Soundshock 2: FM Funk Terror!

[GeorgeHayduke]

That reminds me a lot of YMO:

[lysander]

Honestly I just don't get these.
I listened to the first 6 and to me they all sound at best like the background music of an atari ST game like RailRoad tycoon, at worst like some midi transcription of a tune played with general midi on a Soundblaster.
A bit harsh I know but it seems like there is zero production effort on these tunes ??

[boon]

i don't like any of that soundshock stuff. sounds pretty awful/cheesy to me.

jega did a lot more interesting stuff with FM synths (DX7's) 10+ years ago. .. not to mention squarepusher or the Tuss

[foodeater]

Originally Posted by lysander

Honestly I just don't get these.
I listened to the first 6 and to me they all sound at best like the background music of an atari ST game like RailRoad tycoon, at worst like some midi transcription of a tune played with general midi on a Soundblaster.
A bit harsh I know but it seems like there is zero production effort on these tunes ??

I think video game sound tracks and the sounds can be interesting, but I don't think there is much to be done nowadays without mixing them with other timbres.







I just heard this a few days ago and the intro is really great. Reminds me of actress or something.

[lysander]

Oh yeah video game music can be great I recently really liked the super meat boy soundtrack