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Why '80s Music Sounds So Weirdly Synthetic (And the Gear That Did It) | Comuniq (comuniq.xyz)
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That gated snare on "In the Air Tonight"? A studio accident. The DX7 that's on every power ballad? $200k worth of Fairlights nobody could afford. Here's the actual gear behind the '80s sound

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[–] jay2@beehaw.org 1 points 6 days ago

More than 99% of 80's music was sonic diarrhea. It just had the luxury of being spoon fed to the masses without much alternative. I'm literally embarrassed when I have to hear it.