Reverse-engineering the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer's sound chip from die photos
On the topic of synth chips, does anyone have any good resource talking about why those big retro synths still exist?<p>There’s got to be a good reason I simply don’t understand for why a computer cannot replicate everything those massive pieces of furniture do.<p>The one thing I concluded is that their interface, with hundreds of knobs and potentiometers must be very nice to interact with.  But can they not just house a computer inside?<p>I guess my curiosity and ignorance boils down to: why can’t computers generate all the kinds of signals that these big synths do?<p>Edit: a bulk thank you for all these helpful responses.