Instuments you hate/hated.. change of mind?

[zeoy]

Thanx for the info bluedad!

[peejunk]

I can't stand Michael Bolton's voice, and am very glad nobody made a sample library of it.

[snooky]

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[Bunnyboy]

I can't stand Michael Bolton's voice, and am very glad nobody made a sample library of it.

No that would be excellent

get some destroy FX and LiveCut into it!!!

[Miro]

I went through a phase of disliking vocals in most of the songs I heard and lost myself
in vocal-less electronica for a couple of years.


Then I was introduced to Tom Waits....

[Bruce Bartlett]

When I was first exposed to mid-90s trance (Hardfloor and all Harthouse-y stuff) the 303-with-resonance-at-max sound drove me nuts. I've since come around...

[androidlove]

I can't stand the bagpipes.

hear it's a long way to the top by ac/dc

I never really liked the ... piano.

i use the piano for it's cheese value. for a while, piano was the only keyboard i had access too. when i finally got a synth, i forgot about the piano

accordion is great in ziedico

i used to dislike flute and trumpet, but now i dislike flute and trumpet

[Voidoid Surrealist]

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So you're saying you don't like the Crash Test Dummies?

[No name]

It may seem odd but I never really liked the ... piano. I think it's the most overrated instrument. I always had argued about it with other musos. I know that it has one of the highest polyphony among all instruments a very wide dynamic range and one can play everything on it but my main point is that is one of the less expressive instruments. I mean in how many ways a C3 (or any other note) on a piano can sound? The player has the least immediate contact with the sound source. He hits the key then a mechanical thing translates it and hit the strings. In all other instruments (brass-wind, strings, guitars, percussion etc.) the player's technique has an immediate effect on the timbre of the sound. In fact he's in physical contact with the source but with piano there is a whole "interface" device which is very restrictive IMHO.

Now shoot me

Piano isn't expressive? I'm completely blown away by this statement as i've always felt the contrary. The piano is the most expressive to me. When you hear "moonlight sonata," and it starts out soft but then the keys are hit harder. It just gives such an emotional effect.

[No name]

I have yet to see a physical modelling of almost all instruments but the piano so far. NO sample library has ever recorded a piano sample library that sounds like the original piano. I see why you find it cheesy though, almost all sample libraries with a piano sound thin and "the same." A real piano is a far cry from the samples though when you play it yourself. For some reason sampled pianos have a tendency to come out thin.

[zeoy]

I don't find it cheesy and I am not judging based on sound libraries. All I am saying is that the only parameter that affects the sound (except for pedals) is velocity. In classical guitar for example you can alter the velocity, vibrato play close to bridge or neck, apoyando-tirando, harmonics, artificial harmonics, flamenco type strums, trills and the list goes on. The polyphony and dynamic range is very limited compared to a piano but the list of articulations is endless. And if piano sample libraries sound unreal tell me what you think about guitar libraries or brass libraries. They seem like a joke compared to a good piano library.

[Tronam]

While I don't truly hate any instrument, I will say that I've always found the fretless bass to be a rather whiney and annoying one in most circumstances. Definitely one of my least favorites. Speaking of wimpy instruments, jazz guitar also makes my list. Rarely have I seen a genre of music completely suck the life out of the electric guitar more than jazz. At every jazz ensemble or concert I've attended, all of the other instruments have bite, personality and can really grab your attention if necessary... then the jazz guitarist steps forward to rip things up... <yawn>

-Tronam

PS: Piano libraries utterly *pale* in comparison to the real thing (which is a huge and longstanding disappointment to me ). I'd take my little console upright over a sampled Bosendorfer Imperial Grand any day of the week.

[Ephemera]

Gotan Project do rock, as for instruments I dislike I would have to say the bagpipe's. I just hate that drone, its all I can hear!

That said a m8 of mine plays the Irish Pipes (no drone) and I have spent a few afternoons in pubs listening to him play.

Maybe beer makes bad sound good? I feel an experiment coming on.

[spacefox]

Speaking of wimpy instruments, jazz guitar also makes my list. Rarely have I seen a genre of music completely suck the life out of the electric guitar more than jazz. At every jazz ensemble or concert I've attended, all of the other instruments have bite, personality and can really grab your attention if necessary... then the jazz guitarist steps forward to rip things up... <yawn>

I've seen Erik Truffaz perform, and his guitarist simply kicked ass.

[Tronam]

Speaking of wimpy instruments, jazz guitar also makes my list. Rarely have I seen a genre of music completely suck the life out of the electric guitar more than jazz. At every jazz ensemble or concert I've attended, all of the other instruments have bite, personality and can really grab your attention if necessary... then the jazz guitarist steps forward to rip things up... <yawn>

I've seen Erik Truffaz perform, and his guitarist simply kicked ass.

That would definitely be cool to hear! The guitar is such an expressive instrument and I'd love to see someone really bring that out in a jazz context. Most of my experiences with more traditional jazz guitar performances have been pretty bland.

-Tronam