Some questions about Christine's songs on 'Time'

[David]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Such great songs colored so badly with those awful, demo-sounding keyboards.

Those musicboxy patches are derivatives of the DX-7, which left its influence everywhere. It's like a digitized xylophone, or an exec's fancy telephone. But even the current generation of synths & workstations heavily employs the DX-7 voices because you hear them everywhere (you even hear them on EVERYWHERE). You hear the same tick-tocky DX-7 derivative on the EVERYWHERE demo & on SKIES THE LIMIT, & you hear the digitized xylophony-baloney on the TIME songs.

It's a funny time for keyboards, because although these are popular patches & samplings today, there's still a widespread nostalgia for the older, "warmer" analog sounds of classic electric pianos like the Rhodes, the Wurly, & the Hohner. Some of the most popular sellers are digital "clones" of analog or tube-amp-style boards & organs.