Survey on Analog and Digital Synthesizers for a Bachelor Thesis

[zerocrossing]

Authenticity is irrelevant to the topic of making music, or any art. The opposite of authentic is fake, but what is fake music? Or a fake synthesizer? If it produces a sound via some electronic means, is it not real? There is no inauthentic or authentic in art. There is only the perception of the audience. Your thesis statement is garbage.

[KBSoundSmith]

I filled out the survey. But to the OP, I warn you that I have a very hard time seeing how you are going to get useful results from it.

First, there were technical problems with the survey itself where it wouldn't let me select the answers I wanted to give, so I had to choose "false" responses just to continue the survey and be done with it.

More importantly, the thesis is so poorly defined that in order to answer the question, responders have to supply their own definitions of what you mean by "authenticity." Your thesis needs to go through several more iterations and sharply define its terms and intentions in order to yield anything useful. For example, are we talking about the producer's perception of authenticity? The listener's perception of authenticity? A music critic's interpretation of authenticity? Is the authenticity about the artwork itself? Or is it about analog vs digital hardware? Or synthesizers vs acoustic instruments? These things actually aren't at all obvious. Nor is it obvious why you selected a handful of electronic dance music genres when the question asked is so broad that it can apply to many more genres that aren't all that different in practice.

Anyway, I hope that's helpful.

[MircoChromee]

I filled out the survey. But to the OP, I warn you that I have a very hard time seeing how you are going to get useful results from it.

First, there were technical problems with the survey itself where it wouldn't let me select the answers I wanted to give, so I had to choose "false" responses just to continue the survey and be done with it.

More importantly, the thesis is so poorly defined that in order to answer the question, responders have to supply their own definitions of what you mean by "authenticity." Your thesis needs to go through several more iterations and sharply define its terms and intentions in order to yield anything useful. For example, are we talking about the producer's perception of authenticity? The listener's perception of authenticity? A music critic's interpretation of authenticity? Is the authenticity about the artwork itself? Or is it about analog vs digital hardware? Or synthesizers vs acoustic instruments? These things actually aren't at all obvious. Nor is it obvious why you selected a handful of electronic dance music genres when the question asked is so broad that it can apply to many more genres that aren't all that different in practice.

Anyway, I hope that's helpful.

"Thank you for your feedback. The survey aims to capture subjective perceptions from producers, which is why the definition of 'authenticity' was intentionally left open. In the analysis, I will explore these different interpretations. I appreciate your insights on the methodology—thank you for your time!"