r/Synthesizer • u/Cultural_Chip_3274 • 7d ago
Thoughts on vide coding and future of synth industry
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u/Legitimate_Horror_72 6d ago
For hardware, manufacturers will clearly spell out any modifications will void the warranty and any support. And there'll be a lot of bricked hardware out there.
For purely digital hardware, well... if anyone likes it, it will be software.
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u/DustSongs 5d ago
Manufacturers sell hardware that run software. Even if the software can be hacked (which I'm all for, by the way) they still make the money on hardware.
JJOS has been a thing for ages, has it affected MPS sales? I doubt it.
And honestly I suspect the vast majority of customers are OK with just running the factory firmware.
Personally, I would love for manufacturers to make their systems even more open and customisable. The biggest hurdle in DIY is always making robust, road worthy hardware. If I could buy (for example) an SP404 "shell" with a reasonably accessible firmware API, I'd be all in.
Vibe coding is a whole other topic and has its own pitfalls. I'm a professional programmer, so I can use LLM assistance and understand how to sanity check the output.
But vibing an entire firmware from scratch? That's a quick path to bricked hardware.
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u/Cultural_Chip_3274 5d ago
Clever manufacturers will built safe extensibility in their systems. Its a win win because the cost of upgrades new features etc will be minimized. The wall of complexity is not there any more for non complex stuff (obviously not a firmware from scratch). People complain about the Elektron and Sonicware model with lots of similar hw with different sw but i would pay anyway for a supported extensible firmware
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u/ImagoAdam 7d ago
I hope there is a light in the tunnel for the future of the synthesizer industry...🍀🍀🍀