I can understand your link from synthesizers to EDM..

But that doesn’t justify the musical powers of the synthesizer in all its aspects
- for example there is the synthesizer clasics from the likes of Vangellis, jean michelle Jare, jan hammer and a few others..
- and offcourse there are quite some synthesizer based sounds many use witouth realising its synthesizers, like pads, some synthesizer bases.. synths have been part of our music for almost 50 years now..

So what do i like about synthesizer sounds?
Well, i cattegorise them in 2 cattegories..
- first there is beeps, cracklings and noises witouth much round harmonic nature, those sounds i really dislike, its like they hurt my ears..
- but there is also those sounds that are round and harmonic, often withlots of interesting movement, and thats the kind of synth sounds i really love..

So where do i use those synth sounds?
Sometimes the sounds are so beatifull and can be played with much feeling, so you can play them solo.. but most often i combine them with traditional sounds like a grand piano to add some form of character to the sounds, this often helps when playing a part thats normally the vocal line of a song.( i dont sing) and thats where synth sounds can add character to an acoustic instrument to mimic a singer.

As an electronics engineer i love playing with analogue oscilators, wavetables and filters.. so its fun creating your own sounds with synths. These days i use the ipad for those synth sounds, the touchscreen is a perfect way to interact with those knobs and sliders..