PLUGIN WEEK 2025: With the physical constraints of hardware cost, weight, size and how much power they use removed, it's safe to say that today's modern synth plugin designers have got it easy compared to their contemporaries Bob Moog, Tom Oberheim, Dave Smith, Wolfgang Palm, and more.
And while the old classics were borne of their ability to strike a perfect balance between capability and practicality, there are no such rules to obey today. Yesterday's synth heroes worked in the physical world, discovering and sourcing new components and getting them all in one place to work together reliably.
