Interesting little number there.

It does have a lot of issues in terms of overall balance in the mix as the lower end gets drowned out when the higher stuff creeps in.

Melodically not that challenging but the question is does it need to be? Probably not.

It's got a very dated feel to it and reminds me a lot of early techno from around 1990, stuff like Trilithon or similar.

With regards to your comments on VSTs, I would say nonsense, it's all a question of what you are able to do with them. I still find places in tracks of mine for some of the more standard FL stuff as do many other producers. Learn how to use the tools. Styrus is perhaps a little more dynamic and has a more accessable finished sound in terms of work load but that is the way with a lot of the newer synths these days.
Get to know the tools and how they work and then abuse the hell out of them.

Cheers
Nem

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