Does synthesized music piss you off?

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05 Nov 2007, 8:04 pm

I just hate real MIDI'ish sounding stuff, ie. the ringtone or handheld game type stuff, when people make that stuff it drives me nuts. If its mudded down, filtered, and detuned to sound a lot more organic though its great because it reaches into corners that normal accoustic instruments just can't.

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06 Nov 2007, 2:20 am

I used to really hate electronic music (synths, turntable scratching, sampling, etc) when i was younger because i thought it didn't require a lot of talent or effort and much of it is ripped off. I have more respect for it now but i still prefer organic if i were to choose.

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06 Nov 2007, 4:09 am

The entire Bladerunner soundtrack is composed with synths and its 80's music...

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06 Nov 2007, 4:12 am

Tim_Tex wrote:

I LOVE synthesized music!

Same.

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06 Nov 2007, 1:26 pm

I have nothing against synthesized music, in fact I'm very fond of it. However, I hate when syntesized music is used to replace or imitate acoustical instruments. Synthesized sounds have their own beauty and should be treated that way.

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07 Nov 2007, 5:08 am

I love synth. I do not however like high pitched lead synth to mimick electric guitar. It just sounds too general midi. Something you would expect to hear in an early Sierra brand game like King's Quest or Quest for Glory 4.

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07 Nov 2007, 12:14 pm

I don't like keyboards, acoustic or electronic.

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13 Nov 2007, 4:19 pm

A band that I like a lot, recently used some techno "human voice" (best way I can describe them) sounds for a song on their newest album, which annoys me a lot. I like funk and acid-jazz, though, which uses synths in ways more to my liking. Ambient can be nice too. Techno throws subtlety out the window, so I just can't get into it - irritation is the best word to describe how I feel when I hear that. Ultimately, I'd rather hear real instruments, not synthetic ones. Even synthetic instruments are better than "voice" synth sounds, though.

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13 Nov 2007, 5:38 pm

"Synth music" is kind of a vague term.

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13 Nov 2007, 5:40 pm

Depends on how synths are used.

I use synth loops in my original work, and I love me some Daft Punk. I also like some new wave bands, where synths were used alongside the instruments.

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14 Nov 2007, 11:14 pm

Quote:

t depends. I quite like analog synth stuff (i.e., Kraftwerk, '80s pop), but digital samples never quite live up to live instruments.

The difference is that analog synthesizers usually don't try to be other instruments; they are synthesizers, with their own unique sound. Digital samplers (sometimes inaccurately called synthesizers) are used as (inferior-sounding) replacements for live instruments.

I'm with Steveopia and Nitro on this one...

synth music that tries to imitate acoustical instruments, yes, does suck, but when synthesizers are used to their full capability to creat sounds that simply aren't possible with any other instrument, they are awesome!

Check out the very FIRST synthesizer ever built...the Hammond Novachord. They pre-dated the Moogs by over 20 years! This site has some awesome MP3's of some Novachord music!

http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/nova/intro.htm

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