I hear what you are saying, troy, but I'm not sure I agree 100% with your conclusion.


The way I see it is that every preset is an instrument. It has a timbre that may or may not change over time and it can be used to create
different kinds of effects, harmonically, melodically, timbrally, rhythmically and emotionally.

In this way, every single synth patch, whether you like them or not, are exactly akin to an existing acoustic instrument, like a piano
or a 12 string acoustic guitar: Different things can be accomplished with them, musically and some instruments are vastly more complex
than others (think the difference between a jaw harp and a stradivarius violin).

Now, I am probably more in your school in that I try to make every single piece of sound design on my CD recordings be unique.
I do that , like you, because it pleases me and I like to think that I'm trying to innovate sonically, but there is still a lot of room
in the musical world for someone who only plays accordian (and in a very conventional way)..............or, by the same token, someone
who just uses Absynth patches.

Granted , it may be harder to innovate if one only uses presets on popular soft synths, but not all music is about innovation.
Frequently, music is just about the expression of emotions and thoughts.

There is room for your approach and there is room for people who use only Absynth presets in their music.

No US and Them, only US (in all of our glorious diversity)