perfect... also read up on the history of electronic music making instruments, from the late 70's with the first poly analogs that allowed you to store patches (!!), to the first digital samplers in the early 80's, to the beginnings of MIDI in 1983, to the first synths that began using sampled attack transiets (D-50), to the first "workstation synths" (M-1) and how multi-timbral features allowed artists to really begin producing whole tracks/songs in their bedroom... really on an overall level things didn't change much through the 90's with the exception of the VA synth and of course more polyphony, etc. - however what *really* changed things was Cubase VST by the mid to late 90's. so read up on how computers and DAWs began to come into play... and definitely read up on subtractive synthesis, sampling, MIDI, digital recording techniques (audio engineering), etc. - there are some really great resources on the net (google is your friend). then, at the end of the day, think outside the box and don't do everything the way everyone else does it!!! experiement!