^ Yes, fair enough, but there's two sides to a dime. I, don't use patches. I don't download patches, and I certainly don't pay for them. Granted, now and then I'll find one that's a good starting point, but that's usually it (..and is happens way to little for me to suddenly jump on the preset wagon). The init button on 99% of my synths (and most of mine have it, purchase criteria for me actually) are worn out from the amount of use that they get... Now, I'd like some new filters and oscillator wave forms for one of my FAVOURITE synths (G2 of course, it's one in a million to me
Wouldn't ever dream of selling it...). Buy patches and get the oscillator wave forms etc free? No thanks. That seems like money wasted to me personally, cause I'm not interested in the actual "product" being sold. Just my 2c.
T2 do however have a business model that they're upholding and adhering to, that is their business, and I have no issues with how they want to do things. I just think this model needs to include the needs of the non-preset riders. G2 isn't a simple synth, and few noobs would just dish cash out for it on a whim, so I'd imagine there'd be a fair amount of G2 users out there with a good enough synth knowledge, that they wouldn't need to depend on presets. I shouldn't be disadvantaged because I don't use presets.
And yes, it's easy to say "just buy the presets, and you have what you want", but this doesn't sound like value for money to me, considering my comments further up...
-GeorgeZ