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Interesting, because one of my pet peeves from going to early 90s gigs was hearing those tinny (to my ears) approximations of acoustic pianos etc. I would have
by tbossanova 4y ago
Interesting, because one of my pet peeves from going to early 90s gigs was hearing those tinny (to my ears) approximations of acoustic pianos etc. I would have much rather had a freaky synth sound than that! Of course later on, people started using the overly-clean fake piano sound to artistic effect, so I eventually came around to liking it in context.
- dietrichepp 4y agoThere's a Brian Eno quote from A Year with Swollen Appendices that people always pull out in these conversations: > Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. Same reason why we see new video games that look they belong on the original PlayStation. The real sell to me is flexibility. The synths sound cool, but I'm only going to bring one instrument. Romplers support a diversity of styles of music and roles in the band.
- ushakov 4y agoi actually like that a synth is one instrument only i absolutely get distracted by DAWs
- musicale 4y ago> people started using the overly-clean fake piano sound to artistic effect, so I eventually came around to liking it in context. Funny how that works - something that fails in its original purpose turns out to be great for something else. DX7 synth piano and M1 sampled piano are classics and the "dance piano" lives to this day. FM piano/rhodes sounds (and DX7 presets) also fueled 80s ballads. Roland TR-808, 909 and TB-303 were picked up from bargain bins, fueled entire new genres of music, and turned into classics for the ages.