Tek,

Glad to see you leave the political hot seat for a minute and ......but....
Sounds like you are arguing both sides of the synth/workstation thread.

And my first reply was the best description of all....a synthesizer has to be able to synthesize. That's about the bottom line. My Kurzweil, I have never even thought about categorizing it. It's a good keyboard, I use lots of samples, and can do what I want it to do. If I want to make music I can, if I want to make noise I can. But it is just a part of my equipment. When I buy equipment the only name that matters to me is the manufacture (example: Kurzweil vs Casio). I want to know its capabilities and what can I do with it.

Btw....On this thread I disagree more with Equalizer than I do with you. How about that?
(Are we having fun yet???)