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Originally Posted by hypertonic
I think that there is a bit of info on this either on the Moog documentary (good), or the Moogfest video (not as good)
The analog synth is a beast of an instrument, and did take some tempering to be sure. Perhaps why early synth music sounds a bit unbearable. I'm sure it was very very strange at the time, epecially for the artists, musicians, and general sound explorers. People were literally scared of them. Neat!
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The thing is, there's a pretty large difference between the sort of majesty that Oskar Sala did and the novelty synthesiser shite that this thread's about. I'm not saying early synths didn't scare the bejeebus out of people, but I'm confident it wasn't Wendy/ Walter. I mean, there's the Doctor Who theme, and there's a Bach fugue rendered appallingly, and ne'er the twain shall meet.