[sdiy] presets on a modular

[Paul Maddox]

Harry,

> Hah... Paul , if you keep this up you are going to be punished by being
locked
> in a small room with a Yamaha DX-7

with nice soft walls? and a huggy jacket?

> I agree totally with your statement (from a purist point of view) but it
is
> extraordinarily clear that 99% of the worlds musicians don't see it this
way.
>
> They DO see the synth as violin, piano whatever... because the stereotypes
of
> the music listening public do not like to be challenged. Think of some
reviewer in a
> rag-mag... He says "the brass-like synthesizer work reminds of a ..."

so, why shoudl we, as synth developers, stick to the same?
Pandering to people who are like this we leave to the likes of Roland and
Yamaha, as small individuals with imagination, we should be breaking the
mould, get limiting ourselves to it before we even begin.

Paul