Additionally, "real musicians don't use presets" is just plain false, at least as a generic statement.
It is only true in a narrow case of when you are claiming that your music is about designing original
sounds - then using presets is indeed cheating. But outside of this use case - presets are patches,
made by professional and/or talented sound designers. And it is better to use patches made by people
who know what they are doing, then try making your own lame ones, just for the sake that they are
"your own".
Which reminds me of this joke:
I thought using loops was cheating, so I programmed my own using
samples. I then thought using samples was cheating, so I recorded real
drums. I then thought that programming it was cheating, so I learned to
play drums for real. I then thought using bought drums was cheating, so I
learned to make my own. I then thought using pre-made skins was
cheating, so I killed a goat and skinned it. I then thought that that
was cheating too, so I grew my own goat from a baby goat. I also think
that is cheating, but I'm not sure where to go from here. I haven't made
any music lately, what with the goat farming and all.