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I'm a 19 y.o. musician/producer here in Chi-town who's been playing instruments of various types since the age of 5. One of the instruments I play is piano/keys and I use a Korg MicroKorg for my synth tones. I like my synth because it's just a synth and not a keyboard that plays synth live tones. For example, it doesn't play a cheap sounding, inferiorly recreated guitar tone. I play guitar as well, which is my main instrument, and I could never resort to using a "keyboard created guitar tone".
My argument is that synth tones that are just synth tones are hot. I love what Pharrell does with his synths. Sometimes the tones he uses are tongue in cheek. Sometimes they're appropriately honoring the classic Moog tones that you can hear on classic songs from the 60s and 70s. If you are looking for a guitar tone to make yer next "99 Problems" or "Get In My Car", look for a real guitarist or any live musician to lay down those trax. Most of my other producer friends who want guitar in their song, go to me for assistance. People have said that the guitar in their beat is what pushes their track over the edge. Gives it that "better" sound. I figure it's the fact they're using a real guitar and not a keyboard one.
Most of the music I create will have all the instruments played by me. Like the bass, guitar, keys, percussion, drum programming. There's times I can't play something well, like horn instruments, live drum kits, certain stringed instruments, or parts for instruments I can play but all would better suit another musician's touch. I also like to even throw in my favored field recordings, which are recordings made outside of sounds that we hear everyday. Because I live in an urban environment, I'm surrounded by so many great "tones" or "samples". Trains, cars, machines moving, people talking/laughing, along with others are things that I can incorporate into my songs to make them more original, interesting, cinematic, and realistic. If you listen to songs off of '2001', you'll hear what I'm talking about.
My argument is that synth tones that are just synth tones are hot. I love what Pharrell does with his synths. Sometimes the tones he uses are tongue in cheek. Sometimes they're appropriately honoring the classic Moog tones that you can hear on classic songs from the 60s and 70s. If you are looking for a guitar tone to make yer next "99 Problems" or "Get In My Car", look for a real guitarist or any live musician to lay down those trax. Most of my other producer friends who want guitar in their song, go to me for assistance. People have said that the guitar in their beat is what pushes their track over the edge. Gives it that "better" sound. I figure it's the fact they're using a real guitar and not a keyboard one.
Most of the music I create will have all the instruments played by me. Like the bass, guitar, keys, percussion, drum programming. There's times I can't play something well, like horn instruments, live drum kits, certain stringed instruments, or parts for instruments I can play but all would better suit another musician's touch. I also like to even throw in my favored field recordings, which are recordings made outside of sounds that we hear everyday. Because I live in an urban environment, I'm surrounded by so many great "tones" or "samples". Trains, cars, machines moving, people talking/laughing, along with others are things that I can incorporate into my songs to make them more original, interesting, cinematic, and realistic. If you listen to songs off of '2001', you'll hear what I'm talking about.
