There are lots of different ways sounds are made. I own Peavey Revalver 4 and will run my drum and synthesizer sounds through various amps with different mike configurations so real fast I can get a different variation of sounds. That is why for me that is kind of a tricky cause. Rhythm is more important to me than the other aspects because spending my time tearing apart rhythms introduces a different set of emotions which I for my self must feel first before I expect others to respond to my music. But with vst's everything is inexpensive so its much easier to experiment rather than try to duplicate someone else's sound until you get experience by just creating a lot of stuff. I try to make 1 song a week. It doesn't come out in the league of the professional but so what it relaxes me. And I hear better as time goes on.