I love classical music , I love the sound of Cellos , violins , pianos , flutes , guitars , horns , saxophones , and all the others . When synthesizers were introduced , THEY WERE NOT MADE TO RECREATE ACOUSTIC SOUNDS !!!! Synthesizers were made to offer the musician NEW SOUNDS . But the NON-CREATIVE did not know what to do with them , they would ask " how do I make a piano sound " . So the birth of at first preset synths and then digital synths starting with that piece of shit DX-7 where all you do is push a button to get your piano sound or your organ sound . The old synthsizers , you can push all the buttons or throw all the switches and it still will DO NOTHING until you PLAY IT . The old one offer you the user interface with SOUND and PLAYING just like any acoustic instrument . Using technology to recreate the middle ages is RETARDED !!!!!!! Samplers , MIDI , digital synths with no real time control is for the non creative push a button crowd - you know who you are because you all sound the same !!!!!!!!!!!!!!