I consider there to be 2 kinds of synths.... (my opinion)

Ones you program yourself..... I don't use these.. I have a few and yeah, they have default sounds and presets so they are usable....

And ones that play preprogrammed stuff.... love these ..and they fall into 2 sub categories...according to me.

Oscillator based and sample based. Oscillator based don't sound very realistic but are great for something that needs a buzzing sawtooth lead. Sample based sound much better and more realistic so these are the ones I tend to use. Samples are actual audio of an instrument.

So if you're trying to duplicate a sound you see someone making.... you need the same synth and you need the settings he used. Otherwise, you might be close to the sound but not nearly exact.

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