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From: "jacob_frajdin" <jacob.frajdin@...>

>What about presets, is it concidered lame to use them? Do most 
>producers (semiprofessionals included) out there use custom-made 
>sounds only?

With VA synths the presets usually don't stand out in a track as much as they do with a sample based synth (like the Korg AI2 synths who's presets were so overused). So, if you like the sound of a preset then use it...  :-)

Sayer

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> With VA synths the presets usually don't stand out in a track as 
much as they do with a sample based synth (like the Korg AI2 synths 
who's presets were so overused). So, if you like the sound of a 
preset then use it...  :-)

Ah, i see. :)  What are some other synths/presets that have been 
overused? I've heard Sash! has made it into his "trademark" to get 
his hands on the synths early and then using (nothing but) presets 
before anyone else....  clever guy...

/J

In a message dated 15/6/02 11:40:22 pm, jacob.frajdin@... writes:

>I was actually trying out a Juno-2 when i came across a sound i 
>recognized instantly; one of the bass sounds (preset) is the same as 
>in the beginning bass lick of a (really dull) disco tune 
>called "Dolce vita" or something like that. I don't know if its a 
>well known tune, but it was kind of interesting to play the exact 
>same bassline. I also heard the lick from Europes "The final 
>countdown" is a brass preset.  :)
>
Hi all!

It's a bit of an odd one this- Where you could easily be slammed for using a 
preset (and yes- Europe's Final Countdown was probably one of the worst and 
most irritating records I've ever heard!)- has anybody stopped to think about 
the ONLY sound obtainable from a Fender Piano or a Hohner D6 etc? That's 
incredibly over used- but the fender has one of the lushest sounds! Things 
like 808's and 909's to be are just new percussives in a whole new modern 
orchestra (without sounding too pompous).

I don't think it is the preset's fault, just the mind behind it. Synthesisers 
(IMO) should have never had keyboards put on them in the first place - (I 
think both Don Buchla and Peter Zinovieff got it right from day one!)