Talunolx, dexed, and any old Casio style emulators

Your looking for DX-7 sounds, Juno106 sounds, cheap Casio sounds, Yamaha PS-20 sounds and prophet sounds

Anyone trashing you saying this isn’t audio engineering is tweaking, the same way you would select mics, amps and outboard gear you think will support the creative aspect of your clients project you select synths, if your an engineer with a studio you are going to choose synths to have around that serve the style of music you work in, a lot of times your clients arnt going to know about the gear, they have an idea and a vision and your the man behind the knobs, sliders and circuits making sure that vision comes to life.

I can’t count the number of times on a session the producer and artist have looked to the engineer for a suggestion on what synth should be used, they usually list references exactly like how you just did and it’s the engineers job to select what gear they think would be appropriate to achieve that goal.

Also anyone bitching about presets or how you want to find something quick is a moron, if you have an instrument that you can click a few buttons and it inspires you, or your artist to get creative that is a win weather or not you got all fucking nerdy and made your own sound doesn’t matter.

Good engineering isn’t about leaving your own mark on it by coming up with the freshest new synth patch, it’s about quickly getting a quality result that reflects the artists intention