It still happens even in 'classic' synthesiser industry. Aphex Twin did a collaboration with Korg few years ago, he was providing feedback to them and created s

It still happens even in 'classic' synthesiser industry. Aphex Twin did a collaboration with Korg few years ago, he was providing feedback to them and created some excellent product demos like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUT01p-C2xo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUT01p-C2xo He also had input into Novation Bass Station II: https://novationmusic.com/en/news/bass-station-firmware-v414 https://novationmusic.com/en/news/bass-station-firmware-v414 AFX Mode Electronic music legend Richard James, aka Aphex Twin, has already played an instrumental part in the Bass Station II story, having provided guidance for the implementation of the micro-tuning added with Firmware v2.5. His conceptual contribution to v4.14 is even more profound, however. Letting his imagination run riot, Richard envisioned the decidedly radical notion of having a discrete set of synthesis parameters assigned to each note of Bass Station II, either variations on a ‘seed’ patch, or disparate sounds designed to constitute a chimeric whole. Although this sort of thing could already be kludged using very fast program change messages, having multiple sounds active at the same time would clearly be a far more creative and efficient system. AFX Mode is the realisation of James’ out-there concept. Put simply, it lets you modify your Bass Station II patch on a key-by-key basis. Use it to introduce subtle changes to a sound as you play up and down the keyboard; divide the keyboard into multiple zones (one per key if you like!), each playing its own sound; or create entire drum kits in a single preset for triggering manually or via the Arpeggiator. It’s a truly inspiring feature that really does open up a whole new world of sound design and performance possibilities.