On Mon, 12 Jun 1995, ozymandias G desiderata wrote:
quoted 5 lines Is there anybody but me that sees the irony in the fact that> Is there anybody but me that sees the irony in the fact that
> it frequently seems like techno musicians are making the music of
> tomorrow with the technology of ten years ago? Is that how long it
> takes to understand a given synthesizer? Maybe I'd better stick with
> guitar.
That's how long it takes some people to forget how a particular machine
was marketed and what it was "supposed" to do.
The early drum machines were designed to be substandard substitute for a
live drummer, for a demo, for sketching, for practicing. Some artists
early on integrated electronic percussion with a human drummer, and also
as a true replacement for live drums.
The Roland TB-303 was designed to be a bad replacement for a bass
guitar. It is now the archetypical acid machine.
I don't think it takes that long to figure out a given synthesizer, it's
just taken that long for these sounds to become more common.