: This was a primitive form of algorithmic sound design. Using "Quadratic Mixture," you could place four different sounds on the corners of a box and move a cross in the middle to morph between them, creating entirely new hybrid patches.
For owners of the , Synthworks was life-changing. These "Linear Arithmetic" (LA) synths were notoriously difficult to program from their front panels. Synthworks turned a "black box" into a visual mixing console, complete with solo and mute buttons for every part of the sound. Legacy of a Workhorse
Steinberg didn't just want you to edit sounds; they wanted you to discover them. They introduced features that felt like science fiction at the time: