Charley-interesting topic. I'm old enough to remember using synths that were not designed to be able to emulate traditional instruments at all. Were they "real" instruments and could you make legitimate music with them? Absolutely! Think of old Emerson Lake and Palmer and more traditional players; the Chick Corea electric efforts of the 70's, for instance.

Is there a place for original sounds created not to emulate traditional instruments? Yes!

I often use an old Moog or my new SH-201 Roland on studio sessions specifically for the purpose of creating great sounds that are original.And, as soon as I get some time to "woodshed" on it, I'm going to use the SH-201 on gigs; especially since someone here just provided a link to a source for lots more patches.


Keep up the work you're doing and share some of it! I'd be interested, and others here would be too...


Russ

[This message has been edited by captain Russ (edited 10-14-2009).]