Not at all. I was still building embedded hardware around 68k 10 years later. There are undoubtedly new products being built around 68k today.
If all you want to do is synthesize music the 68k is perfect.
If you’re taking issue with wire wrap, there just weren’t general purpose dev boards available back then. You were expected to be able to roll your own.
Wire wrap is the most reliable form of construction, used by NASA for many years for this reason - the wrapping of the wire around the square pegs creates a small cold weld at every corner.
Plus when mulitlayer boards were not really a thing, wirewrap gives you all the layers you want, more or less.
If all you want to do is synthesize music the 68k is perfect.
If you’re taking issue with wire wrap, there just weren’t general purpose dev boards available back then. You were expected to be able to roll your own.