Why have MIDI in a synth that can't store patches?

[Onkel Dunkel]

Originally Posted by Smag

I've been looking at a number of other traditional synths, in particular the Macbeth M3X. This has MIDI so that encourages you to use it with Logic / Cubase right? But you can't store patches so every time you go back into your sequencer project you have to dial the patch in again? Is this what owners of synths like the Macbeth do every time they go back into their project? What if the patch is particularly complex?

If every parameter is controlable by MIDI you could store your patches as a MIDI-file and play it back to the synth when you want that particular sound.

Originally Posted by Smag

Alot of the older synths, had sheets where you would draw in the settings to remember them. I guess it is a tradeoff, fat analogue sound/a little more work.

Hehe, i just bought a Sherman Filter Bank 2 and it has these sheets for copying and filling out in the last pages of the manual No memory = hard work