Analog Synths sound dated?

boo boo wrote: rogerthat wrote: cstack3 wrote:   Banks sensitive touch on the Mellotron was superior to nearly all of his contemporaries, and he also used a light touch on the synth.  I tend to overlook the occasional odd sounds that he obtained from the synth, and focus on the other keys.  Frankly, I don't know if it IS possible to have a "dated" keyboard sound in prog!  The work of Tangerine Dream remains very vital, and artists such as John Hawken of the Strawbs did amazing things with harpsichord, Minimoog etc.   Ditto, I prefer Banks's mellotron work or even piano work.  His synth stuff is also compositionally very interesting but I don't feel that I have to necessarily like the tones he uses to enjoy their music overall.  Yeah, Hawken's work for Strawbs is lovely.    Yeah Rutherford is a fantastic bassist. I also think people are too harsh on his gutiar work too. He's not in the same league of Hackett by any means whatsoever, but his style is so different it's stupid to compare IMO. He favours simple rhythm playing and atmospheric solos over flashy stuff which I think suited 80s Genesis just fine.    A good example is the ambient Pink Floyd-ish outro to Home by the Sea where he and Banks both create a really cool atmosphere together, and on the following track. Just because they went mainstream doesn't mean they forgot how to play.

The Novochord from the 1930's is amazing!

Just listen here


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Edited by Anirml - February 14 2011 at 18:26

Anthony H. wrote: If "dated" means "sex in my ears", then yes.

zravkapt wrote: Analog synths are nowhere near as dated as the digital synths that were popular in the 1980s.   Compare the synths on the first two National Health albums with the ones used on their only '80s album D.S. al Coda.

Edited by boo boo - February 17 2011 at 06:22

Who is they?

Edited by boo boo - February 18 2011 at 00:56

boo boo wrote: Who is they? Guitar was present in most mainstream 80s music that I can think of, sure a lot of music gave synths a more dominant role but the guitar was there.   It wasn't until the invention of electronica and hip hop that popular musicians (outside of jazz) seemed to ditch guitars entirely. And the later still uses guitar samples often.   Just about everything you can do with a guitar (without effects) has been done, I just find it stupid that people call synths dated when they have so much more f*cking potential than a 6 stringed piece of wood.

Fender Rhodes piano back in the '70's was a wonder!  I liked how Chick Corea used it in early RTF, check out their LP  "Where Have I Known You Before?" for a taste of some excellent Rhodes.  It also made a damn nice bass, as evidenced by The Doors and others.  I think John Paul Jones uses Fender Rhodes for some of the bass in the beginning of "Stairway to Heaven."  

boo boo wrote: The guitar is dated, lets ban it.

 

I think the Fender Rhodes sound is really dated-sounding. I like 80s synth sounds though.