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31 Jan 2011, 11:45 pm

We all hear about people with AS and autism having abnormal sensitivities to sounds (which I don't have much of, if any) but does anyone else besides me have have what I guess you'd call a 'favorite' sound or sounds?

Personally, I love the sound of a distorted Roland TB-303 Bass Line synthesizer. There's just something about it to me that's just so... I don't know... Badass? If you want to hear what I'm talking about, click here and play the first audio clip on the page, right below where it says 'Roland TB 303 Bassline - Quick Audio Comparison test'.

Seriously, I love that sound, especially when it's used in songs like Leave You Far Behind by Lunatic Calm and Confusion by New Order.

I also heavily associate the distorted TB-303 sound with cyberpunk, a favorite genre of mine.

So, what're your favorite sounds?

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31 Jan 2011, 11:57 pm

The sound of ocean surf.

Heavy rain.

Still, calm winter nights.

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01 Feb 2011, 12:10 am

I like the sound of a London Underground train. Not so much the new ones, more so the surface stock. I used to love the sound of an InterCity 125 when it left a station. I remember making my uncle wait at Reading station until it pulled off

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01 Feb 2011, 12:16 am

Heavy rain
Strong wind (as long as I am indoors)
A purring cat
A river or stream
A waterfall

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01 Feb 2011, 12:17 am

wavefreak58 wrote:

The sound of ocean surf.

Heavy rain.

Still, calm winter nights.

I happen to like those too.

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01 Feb 2011, 1:13 am

ocean waves
purring cats
trains
airplanes taking off
heavy rain

all those....

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01 Feb 2011, 2:21 am

Rain falling
The ocean
Crickets chirping
Electric fans
High heeled shoes on solid floors

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01 Feb 2011, 3:14 am

rain and light running water are two of my favorites. Oh! and IdahoRose's one just reminded me The sound of certain keyboards/typewriters.

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01 Feb 2011, 3:20 am

Zokk wrote:

Personally, I love the sound of a distorted Roland TB-303 Bass Line synthesizer. There's just something about it to me that's just so... I don't know... Badass? If you want to hear what I'm talking about, click here and play the first audio clip on the page, right below where it says 'Roland TB 303 Bassline - Quick Audio Comparison test'.

Seriously, I love that sound, especially when it's used in songs like Leave You Far Behind by Lunatic Calm and Confusion by New Order.

I also heavily associate the distorted TB-303 sound with cyberpunk, a favorite genre of mine.

It's a cool sound, though I don't much care for the long filter sweeps in the example you provided. I've never really heard of the term cyberpunk being used to describe music, I always figured it was just a sub-genre of science-fiction. Technically, the TB-303 sound is associated with acid house. Actually, that's an understatement; it is the acid house sound.

Personally, I like the DX7 bass synth sound paired with some analogue bass synth, such as a Prophet 5 or Jupiter 6.

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01 Feb 2011, 3:22 am

The sound of a heavy rainstorm

The sound of wind howling outside, not quite hard enough to rattle windowpanes

The sound of thunder

The 'shush' sound snow makes as it falls to the ground on very quiet winter nights

The sound of a violin or cello

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01 Feb 2011, 6:42 am

Most of the sounds I like are natural sounds. Rain, birdcalls in the bush, crickets and frogs in the grass, wind through trees, birds wings, pigeons cooing. I also like instrumental sounds, especially traditional percussive drumming such as lambeg, bodhran, taiko, dundun, djembe, etc. Of course, I appreciate the lack of sound - the silence so deep my ears aren't even ringing.

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01 Feb 2011, 7:00 am

Rain, especially rain on a rooftop.
Thunder
Wind
Waves
Electric guitar
Electric bass
Various genres of rock music
Electric fans
Cat's meow
12-bar blues
Music from: World of Warcraft, Morrowind, Mass Effect, Baldur's Gate - all of these are super nostalgic for me
Trans-Siberian Orchestra

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01 Feb 2011, 5:14 pm

Some radio voices
rain on a tin roof
cello and violin... string quartets
the sparrows in my backyard

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01 Feb 2011, 5:41 pm

Typing and other clicky computer noises.

Most buttons and switches.

Pills or water in plastic bottles.

Caps that twist on bottles.

Cartoonish sound effects (boom, boo, vroom, bombs, guns, shhhhoooom, whatever)

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01 Feb 2011, 5:44 pm

Sounds give me headaches but I have always liked the sound of metal on metam like swords clashing and hitting armor and such.

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01 Feb 2011, 5:49 pm

The sound of a drink being poured into a cup or glass.

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