Synth intros
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:20 pm

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i've got a soft spot for synth and synth like intros...such as "mind dependency" from blindspott, "poison" from Forever Now and many more, jus how they have a synth intro then head into heavy guitaring. My new stuff is based around this stuff....its fucken rad

RE: Synth intros
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:47 pm

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synth is the face of rock today, not many bands without them are making as an impact.

like jet were fukin shit at BDO. but kasabian went off!

RE: Synth intros
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:00 am

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Nobody does a Synth intro like Pink Floyd.

Case and Point: Shine on you Crazy Diamond

But yeah, the synth sound seems to be coming back due to this whole 80's retro thingie.

RE: Synth intros
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:31 am

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i hope they bring back those cheesy 80s synths shaped like guitars.

RE: Synth intros
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:48 pm

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They've been popping up quite a lot lately... more as a novely though.

"Keytar" they would call them

RE: Synth intros
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:14 pm

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A NZ called So So Modern use them quite a bit, and the band with "Peaches and the Herms" (which were at BDO) also use them.

RE: Synth intros
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:52 pm

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Hammond organs seem to be making a comeback (or maybe they didn't go away). The Mars Volta use one on most of their songs to great effect, I think like the synth intro it adds a whole new dimension to a song.

This message was edited by Sock_Puppet on Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:54 pm.

RE: Synth intros
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:13 pm

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Yeah Hammond organs are freakin cooooool. Deep Purple muthafukka!

The Rhodes keyboard is making a comeback too - due to people sampling the sound so much it's become an icon - now after decades of being a rare collectors item they're manufacturing them again, exactly the same way too.

RE: Synth intros
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:38 pm

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forever now - poison

RE: Synth intros
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:05 pm

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Personally I love synths though I do think they can bring the danger of aging something much quicker, I'm also a fan of getting synthy sounds out of a guitar at times.
For me the old b3 Hammond rocks even as a ghost track, kinda fattening out a wall of guitars and yeah rhodes pianos are cool too. I'd add to the list...
The Oberheim (sp?) heard on a ton of synth solos from Styx and Yes and a million prog imitators, not to mention used at times by Dream Theater.
The Mini Moog- Evil little bastard of a sound- just a full on square wave generator- Ditto for the Roland Juno

Piano, in my opinion few things set mood as a romantic inspired piano intro - the whole Muse does Rachmaninov thing really works for me..

Personally the continuum keyboard fascinates me no end... check out the intro to Dream Theater's 'Octivarium'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_%28instrument%29

RE: Synth intros
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:07 pm

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Jon Lord...

Old Keyboardist in Deep Purple. The only man cool enough to put an organ through a Marshall with distortian AND use a wah-wah pedal. Heavier than ANY guitaring back in the day.



Badass.

RE: Synth intros
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:58 pm

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mad.

RE: Synth intros
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:50 pm

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I realy need to get my hands on a synth. Any suggestions. My price range is $200-600, so it will have to be pretty entry level.

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