I agree. "EDM" will fade away as the lines between "traditional" productions and "In the box" productions blur. Gone are the days when your average person could tell a synthesized instrument from a real one.
For example guitarists have always had that audio snobbery attitude but even they are starting to jump ship, what with the quality of amp modelling software.
As far as EDM itself is concerned, I am noticing alot of interest in additive synthesis. Just as subtractive got pushed aside for FM recently just for it to settle down off its overuse. Not that additive or FM are new things (1843 the math of additive was applied to sound) it's just that the tools to work with are getting easier to use for those of us without a phd. Harmor for example is additive synthesis presented in a way thats familiar to people that have got the grips with subtractive.
So whatever the new "sound" of edm will be, Im making a confident bet it will be discovered when an indusry leader cracks the additive nut. In the same way that Skrillex (forgive me) broke FM wide open.
By the way, does anyone here talk about re-synthesis?
For example guitarists have always had that audio snobbery attitude but even they are starting to jump ship, what with the quality of amp modelling software.
As far as EDM itself is concerned, I am noticing alot of interest in additive synthesis. Just as subtractive got pushed aside for FM recently just for it to settle down off its overuse. Not that additive or FM are new things (1843 the math of additive was applied to sound) it's just that the tools to work with are getting easier to use for those of us without a phd. Harmor for example is additive synthesis presented in a way thats familiar to people that have got the grips with subtractive.
So whatever the new "sound" of edm will be, Im making a confident bet it will be discovered when an indusry leader cracks the additive nut. In the same way that Skrillex (forgive me) broke FM wide open.
By the way, does anyone here talk about re-synthesis?