> Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided.
Same reason why we see new video games that look they belong on the original PlayStation.
The real sell to me is flexibility. The synths sound cool, but I'm only going to bring one instrument. Romplers support a diversity of styles of music and roles in the band.
i absolutely get distracted by DAWs
Funny how that works - something that fails in its original purpose turns out to be great for something else.
DX7 synth piano and M1 sampled piano are classics and the "dance piano" lives to this day.
FM piano/rhodes sounds (and DX7 presets) also fueled 80s ballads.
Roland TR-808, 909 and TB-303 were picked up from bargain bins, fueled entire new genres of music, and turned into classics for the ages.