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Hello,

any ugly sounds that you just can't stand?

I hate that "fake harmonica" sound from the 80s, but I don't know from which rompler/sampler it might be coming from. You know, that ultra-plastic uber-80s harmonica sound, I think it's famously used in "What's Love Got To Do With It" and some song from Elton John (maybe Nikita, well I don't know right now). There's a song right now on IFM2, CHAKA KHAN - "I Feel For You (Remix)", and it also has this sound in it.

Whenever I hear that sound, I start getting a self-rotating stomach  hmm
I think I only once heard a cool freestylish track that used this sound to a not-annoying degree.

What instrument is that sound from?
And what do you think are ugly sounds?

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I'm pretty sure the harmonica you're referring to came from a DX-7, and I HATE that sound as well.

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I also think the digital "noise" waveforms in the ESQ-1 are quite nasty.  They remind me of circuit-bent toys (which I'm also not a fan of).

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fucking fairlight
http://www.ghservices.com/gregh/fairlig … /orch5.wav

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always had a bad feeling for dog barks, samba whistle and general midi FX in general

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I hate that dubstep bass with quantized filter sweeps that double up.

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tek! wrote:

fucking fairlight
http://www.ghservices.com/gregh/fairlig … /orch5.wav

WOOOT!!!!! you need to go get your ears checked!!!  lol

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Erroraudio wrote:
tek! wrote:

fucking fairlight
http://www.ghservices.com/gregh/fairlig … /orch5.wav

WOOOT!!!!! you need to go get your ears checked!!!  lol

I LOOOOVE Orch5

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Auto-tune,  hate it with a passion. Especially now that Every pop track has it

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teknob wrote:

Auto-tune,  hate it with a passion. Especially now that Every pop track has it

Yeah, it's a real mess now. Even rock bands use it nowadays...

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ZeHa wrote:

Hello,

I hate that "fake harmonica" sound from the 80s, but I don't know from which rompler/sampler it might be coming from. You know, that ultra-plastic uber-80s harmonica sound, I think it's famously used in "What's Love Got To Do With It" and some song from Elton John (maybe Nikita, well I don't know right now). There's a song right now on IFM2, CHAKA KHAN - "I Feel For You (Remix)", and it also has this sound in it.

What instrument is that sound from?
And what do you think are ugly sounds?

had to check my dx7 presets, and yes it's there. called "Harmonica"

i hate ear popping eq that they use on pop song female vocals nowdays.

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ronin wrote:

always had a bad feeling for dog barks, samba whistle and general midi FX in general

Dog barks don't bug me, but it doesn't come up all that often.  Cat Stevens, Was Dog Donut is super cool though.  Samba whistles, could take 'em or leave 'em.

Can't fucking stand general midi horns of any kind.  Unacceptable.

For the most part I don't like the saxophone - fake or real.  Kenny G ruined it for me I guess.

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The Roland sounds of the MC303 and JV series.  The JV has some good sounds in but the analogue emulations are usually grating to my ears, and they're usually plastered with cheesey phasers or something.

The Evolver.  Features-wise it's a beast but I didn't like the sound.  Glassy digital with some bland analogue strapped to it.  Overly stereo.  Nasty overdrive.  Twanging delays.  I got some good drones out of it but why does my EX8000 sound so much nicer?

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i would say a sound ( all alone ) cant sound ugly ...its all about context

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The Roland Alpha Juno Hoover sound.

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pianos in house music.

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I cant stand those glitch sounds used a lot in IDM and dubstep..

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtxWlTIWRHo[/youtube]
Fairlight dog bark samples are classic, but this shit is going too far.  yikes

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVx_PCEQB0M[/youtube]

always loved the harmonica playing in this track

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