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The most abused term in edm... (pg. 3)
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| Halcyon+On+On |
Haha, "art"
Or "edm" - really, do people dance to this? |
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| evo8 |
| quote: | Originally posted by nefardec
futuristic or technologically advanced?
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hmmm, very annoying then when the music that this term is frequently applied to is neither of those things.... |
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| Lomeli |
| Haha, Rich! Epic is a good one. |
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| Guest |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
"Organic". It pisses me off when people think this refers to live instruments. Organic is not the antonym of synthetic. A saxophone is not an organism. It's a piece of metal. |
who creates the sound on the sax though
to me, organic means that the person made the sounds themselves as opposed to the total opposite which would be taking the sound from a sampled file on a computer. Live improv on a record is the pinnacle of the term organic. A piano solo or something else that was laid down, recorded, and not manipulated afterwards to much extent |
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| parafrNalia |
| quote: | Originally posted by Guest
who creates the sound on the sax though
to me, organic means that the person made the sounds themselves as opposed to the total opposite which would be taking the sound from a sampled file on a computer. Live improv on a record is the pinnacle of the term organic. A piano solo or something else that was laid down, recorded, and not manipulated afterwards to much extent |
Does a human not program a synthesizer? I mean, you may consider it different, but really... It is just another instrument. Just more advanced, without as much physicality by the programmer. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
Except that the purpose of a synthesizer is, in many ways, to synthesize the sound that a "real" instrument would make. It's obviously derivative of other tools and instruments, but don't get me wrong - I'm not denying its versatility in the least.
However, a live band/performance gives ample opportunity for the character of any given instrument to be granted interpretation by its player. Naturally, there can be notes and chords to a song, but how it's played by the bassist/guitarist/drummer, etc. can vary quite a bit. Programming all of your pieces to fit into their "correct" place in a song really kind of pales in comparison. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Except that the purpose of a synthesizer is, in many ways, to synthesize the sound that a "real" instrument would make. |
Perhaps in 1973. Synths are now simulacra, the classic example being the TB-303.
Call live, human playing or improv what it is: live, or improv. We don't call singing an "organic" sound even though it's probably the only common sound that comes from an actual fleshy organ. This "organic" adjective arises solely from a false dichotomy with "synthetic", which is both semantically incorrect and hopelessly redundant. |
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| iTranscendence |
1.techno
2.electronica
3.progressive |
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| parafrNalia |
| Oh yeah... minimal. |
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| Forever Delayed |
| quote: | Originally posted by parafrNalia
Oh yeah... minimal. |
+ 1000
Misused to the extreme by those of the unicorn chasing variety. |
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