On the thread of presets on electronic music...
quoted 5 lines Some artists just don't have the patience to forge sounds, preferring to>
> Some artists just don't have the patience to forge sounds, preferring to
> dive right in. I see nothing WRONG with this, but when I use presets, I
> always feel I am short-changing myself....
>
It doesn't make me like an album any less even if it uses (or should
I say overuses) presets. But I kinda think that since the sounds are
a crucial part of electronic music one should at least give some
credit to the preset programmers if one mostly uses them.
Still, it is hard to draw a fine line what is a preset nowadays. I
often take a 808 sample or such and build a sound based on that with
my K2k. Perhaps I mean a preset as we have discussed here - such a
preset that anybody with a hands on experience with a synth can
recognice. 303 and such are in a bit different category since they
don't really even have a single preset.
I guess it is the same for me than for Morgan - it's a psychological
thing.
Jouni.