Bob, it's true that a high end synth costs a few bucks, but when you consider that by the time you collect a few soft synths you are going to spend that much anyway, and add the longevity of a hardware synth, you end up saving money.

When the OS changes, even 30 years later, your hardware synth will still work. Even after USB changes to whatever is next your hardware synth will still work.

And you can pick up a Roland XV-2020 for around $200 and still have a few banks of sounds. It's a nice sounding module as well.

And unlike Real Tracks, the synths will play whatever you create.

I see we have two different approaches here, and as I've always said, there is more than one right way to make music.

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