gmanyo Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 What are the worst synth lines from songs you've heard? Bonus points for synth parts that are famous or influential, that quite possibly inspired more terrible shit. For me, the pinnacle of this is Van Halen's Jump. Melodically and harmonically boring, and a really cheesy sounding patch. And the worst part is how much it inspired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Controversial choice, but the synth on this has always been like fingernails down a chalkboard to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1-sXrdQtog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Obviously. Though we all probably secretly love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 ^ though it is starting to grow on me a bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I totally forgot about those trumpets. Those are the wrong trumpets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Casio trumpets are the new hoovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanyo Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 holy shit those trumpets Casio trumpets are the new hoovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th555 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Controversial choice, but the synth on this has always been like fingernails down a chalkboard to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1-sXrdQtog I love that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ooze Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 yeah fucking shoot me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Controversial choice, but the synth on this has always been like fingernails down a chalkboard to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1-sXrdQtog I love that! +1 for McCartney and goddamn I can't even say why but it's been true for over 30 years now since I've hated it since childhood. The song itself is a tub of shite so that could be why. They're self-referential. That's the beauty of the synth bit. I hated the song too, now I love it after realizing the batshit breakdown at 2:42 is the musical summary of the entire non-thought that went into this Christmas tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 hard to pick something bad, but here's the best use of a lame synth: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 What are the worst synth lines from songs you've heard? Bonus points for synth parts that are famous or influential, that quite possibly inspired more terrible shit. For me, the pinnacle of this is Van Halen's Jump. Melodically and harmonically boring, and a really cheesy sounding patch. And the worst part is how much it inspired. Love this... people thought Eddie was out of tune but later techs figured out that the synth was playing back at 48.1, not 44.1 as it was rehearsed. http://youtu.be/iZI9YNIB2YI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Controversial choice, but the synth on this has always been like fingernails down a chalkboard to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1-sXrdQtog I thought I was the only one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 It's the worst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 damn, you guys are harsh (i fucking love that Cars song) let's have some real bad ones most of the song is amazing, but what the fuck is going on at 3:40 onwards? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYbgWs7KFlc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterE Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Love this... people thought Eddie was out of tune but later techs figured out that the synth was playing back at 48.1, not 44.1 as it was rehearsed. http://youtu.be/iZI9YNIB2YI the article you linked mostly comes to the conclusion that eddies guitar was out of tune, only one guy thought it was the synth, the other two and the authors all decided it was the guitar. i'm thinking it was the guitar because the vocals and synth seem to match ok, the guitar seems like the oddball. plus, i think it'd be pretty unlikely to have something loaded into a protools session or whatever they were using, with only that one file using an incorrect sample rate, and not being converted to the proper rate automatically or at least alerting someone to the fact that the sample rate didn't match up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanyo Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 damn, you guys are harsh (i fucking love that Cars song) let's have some real bad ones most of the song is amazing, but what the fuck is going on at 3:40 onwards? I think he was saying that they used a shit synth patch but did it well. I get the feeling that half of Depeche Mode was taking the piss half time. "Just Can't Get Enough" sounds great to me, mainly because of how shit it sounds. The synth solo in this at 3:23 is one of the most famous synth solos ever and it's honestly terrible. I'm pretty sure he did it in one take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 The synth solo in this at 3:23 is one of the most famous synth solos ever and it's honestly terrible. I'm pretty sure he did it in one take. DISAGREE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanyo Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Update to my last post: Wikipedia confirms that it was, in fact, recorded in one take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Love this... people thought Eddie was out of tune but later techs figured out that the synth was playing back at 48.1, not 44.1 as it was rehearsed. http://youtu.be/iZI9YNIB2YI the article you linked mostly comes to the conclusion that eddies guitar was out of tune, only one guy thought it was the synth, the other two and the authors all decided it was the guitar. i'm thinking it was the guitar because the vocals and synth seem to match ok, the guitar seems like the oddball. plus, i think it'd be pretty unlikely to have something loaded into a protools session or whatever they were using, with only that one file using an incorrect sample rate, and not being converted to the proper rate automatically or at least alerting someone to the fact that the sample rate didn't match up I think you're on to something, my ears agree with your conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewps Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Ah! maybe this is the place to post this..! I'm trying to find music similar to the first 30 seconds of this MDE video.. not having much luck. and to keep with the spirit of the thread here's an awful synth mess I found in another thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berk Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Those are the wrong trumpets. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iococoi Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 ..this is a particularly awful remix by the extraordinarily awful remixer ben liebrand..watch out for those fu(n)kky organ sound @ 1:15..barf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 The synth that comes in during the chorus of 'Gin & Juice': Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beholdapalehorse Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 damn, you guys are harsh (i fucking love that Cars song) let's have some real bad ones most of the song is amazing, but what the fuck is going on at 3:40 onwards? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYbgWs7KFlc fucking lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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