortion, overdrive, compression or through analog filters to add analog imperfection and color. There are also ways to get to a point where it's next to impossible for anyone to notice a difference unless you do A/B comparison between the two, it's just that analog equipment naturally sounds that way and you have to spend extra time with digital sources usually to get it sounding analog.

[@thelowkeyloki2970]

If I could afford analog everything, I would. But since I can’t, digital is for the most part situationally better.

[@danielmconnolly7]

It used to be that the opposite was true. I remember using all analog gear but couldn't afford anything digital... 🤔

[@darryldouglas6004]

@@danielmconnolly7Right. It’s amazing that when digital was introduced it was so much cheaper than the analog instruments available. Analog dropped in price but then became sought after again and increased in price. It kinda reminds me of the VW Beetle, popular because of low cost and when it was reintroduced it was expensive. Nostalgia?

[@lenochod7950]

15:22 That cute japanese chic has an unexpectedly deep and interesting voice🌺

[@davebellamy4867]

She's definitely analogue.

[@gofelriebenschmalz6687]

its www.youtube.com/@tamiX-tamiX and shes from china

[@justintuccimusic]

Great video 🎛️🔌💻

[@funkingitup1805]

Exhausting was the correct answer. Haha. Digital has failed to give the soulful feel of a masterbuilt analog instrument, but no digital controls in a 2024+ "analog" synth is just getting silly. Having preset storage, auto-tuning, etc. is the realm of digital. Analog does cool lossy delay, but for electrifying clarity, digital delay is king. "Hybrid is best."

[@davebellamy4867]

1:14 "I have a KZbin channel." That's modesty. She looks like she's expecting a dating question!😂

[@Joypadrick]

If I would have known that you are there, I'd had a visit, too. Some of my friends visited the Superbooth. It is a dream, to visit you one time ❤❤😪 much love....

[@CneeKrunch]

This was awesome. Would be cool to do this again but "digital sounds vs analog sounds"

[@KingMJForeverAndEver]

💕💕💕

[@Jakublowicz]

I think best synths is FM and vector.

[@GGprods-o2x]

Lol blushresponse meetint anthony was halerious. Joey knows hes neetint a fucking goat.

[@biggrime]

Analog = real Digital = options

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

Some future superstars you met there , Anthony- Joey "Blush Response is a WIZARD ..... Reminds me of a Techno Egregor Gone Berserk ,- and the UDO guy - The Haken dude - some very interesting answers - It looked like it was a great SuperBooth ,-😉

[@boronoro]

Good stuff! It would be interesting to see you visit the Bitwig booth (their hardware implementation is really cool) *** wish I could be there :(

[@robertreid8241]

I think of digital like a completely perfect drawn circle, whereas analog looks like a perfectly drawn circle, until you zoom in, and see the slight imperfections, that give it soul

[@bernyboss]

Digital is LIVE - Analog is STUDIO (especially yours) 🍾🍾🍾

[@lamsior]

That lady has no idea how legendary that interviewer actually is. lmfao

[@csilt]

Analog to me = continuous waveform, clear, separation of elements, depth, saturation (with tape, tubes & transformers), favorite sounding recordings and albums. Digital = 1s & 0s, lower noise floor, clear, flat, high bandwidth, editing, over editing, autotune, grid..

[@swanofnutella4734]

A wild Blush Response has appeared! :D

[@olivergonzalez4574]

I did see you in the event 😊

[@adwarfsittingonagiantsshoulder]

Analogue -> evoques Mister D. James having a bubblebath !

[@Pawel-rv1ek]

The guy at @9:30 seem to be from the company that produces the red keyboard from your last videos. 😃

[@christophgraf63]

„Analog for music, digital for satellites“ . From the 80s but still not too wrong 😅

[@isa4777]

There is no Digital without Analog...Analog sounds of all forms are the blueprint of all digital

[@mothhh2114]

Omg blushresponse

[@HenritheHorse]

Yeah, I've seen his videos!

[@musicbrum1]

Analog: The perfect imperfection like human beings.

[@SwishStillPimp]

Analog: Raw Digital: Clean