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Electronic musical sound synthesizers have a history dating back to the 1960s, when they contained purely analog circuitry and had many hands-on controls. Beginning in the mid 1980s, digital synthesizers with more minimal interfaces became very popular. By the early to mid 1990s, people began to demand the analog sounds and controls of the past, but these machines were expensive and unreliable and had outdated features. In order to achieve digital reliability, cost effectiveness, and modern features combined with the warm sounds and hands-on controls of analog synths, digital virtual analog synthesizers were created. Creating realistic analog sounds with digital circuits is an ongoing challenge, as analog circuits have many characteristics such as saturation and randomness that are extremely difficult to closely emulate. A fair amount of research has been devoted to improving the sound of digital, with much of it guided by theoretical interest. Another impetus for research is the fact..