Often we see in product blurbs for compressors or EQs (for instance) some crowing that they do their thing in a "musical" way.
On my side, I have been wondering whether wavetable synths have ever been "musical" in whatever way intended above.
Most of the time wavetable synths sound like badly-adjusted hair clippers.
Are wavetable synths even "musical" at all?
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- KVRAF
- 8073 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35433 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
'The Right Adjectives for Algorithms' is my new favourite podcast.
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- addled muppet weed
- 111275 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
not when i use 'em.
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- KVRAF
- 18377 posts since 26 Jun, 2006 from San Francisco Bay Area
How are we going to contact all the people who grew up listening to hits made with the PPG Wave and its offspring and tell them they’ve not been listening to music?
Zerocrossing Media
4th Law of Robotics: When turning evil, display a red indicator light. ~[ ●_● ]~
4th Law of Robotics: When turning evil, display a red indicator light. ~[ ●_● ]~
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35433 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
We must publically identify wavetable designers now.zerocrossing wrote: Sun Sep 28, 2025 4:56 pm How are we going to contact all the people who grew up listening to hits made with the PPG Wave and its offspring and tell them they’ve not been listening to music?
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRAF
- 14129 posts since 20 Nov, 2003 from Lost and Spaced
This is true but you add filter and things and that buzz becomes magical.
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- KVRian
- 1115 posts since 6 Jul, 2009
I think people need to stop obsessing over the idea of gear sprinkling fairy dust onto their tracks and instead learn how to write a melody.
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- KVRAF
- 1791 posts since 17 Sep, 2002
Atonality, jazz, aleatorism, microtonality, maximalism, distorted guitar, analog synthesizers, rap, drum machines, turntablism, samplers, digital audio, and plugins have all been regarded as "unmusical" at some point.
Every single one of those same things has been used with great success by many people to make incredible music.
Every single one of those same things has been used with great success by many people to make incredible music.
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35433 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
false dichotomy. f**k melody. and 'beats'.KBSoundSmith wrote: Mon Sep 29, 2025 3:13 pm I think people need to stop obsessing over the idea of gear sprinkling fairy dust onto their tracks and instead learn how to write a melody.
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRAF
- 5444 posts since 15 Feb, 2020
I lost my heart in Cap de Creus
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35433 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
yay!
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRAF
- 14129 posts since 20 Nov, 2003 from Lost and Spaced
Define musical. One of my favorite songs is the Nynex remix of Dogzilla - Without You which uses telephone noises.