As a long standing hardware user, I was always biased towards analogue  – Recently, having access to most of the classic units made me realize an all too true factor when dealing with gear sans the presets- A lil’ patching/sound design 101 never hurt anyone.
Here’s good starting point- courtesy of  Synthopia

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Arabb MusiK is definitely uber-destroying the live programming game right now, but this the Harlem team that (along with Just Blaze and Kanye ) helped to brand that sound-

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Not to be confused with with my compatriot E.Blaize- Independent developer and propriater of Folktek,  Arius Blaze is a unique inventor -With hundreds (if not thousands) of gems under his belt,  Arius bangs out w/ innovative, customized tactile gems-
< Here’s a video> of the Simian Drum which appears to be half drum synth, half kalimba [...]

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Courtesy of Wikipedia
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (born March 29, 1943; Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου IPA: [evˈaɲɟelos oðiˈseas papaθanaˈsiu]), is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis (a diminutive of Evangelos; pronounced /vænˈɡɛlɨs/ in English). He is best known for his Academy Award winning score for the [...]

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More views into the process: Rewire / Reason / Live 8

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Amazing membrane-like control surface- must see!!!

came across this on the web, thought to share!!
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More footage of the Korg-ELECTRIBE Units fresh out of the box-

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