We see a significant rise in DAW, VSTs, Loops, deluxe instrument samples and expensive plugins to mimic expensive old synthesisers developed from the West. However, virtually none created the East, and in the past decade, each big-name companies claiming to have the most versatile play style with enormous different extended techniques recorded, with key-switch. With most of the DAW presets at 120, and 4/4 beats,
How does this affect home studio small budget composers while creating music for multimedia such as for low budget feature films in China, avant-garde music in China? Furthermore, is there cultural hegemony as we see the saturation of VSTs from the West.
Please also use quotes from philosophers such as Edward Said, Adorno, Michael Chion.