“Every time I get a new synthesizer (or effect processor, plugin, etc.), I spend a long time studying the machine - reading the manual, learning how to operate it. After that, the first sounds I usually program are my bread-and-butter sounds. These are some of the signature patches that I have developed over the years. In the process of programming patches I use a lot - and that I have programmed many times on other synths - I start discovering the special features or unusual behaviors the new machine has. For instance, the cross-modulation feature with oscillator 2 applied to the filter on the Prophet-5 V produces very rich harmonics and movement that no other machine is capable of. When the new machine's unique behaviors have been revealed, creativity is already planning what sounds I could try that would be impossible to make on any other machine.”

Diego Tejeida