Pretty crazy when I think about how much money we spent as musicians buying hardware just to make music and now how everything from synths to guitars, and most modern music is made 100 percent on laptops with software and samples now. Pawn shops are literally full of crusty old gear that won't likely be sold to anyone butt museum curators and nostalgic producers with money to burn.
There will of course be people who will say that analog sounds better, but nothing beats being able to save the position of every knob and not have to worry about your kids coming in the studio and messing up your perfect tuning by playing around. The main gripe I have is that the software is still priced too high, but thank goodness we're not wiring and tuning hardware moogs any more... Most producers that know the real pains of getting the perfect tone back then (prior to making each recording) will agree.
There will of course be people who will say that analog sounds better, but nothing beats being able to save the position of every knob and not have to worry about your kids coming in the studio and messing up your perfect tuning by playing around. The main gripe I have is that the software is still priced too high, but thank goodness we're not wiring and tuning hardware moogs any more... Most producers that know the real pains of getting the perfect tone back then (prior to making each recording) will agree.