[sdiy] presets on a modular

[jbv]

Harry,

Sorry but I totally disagree with that.
You seem to be confusing the listening audience
with the audio & music professionals.

Indeed, professionals don't really want / need new
gear. Only if it can help them catch a larger part of
the audience (read : sell more CDs).
For instance, I remember circa 1993 how many folks
working in recording industry, as well as rock stars
wannabes, wanted to know what kind of gear Butch Vig
used in the mix of Nirvana's "Nevermind", as if owning
the same gear would open the doors of worldwide success...
Some kind of magical thinking, not so far from cargo cult...

OTOH the listening audience (music fans in short) are much
more openminded that one could think...
Remember the hype around "musique concrete" and
"electro-acoustical" music in the 50's and 60's ?
And the hype around (many forms) of synth music in the
70's and 80's ? IMHO the listening audience doesn't care
if it's played with a flute or a synth or a bizgotron, as long
as it's new, hip and catchy...

But the problem with any musical movement is that the
time of discovery is usually rather short, and very soon a
bunch of "stars" arise from the crowd of "stars wannabes"
and quickly (with the help of the music industry) everything
becomes academic (and boring).
The various musical trends mentioned above are good
examples of this fact.

Cheers,
JB

>
> This is the listening public. They WANT to hear the
> flute, the trumpet, the violin. They don't know what
> they are, maybe... but they know that sound, identify
> with it. Its 'comfort food' for the ears...
>
> Roland, Yamaha, and 98% of the perfoeming world heard
> their cries, and responded with appropriate products.
>