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Is it me, or do a lot of IDM albums sound a bit too similar sound-design wise these days? Maybe it's all those super complex plugins everybody is into, but I remember the days where sounds were really fresh and it was harder to define that "typical sound" or a lot of albums with the same overal sound in the electronic music world. It's hard to explain what those sounds are....just those glitchy DSP-driven farting sounds that kinda whizz about. Or something. |
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*but I remember the days where sounds were really fresh and it was harder to define that "typical sound" or find two IDM albums from different artists with similar sounds being utilized. Sorry I can't construct sentences today. |
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hey! look! itsnt that the guy that only likes music if its produced in a certain way? |
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wtf? That thread had an entirely different purpose to what you understood. Sorry. I don't care how it's produced-I was making the point that if a computer simply spits the music out and there is little artistic involvment other then a few equations, that bothers me. Overall, I couldn't care less how it is produced-I listen to people who make albums on the fly, completely improvised, and others who plan it all out intricately. It's all good. |
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Yep , i agreism , much of it sounds the sameism. |
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I like music that reveals the composer's personality, like that guy who does the Toy Story theme! |
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I don't get why though. With the amount of synthesizers and harware, as well as software out there, you'd expect more variety. I mean, I also listen to a alot of dark ambient stuff, and that has a lot more variation soundwise overall (even though it's electronic music like IDM.) |
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We need to stop trying to put this music under an umbrella. |
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Well, I don't like putting music into catagories either, I think it's idiotic. But it's the easiest way to get my point across. |
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maybe that is the point |
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Ok then-the typical stuff you hear on Planet Mu, Rephlex, Skam, Warp etc. |
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R n B!!! |
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absolutely |
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hey here's an idea. go make something totally new and innovative yourselfe instead of bitching about it. |
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Computer aided music does not have to sound "glitch". "Glitch" is usually a result of someone using software/hardware which they don't fully understand. Trial and error can sound really good. But as far as algorithmic composing goes, you can invest just as much time into your music as any other "real" musician does, and achieve ultimately beautiful resuts with computer aided music. |
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electronic music progresses through a ripple effect. aphex drops a new lp with a big splash, and the waves get smaller and smaller and more and more predictable as time goes on. |
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"hey here's an idea. go make something totally new and innovative yourselfe instead of bitching about it. " Here's an idea: learn that YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE BETTER AT SOMETHING to CRITICIZE OR GIVE YOUR OPINION on it. How about we all fucking just say everything is amazing, because we can't do better!? "Oh, I love that shit picture of a pot of flowers, even thought it's completely unoriginal, because I couldn't paint better myself!" |
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I think the smell of my own shit is better than some music. Namely, music by John "The Cougar" Mellancamp, and Rod "The Puckered Asshole" Stewart |
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ANALORD!!! |
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donkey yellow tree. |
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whats an IDM album? |
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I blame the Buffer Override. |
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lol!! That's an plugin I've heard fucking everywhere! Mind you, I'm no better...ever since I got buffer override I've been addicted to it. It's toooooooo easy. :) |
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I agree with the sameness factor. I dont think it is 100% common but it does happen quite frequently. happy cycling. well put. |
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Perhaps people should stop masturbating over plugins and start using pan pipes and stuff. |
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I don't totally agree with the vibe you're giving off (maybe I'm reading too much into it), but yeah, there's definitely artists out there that don't really have any pizazz or spark, but they sure do know how to conjure some very technically sound music out of their laptop. But I don't think it's a widespread problem, this creative doldrums criticism has been around in every genre as much as music itself has... there's plenty of good stuff out there. When you say ''a lot of IDM albums'', I definitely have to agree with that, but on the other hand, that lot is really pretty negligible. |
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Yeah. I didn't mean to come across as too negative, and I'm full aware there is a lot of highly original stuff. But I was talking sepecifically about sound design, and how it is surprising that a lot of sounds are similar in lots of albums, especially considering the technology available. |
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