I think what we're talking about is similar to the "uncanny valley."fluffy_little_something wrote:An Oberheim brass pad for instance sounds great, regardless of the fact that everyone can hear it is not real brass instruments.
I get the feeling that it is more about the music than about the instruments.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
The OB-X, and most analog synths, just never get close enough to the real thing to they live well outside the uncanny valley.
Frankly though, I have always hated synth brass sounds from any synth.