Is Synthpop Dead?

[MiscGenius]

guess this will never get answered
can a genre really die or just get sleepy

[MaxwellNeon]

Nothing so poignantly displays the death of synthpop like a good old analog crapping out.

Juno 106 voice just gave out. I love analog but sometimes it seems like it's not worth the trouble as they're so unreliable compared to softsynths or digital.

[brand new day]

Originally Posted by Vicky

I can not believe that this site is still online.

http://www.spn.nu/

Weird, this has not been updated in 7 years or more.

Yeah, I remember when I first got real involved on the internet in 2002 with EuroVision, I tried to contact whoever ran this site above to add us, and never got a response. Nor have I seen any updates or changes to it since.

Joe

[brand new day]

Originally Posted by MaxwellNeon

Nothing so poignantly displays the death of synthpop like a good old analog crapping out.

Juno 106 voice just gave out. I love analog but sometimes it seems like it's not worth the trouble as they're so unreliable compared to softsynths or digital.

Yeah my Juno 106 died too, sounds messed up and warping on me, then i put it in the closet for about a year, until June of this year, when my house burned down and finally killed the Juno along with the rest of my house and equipment.

I miss my juno, but not the headaches though. Mine had been in the shop several times over the years getting repaired for this and that, but mostly for the sound going out or warping out of tune at anytime.

Joe

[MaxwellNeon]

Originally Posted by brand new day

Yeah my Juno 106 died too, sounds messed up and warping on me, then i put it in the closet for about a year, until June of this year, when my house burned down and finally killed the Juno along with the rest of my house and equipment.

I miss my juno, but not the headaches though. Mine had been in the shop several times over the years getting repaired for this and that, but mostly for the sound going out or warping out of tune at anytime.

Joe

We want cases shaped like coffins so we can bury our dead synths and give them a proper funeral. I have the replacement chips and I could theoretically keep them around forever, but I don't know if they would like that.