Help me find a Youtube video I saw a while back featuring a nerdy young man playing an amazing keyboard/synth setup.
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posted by MaryDellamorte
on Dec 29, 2012 -
10 answers
What is this song: slow, dreamy synth song with programmed drum beats that played, in the last year or so, over a commercial that I
believe featured a beach and was perhaps on MTV?
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posted by stresstwig
on Sep 22, 2012 -
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Can I use something besides the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth to play midi files in Windows?
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posted by amsterdam63
on Jan 19, 2012 -
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Random obscure record filter: Band was "The Delta *something*", 70s (synth?) cover album, abstract jacket.
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posted by solarion
on Nov 28, 2011 -
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I usually gig locally with a Moog Voyager as my primary synth, but the band is going on a small tour and — though I have a nice ATA case — I have some reservations about taking such an expensive piece of kit on an extended road trip. I have a Korg MS-2000 synth kicking around the house that I am thinking about touring with instead – it's lighter, smaller, and a million times more expendable. Trouble is, I'm having a bit of a hard time getting good, fat, Moog-like sounds out of it.
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posted by kaseijin
on Jun 17, 2011 -
6 answers
What VST, AU or semi-modern hardware synth is able to create the same types of curiously tuned space-age analog synth sounds as
this or
this?
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posted by eschatfische
on Apr 6, 2011 -
5 answers
I've recently started liking Jan Hammer's Miami Vice music, Genesis, stuff like that. Anybody doing that style today? Sans retro-irony?
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posted by circular
on Mar 12, 2011 -
12 answers
My girlfriend's son is in a band, and he wants to start adding synth/electronic stuff to his music. I personally some stuff, and could write some stuff up, but I'm looking for a really good basic overview of the technology (not necessarily too detailed, but if it got into details later, it would be ok, perhaps).
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posted by symbioid
on Jan 11, 2011 -
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i've been scouring the internet to find out what this particular (i think) midi controller is and i can't find it anywhere. besides the national i know spencer krug from wolf parade uses one as well, i saw him using it last month.
it's within the first few seconds of the song. thanks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6O6WEe3VI0
posted by hiddenknives
on Nov 20, 2010 -
2 answers
I want my computer to play a note for each key I press on the keyboard while typing homework/chats/etc. Hopefully, eventually I will be able to listen to the notes and tell what is being typed. Is there a program that will let me do this?
posted by rebent
on Nov 1, 2010 -
14 answers
i need a real/fake keytar/shoulder synth for a halloween costume party on saturday night. the cheapest one i can find is at guitar center for $1200. that's about $1150 over my budget. anyone have any ideas? already checked craiglist for chicagoland, which is where i am located.
posted by denaps
on Oct 28, 2010 -
11 answers
What's a good, inexpensive (>$200) digital keyboard/synthesizer for a low-intermediate level player? Used preferred.
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posted by matkline
on Aug 21, 2010 -
6 answers
Was the "shing" sound in
this logo animation created with a synthesizer? If so (or if it could have been done that way), how? I have the typical audio FX software installed and would like to know how to create a nice synthetic SHINGGGG! sound.
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posted by circular
on Jun 1, 2010 -
3 answers
Electric Day-Glo Acid Music? Looking for songs that invoke a feeling of hot pink and neon fantasia that isn't largely electronic (analog synth is oky. Moody is okay but upbeat preferred. Bonus points for songs that reference color in the lyrics.
posted by The Whelk
on May 6, 2010 -
36 answers
What are your favorite albums from the 70s or 80s that feature synthesizers or electric combo organs (think Farfisa or Vox)?
posted by MaryDellamorte
on Mar 19, 2010 -
17 answers
I am about to buy my long-desired Akai EWI4000s. The question is: where?
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posted by mkb
on Mar 12, 2010 -
7 answers
What Windows XP-compatible software is closest in feel and functionality to Garageband? Apple's music making package is one of the things I miss about my old Mac, but for now I am stuck with working on two PCs. The last AskMeFi question on this was
five years ago; I've tried Acid and Audacity and hate them both. Help me get my groove back!
posted by skylar
on Feb 20, 2010 -
4 answers
What are some of the best kits to build my first synthesizer? Specifically ones that come with nearly everything.
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posted by wcfields
on Feb 12, 2010 -
6 answers
Where to get a great collection of prime classic synth / industrial -- think classic Moog meets Wax Trax -- samples in WAV format? I've found the free samples I've googled online to be lacking, and I'm willing to buy a collection.
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posted by I EAT TAPAS
on Dec 6, 2009 -
1 answer
Soundtrackfilter: Please recommend to me mostly-instrumental, sometimes dark, contemplative soundtrack albums (or even compilations or regular albums) in the vein of Michael Andrews' work for
Donnie Darko or Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd's soundtrack for
Mysterious Skin.
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posted by Inspector.Gadget
on Sep 26, 2009 -
24 answers
I'm looking for funky jazz, with plenty of synth, an upbeat pace, and R&B influences, in the style of the mid 1980s to early 90s work of Chick Corea and Jeff Lorber. I've noticed this style tends to be copied in video game and movie soundtracks from that period, so recommendations for those types of music are welcome.
posted by matkline
on Sep 15, 2009 -
13 answers
Synthfilter: Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 giving me problems: keys not playing notes, but silicone contacts are clean and working. Looking to be directed to the right person/place/forum to ask or maybe someone here can help
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posted by Charlie Lesoine
on Aug 31, 2009 -
3 answers
What's
this synth sound called and how do I make it in Reason? The sound in question begins at :14.
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posted by neilkod
on Aug 12, 2009 -
13 answers
I've got a PC, and an EMU-49 key midi controller. I've also got an Audiophile 192 sound card with midi-in-out connections.
What I want to do is play some synths on the PC....
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posted by Thistledown
on Aug 2, 2009 -
14 answers
Is there a (hopefully free) Mac app that will let me draw (and listen to) a waveform? I just switched to a Mac 4 months ago, and I remember there being all sorts of little audio tools that did stuff like this, but now I need one that will allow me to simply draw a waveform.
Now, ideally I'd like to paste in graphical or vector shapes (photoshop or illustrator) and use those as the waveforms -this is really what I'm looking for - like a line to waveform ability. Would an oscilloscope-type software be more what I'm looking for, and would that allow me to "dial" between the drawn waveforms? Thanks!
posted by itchi23
on Jan 16, 2009 -
7 answers
SynthFilter: Help me find more information about this keyboard I saw in a pawn shop!
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posted by clcapps
on Oct 24, 2008 -
2 answers
I want to learn, from a teacher face-to-face, to use the various tools in an electronic (as in "dance," including hip-hop) music producer's arsenal. Do classes/lessons exist? How about in Chicago?
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posted by nitsuj
on Aug 28, 2008 -
5 answers
With the recent discovery of a trove of
Delia Derbyshire tracks, my interest in early synth and electronica has been reawakened. Help me find some good stuff.
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posted by oflinkey
on Jul 29, 2008 -
19 answers
HardwareSynthFilter: Is there a synthesizer available today, new, out there somewhere, that has poly-key pressure (like the Ensoniq VFX series had)?
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posted by bitterkitten
on May 27, 2008 -
4 answers
Is there any way to modify or use an external part to get an Alesis Micron to run on batteries?
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posted by Mali
on May 16, 2008 -
3 answers
