Haven’t you noticed that lately in urban music EVERYTHING is full of xylophones?
What’s up with so much xylophone in urban music?
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Top 10 best synthesizers in history
We’d all like to have a studio like this, wouldn’t we?
In this blog post i’m gonna talk…
…about some of the the most recognised synthesizers in history (not all of them fit, there are many and this is a humble top 10 ;P) the qualities that define them, what they were made for at the time and how they were differentiated at market level.
As I say, there are many great synths, so talking about the top 10 is a rather personal matter, and I say this because to document some of the properties of these synthesizers one of the sources I have resorted to are the forums of Hispasonic. com forums (highly recommended forum for any kind of musician), and some users were angry with a top 20 that was made in one of the threads because there were very emblematic synthesizers that were left out (if they were angry because some of them were missing in a top 20 with my top 10, I’m sure some of them are asking for a bonfire for me).
How to look forward to working as a music producer: a few tips
WHAT MAKES YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH THE KICK SOUND
Music must be understood down to the smallest detail, it is all about passion and requires millimetric precision. That’s why I thought that the best way to define music production for you is to analyse one of its most essential/fundamental components from a somewhat peculiar approach, why not say it, but that way it is more entertaining than explaining how a bass drum behaves in the frequency spectrum. A good metaphor I came up with to portray the importance of a good kick drum sound that turns a normal song into a killer track that drives you crazy was to define each part of its frequencies as a series of fundamental factors in making you totally fall in love with its sound.
THE BALLAD
Intro
As you can imagine if you’ve taken a stroll around here, I don’t have a strong preference when it comes to musical genres: I love working with music in general, and that’s why I arrange and produce both modern electronic genres and more classical or acoustic genres, because each music has its own characteristics that make it great.
In the case of the acoustic format, finding the right role for a wall piano sound in a mix, or placing a hammond organ well in the space, or making the overall sound have a warmth that makes it sound like it’s whispering guitar melodies in your ear, is an exciting challenge.
However, in the most electronic music, the mastery of bass frequencies, the pumping that each track needs to be hypnotic and drive the eardrum crazy, knowing how to control certain extremely aggressive compressions… is also very interesting. In this case we go to the other side of the scale, the side of subtlety, in which genres such as the ballad are situated.