Hi Nick

> i certainly see your points - i do feel a lot more akin to on-the-fly
> performance style with my synths, i'm not sure i've ever written down
> a setting in my life.

Me too. I never write down a setting. But sometimes the decision whether
a sound is lush f*rt in the wind or a million seller hit ;-) depends on
a decaytime of some nanoseconds faster than my actual setting. With
slider based synths like the Roland 100m or a ARP Odyssee (I never had
an 2600 for longer time) I never could reach this point of perfect sound
- or better: Either I had reached it occasionally or I would never reach
it. In the opposite a Minimoog (which of course has to be in perfect
shape) whose rotary knobs allow you exactly this required minimal
changes of sounds which make it.

> i must say, i've always appreciated the openness to crazy opinions on
> this board versus AH... danke.

Wait until the day that you recognize the vans with the black windows in
front of your door. ;-)

Florian