What is a Purist?

A purist is someone who’s preoccupied by the sonic difference between a Curtis chip and a SSM chip.
Things like that matter. They may not matter to you, and I mean you the casual and oh so ignorant listener, but they matter.

A purist is someone who thinks the recording of a Mellotron tape is different from the recording of the accurate sample of a Mellotron tape

A purist is someone who thinks synthesizers are used to make music for other purists, you know, the ones who believe they can tell if the song’s keyboard solo was played on a Curtis or a SSM-based synthesizer.

A purist is someone who thinks a Roland TB-303 is worth 1590€ (yes, I’ve seen that)
If you don’t know what a TB-303 is, let’s just say it is the worst bass synthesizer ever conceived. Yeah. I said it, punk.

A purist is someone who thinks digitally-controlled oscillators are for pussies

A purist is someone who thinks presets are for pussies

A purist is someone who thinks MIDI is for pussies

(The last three categories of purists are all pussies anyway, if they’ve gone past the Ondes Martenot technology… now, that was real music gear, man…)

A purist is someone who believes the first version of any synth is the best-sounding version ever. Of course, nothing beats the prototype.

A purist is someone who believes the Minimoog is the best synthesizer ever built.

A purist is someone who believes the Prophet 5 is the best synthesizer ever built.

A purist is someone who believes the Yamaha CS80 is the best synthesizer ever built.

A purist is someone who entertains the idea that one particular vintage instrument is the best synthesizer ever built.

I could go on and on.

I'm not a big fan of purists.