Did composers dislike the echo/tap-delay reverb setting?

[Rhizome]

I finished recording the original version of 'The Humans' last night, and I've started to wonder why very few composers used the echo/tap-delay setting on the reverb chip. Barry Leitch, Ian Howe and Dean Evans are the only composers I know of who used that setting, and they were all from the same company. They used it pretty heavily, too. I have never come across any other composer that used it on the MT-32 or LAPC-I.

Does anyone else know of composers who used it? Was it not used much because composers didn't like the sound of it?

[NewRisingSUn]

Nenad Vugrinec in Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle and Strike Commander.

And as far as other composers are concerned, most don't even bother to change the default reverb at all.

[Zheep]

Interesting! I didn't even know there were different reverb modes.

So I did a bit of searching, but I'm coming up short. How exactly would I be able to change the reverb mode on my MT-32 (first-generation)? The MIDI Implementation document is the only thing that seems to give any information about it, but the entire thing is just too over my head. Is there any specific controller number to fiddle with in a midi file itself, like "7-Channel Volume"? None of the midi composition software I have really seems to get into the coding parts of the midis; it's all piano rolls and drawing lines on the controller graphs...

Ooh, it's not the same as holding Master Volume and pressing Volume, is it, to get Reverb mode 0-10? That always sounded more like the level of reverb being applied (dry to wet) than anything else.