Jason Stanfield Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 OK, keyboard manufacturers, time for a word. I'm soon in the market for a high-end synth, and I've been watching videos and listening to MP3s all day, and I have to say that all your synths sound great. Your young, hip programmers and product specialists are ninjas with dance music, no doubt ... But not all of us are producing hip hop, jungle, dubstep, or whatever the kids are listening to these days. We're covering music from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, and would like to know that all those vintage sounds are something we can get with your gear. I want to hear squeaks and squawks and screams and bleeps and blurps and farts and bubbles and warbling pads and klangs and scrapes ... anything you'd hear in a transition piece in a space rock album from the late 60s, or in the incidental music from an old episode of Doctor Who. I know it's too late for the stuff that's out now, but odds are you've got new stuff on the drawing board, so when you prep your demos, throw us vintage guys a bone. Jason Stanfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Doctor Who. Oh that brings back some memories! It's good to see other people appreciate synthesizer pops and bangs as much as I do. [video:youtube] When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABECK Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Great fun! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OWMGAiaNeQ (Seriously, help me remember how to embed a video. I tried using the code below, but no luck.) -OWMGAiaNeQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Benhamou Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Great fun! (Seriously, help me remember how to embed a video. I tried using the code below, but no luck.) -OWMGAiaNeQ you want it to look like this: [video:youtube]www.yourlinkhere.com Ian Benhamou Keyboards/Guitar/Vocals [url:https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheMusicalBox/]The Musical Box[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 The easiest way is to click "Reply" at the bottom of someone's post and use the video embed button on that page, instead of using the Quick Reply at the bottom of the thread. "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABECK Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 O.k. - let's try this again. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OWMGAiaNeQ Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzzz Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Doctor Who. Oh that brings back some memories! It's good to see other people appreciate synthesizer pops and bangs as much as I do. [video:youtube] I much prefer the original, give some props to Delia Derbyshire: http://delia-derbyshire.dyndns.org/images/delia_derbyshire.jpg [video:youtube] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundown Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 But not all of us are producing hip hop, jungle, dubstep, or whatever the kids are listening to these days. The problem goes beyond demo videos... While I try as much as possible to rely on my own sounds (or at least heavily tweaked presets), the presets on modern synths are useless for the most part. It's like the equivalent of the Loudness War for synths: If it doesn't sound fuller, fatter, louder, or more edgy than the synth sitting next to it, manufacturers are afraid it won't sell. What's in the demos often reflects what is in the preset banks, which is where the problem starts. Sundown Working on: The Jupiter Bluff; Driven Away Main axes: Kawai MP11 and Kurz PC361 DAW Platform: Cubase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Verelst Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I like the "alien talk" in the Dave Smith demo videos. Loudness is a relative subject, unless your keyboard amp has the power to be dangerous at the used distance, OR you mean a "good" loud sound. The latter is indeed a problem I can relate to, the former is supposed to be a bit alleviated as a problem by limiting the mid-range "blare" sounds most dangerous and a keeping in mind of speaker properties, Modern synths IMO are not so neutral in these respect as they might be so I second to motion to discuss the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorSilver Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I'm soon in the market for a high-end synth, and I've been watching videos and listening to MP3s all day,-... I want to hear squeaks and squawks and screams and bleeps and blurps and farts and bubbles and warbling pads and klangs and scrapes ... I spent a little time a while back trying to do that with my Korg M3, and wasn't quite able to get the bleeps/bloops/etc. that I more easily got out of my Voyager or Nord Modular G2X. I think I would have had to dig more deeply into the Radias engine on the M3 to get closer. But I'm not a professional demo-er Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Great fun! (Seriously, help me remember how to embed a video. I tried using the code below, but no luck.) -OWMGAiaNeQ you want it to look like this: [video:youtube]www.yourlinkhere.com This only works if it's a true YouTube video; if it's the shortened YouTube URL (http://youtu.be... for example), it won't work. If you're uncertain, it's best to use the Full Reply Screen like Joe suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I like the "alien talk" in the Dave Smith demo videos. ....nah, too easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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