> The impact of synthesizers is already over. They were used far more imaginatively in the 70s than they are today 1970s-style modular synthesis has been makin

> The impact of synthesizers is already over. They were used far more imaginatively in the 70s than they are today 1970s-style modular synthesis has been making a comeback over the last... 20 years. (It was a slow comeback at first). I agree that the impact of synthesizers was diminished during the "preset era" of the 1980s until almost the present, but interest in re-taking control of synths is growing (just look up "modular synthesis" on Youtube to see many examples) and I expect that we're on the cusp of having synthesis become interesting again as artists sort out what to do with all the new stuff.