What's Your Favourite Sound?

[Joyrex]

Is there a particular instrument or sound in songs that appeals to you? I was thinking about this recently, looking at some of the songs I really like and why I like them, and I noticed that a lot of them have a particular synth sound in them, and despite the variations, they all seem to appeal to me sonically and I end up liking those songs that have that sound in them more than others.

 

In my case, (and forgive me if I am mistaken) it's songs that have some variation of the Rhodes Synthesizers in them - or at least a similar sound - whether used for the bassline, a droning tone in the background, etc.

 

What's your favourite sound?

[Squee]

Rain

 

EDIT: Wait, I thought you meant any kind of sound. Nevermind then.

 

EDIT2: I changed my mind: a cello or a double bass.

[Guest]

i like laser sounds and flange

 

a long 808 kick still always makes me happy too and now while i think of it, the 808 cowbell!

 

also partial to a bit of choir too

before wisp released his stuff on rephlex, there was a really cool preview on youtube that was like choir;s and medievil breaks buti never heard anything like on his album or ep. cant find that now on YT. always wondered what it was and where it went

[mcbpete]

PWM square waves. Like the opening of this:

 

[Ifeelspace]

BOC synth primarily, whatever it is they use and drumming like in Plaid's Headspin

[Adieu]

a really nice breakbeat or a really well designed synth patch. or the sound of a woman crying out during sex. Probably a 3 way tie.

[Dale]

some electric piano tones can be pleasing to the ears - especially from old analog electric pianos

[Joyrex]

BOC synth primarily, whatever it is they use and drumming like in Plaid's Headspin

BOC primarily use the SH-101 for their trademark sound, AFAIK

[Bordie]

High piano sounds or violins mixed with pop music, kinda like what that Sterling chick or whatever does. Only I wish there was something better than her stuff

[Guest]

the *zap* sound from "Home Computer" by Kraftwerk appeals to me greatly. Whenever I hear a variation from that, I just

 

Soft bloopy and droopy sounds based on bells in ambient and fieldrecordings stuff.

 

For techno I fall in love with ethereal, full, rich, warm and lush pads and stabs. think model 500 - neptune, transllusion - do you want to get down & the other people place - lifestyles of the casual to name a few.

 

also phat bass ringing kicks like that one in autechre - deco loc is

 

also dig 909 hats when i dance and phat booming bass burning its way into my pineal temple

 

-edit- grammar & complimenting mcbpete on his sound. that sound does so much for me. that whole track too. just love the whole atmosphere of it :dreamy: :grazy: :hazy:

[hoggy]

I don't mean this sarcastically - I like different sounds and weird sounds

[Uzohvezxfn]

Coffee maker, timestretched.

[Guest A/D]

downward-sliding sine bass waves are pretty sweet

[Joyrex]

I don't mean this sarcastically - I like different sounds and weird sounds

Yeah, but what kind of different sounds - any examples?

[Guest]

a good bassey wet fart is always a good listen too

[Danny O Flannagin]

Wind Chimes

 

lush pads

 

thom yorke's voice

[Nebraska]

i like the sound of a very heavy stone falling into a deep body of water. it makes a "blop" sound. love it.

flowing water- preferably a stream or water flowing down a cobblestone road

live electricity sparking- especially after a fuse or generator blows up

crickets at night and the occasional owl hooting

logs crackling from a really hot fire. the fire alone has this brooding sound, then the logs crack and it sounds like thunder

[beerwolf]

 

There's other sounds but as I don't make choons its a bit difficult to explain lol.

[Braintree]

That springy doorstop thing.

The sound that happens when you scrape your fingernail across a holographic card.

Orgasms.

Synthesized baritone voices.

When water sloshes around in a metal container.

Hydraulic motors.

Typewriters.

[chim]

detuned synths washed in reverb

 

LinnDrum snare

 

everything about the 808

 

wonky as shit synth leads

 

gongs, bells, the longer the better

 

strings played col legno

 

wide wobbles with a lot of low end

 

housey organ stabs

 

1/16 delay settings

 

those blips and alarm noises you hear in a lot of dub-influenced music

 

harmonic accents in general

 

percussion and SHAKERS! all kinds, every kind, tambourines, fuckit, throw em all in there

 

synth choirs

[Guest]

Substractive synth pads in lush verb with a long decay.

Subtle, bassy, slidey, rubbery 303 lines.

Dual bass drum sequences with a low/mid kick with a short decay and an 808 boomy kick with a long decay.

[xox]

mika vainio's snare

[auxien]

Human choirs of the Gregorian style.

 

The Killzone kill chirp.

 

Crickets/insects/frogs at night.

 

The bloop.

[th555]

PWM square no doubt.

[Guest M360]

Drones

Rhythmic drumming

Well-programmed drumming