Best factory patches or not,- at the
end of the day,- all matter of taste, isn?t it ?
Methinks, Tony is more or less right !
There were the times, factory patches just only demo?ed the
functionality of a machine and were not done for "usage out of the
box".
You?ll recognize investigating in? p.ex. Xpander/ M12 factory
patches which lack assignment of sustain pedal and other global
MIDI controllers p.ex..
At that time, a manufacturer expected a customer buying a
user-programmable machine will exactly do that,-
Programming the machine for whatever purpose in mind.
I?m sayin? even I own a Wavestation SR, M1Rex, D-550 and a
Kurzweil PC361,- which surpasses a Kurz K2x00 series feature- and
sound-wise, except lack of sampling.
Now guess how many factory sounds I?ve ever used from Wavestation
SR, M1Rex, D-550 or even the PC361 ...
Almost NONE !
And on my Oberheim Xpander, I never used any patch the way it came
when I bought it new as 1st owner,- as also not the patches from
factory volume #2 or the M12 factory stuff.
They were always some stuff being ideal for reverse engineering,
edit to taste or create something new from,- but I never ever used
?em like they were.
Who wants everyone owning the same machine(s) using the same
sounds ?
Is that creativity,- or does that make a hit ?
Nope !
"... love for ethereal/pad/soundscape type patches..." is the same
BS to me like blues guitarists tell me "all comes from feelin?".
In music (business), nothing comes from love or feeling ...
It all comes from hard work and (resulting) knowledge.
Good music comes from good composition and arrangement, tweaking
the sounds to fit the tune.
Never ever was a piece of gear or a sound the most important part
of a commercial successful tune/song.
There?s some recognition value existing related to some
"signature" sounds,- but that?s all.
The success of a composition/arrangement never depended on a
synth?s patch,- vintage synth or not.
It?s all replacable,- except the idea, composition and
arrangement.
P.
Am 04.02.2019 um 21:56 schrieb Omar Torres
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