Car Alarms are the New Synth

tpantano · Post by **tpantano** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 12:28 am

I meant to post this a while ago, but it seems that the artist Skrillex has used a CAR ALARM in one of his songs.

0:52 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpS7nCweYZI

It may be a synth, but regardless of wether or not it's a sample, it's annoying as hell XD

Thoughts?

DaniH · Post by **DaniH** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 5:50 am

Ehh.....I'm tired of dubstep right now. I cannot stand it anymore. It's like a long brooding DnB breakdown that will not pick back up. I like the MK samples though.

Aciphecs · Post by **Aciphecs** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:46 am

DaniH wrote:Ehh.....I'm tired of dubstep right now. I cannot stand it anymore. It's like a long brooding DnB breakdown that will not pick back up. I like the MK samples though.

+1 well put

ozy · Post by **ozy** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:15 am

the car alarm is not the bigger problem in that song

all sounds are equally ugly, and perfectly match each other in uglyness.

the ill-recorder snare nicely complements the TWO meager vocal gurgle samples

Listen, man: forget what I posted yesterday about producing song: if this is what you feed your ears with,

you'll never get around to mixing a song.

Ugliness feeds ugliness

tpantano · Post by **tpantano** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:26 pm

don't worry ozy, even my 'bass player' brain can realize how utterly terrible this song is

DaniH · Post by **DaniH** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:34 am

I should say I still love "dubstyle" though.

tpantano · Post by **tpantano** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:05 am

DaniH wrote:I should say I still love "dubstyle" though.

If that means hardstyle dubstep... must be intense o.o

DaniH · Post by **DaniH** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:56 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87e2bO0lD8g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8BPSlOmC-4

Aciphecs · Post by **Aciphecs** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 1:58 pm

DaniH wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87e2bO0lD8g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8BPSlOmC-4

That's more like it! That Pavelow track is pretty good, could go without the vocal samples though "I want more" "how are you"

dayuri · Post by **dayuri** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:34 pm

Haven't fire alarms and emergency sirens been in techno since the 90s? I was in a Beijing club the other day and people were dancing to what sounded like a police siren, it was pretty hilarious.

tpantano · Post by **tpantano** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:35 pm

dayuri wrote:Haven't fire alarms and emergency sirens been in techno since the 90s? I was in a Beijing club the other day and people were dancing to what sounded like a police siren, it was pretty hilarious.

Long sirens? Yes. Air horns? Yes. Car alarms? Apparently now.

DaniH · Post by **DaniH** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:12 pm

I say "f*ck it", if you can make a sound into something better by adding it to a song go for it. A large part of electronic music is using any sound though.

neotechtonics · Post by **neotechtonics** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:50 am

I'm an industrial robotics programmer and I've always wanted to sample the sound of robot's servo motors at full tilt.. such an awesome sound RRRWEEEEEWWRRRR---WOR-WOR--RWEEEEEEEEEERRRR (my onomatopaeic attempts really dont do it any justice)

... sounds of industry = GREAT for sampling... the low rumble of massive transformers, servo motors screaming, pneumatics hissing, MIG welders crackling... maybe on the next site job i'll take my Zoom Q3 with and get some good samples

Usually i have to explain my job to people.. but you're a smart bunch.. If you are curious as to what i'm going on about i'm sure you can find plenty videos on youtube just search for "industrial robotics"

and yes, that chemical brothers video (cant remember song title) where that factory worker is being chased by robots... I fully identify with what that guy is going thru hahaha

dayuri · Post by **dayuri** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:33 am

Cool job punpkomg.

There were some guys who made an album just out of cosmetic surgery sound samples (saws, drills...splatter?) which actually sounded pretty cool, despite the disturbing source material.