[sdiy] The extreme low cost of audio gear... my little comment somehow got out of hand :P

[Richard Wentk]

At 07:13 02/09/2004 -0700, Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
>"Czech Martin" <Martin.Czech at Micronas.com> wrote:
> >As all the methods you mentioned are allready to complicated
> >and far over the head of 90% of the possible users,
> >the prospects for new and more complicated methods are
> >not so good. As long as you refer to a programable machine,
> >of course.
> >
> >Most of the DX7 which had to be repaired had still the factory
> >presets in them...
>
>Excellent points (especially the DX7 presets).

Not necessarily. I know some people were possessive about their custom 
patches and loaded the factory bank before they sent a unit in for repair. 
(If they could, of course.) Also, many people bought the DX7 for that 
notorious epiano sound, on the basis that it made a good substitute for 
that heavy Rhodes they were used to carrying everywhere.

And let's not forget that musical creativity and sound design aren't always 
related. Someone who writes good songs may not have much of a clue about 
synth programming, and many of the top programmers never made much of an 
impression as creative musicians.

Richard