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Hoover tag may refer to a particular synthesizer sound in electronic music that is used especially in (early) hardcore techno, jungle/drum and bass and certain other styles. Originally called the "Mentasm" or "Reese", the name that stuck was the one likening the sound to that of a vacuum cleaner.
The hoover sound itself is a waveform that can be created with three oscillators, each spaced an octave apart, a heavy use of Pulse-width modulation and a thick Chorus effect. Read more on Last.fm.
The hoover sound itself is a waveform that can be created with three oscillators, each spaced an octave apart, a heavy use of Pulse-width modulation and a thick Chorus effect. Read more on Last.fm.
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Hoover tag may refer to a particular synthesizer sound in electronic music that is used especially in (early) hardcore techno, jungle/drum and bass and certain other styles. Originally called the "Mentasm" or "Reese", the name that stuck was the one likening the sound to that of a vacuum cleaner.
The hoover sound itself is a waveform that can be created with three oscillators, each spaced an octave apart, a heavy use of Pulse-width modulation and a thick Chorus effect. The sound is characterised by its thick swirliness that stems from a fast LFO controlling the PWM and the chorus.
Traditionally hoover sound was created with the Roland Alpha Juno-2 synthesizer using the WhatThe? patch. Most hoover sounds are generated on this synthesizer as it uses a unique method of PWM, splitting the wave into 4 segments and separately modulating their widths. Where a Juno-2 is not available, Hoover sounds are sometimes produced by using samples of Alpha Juno-2 Hoovers and Granular synthesis on these samples. The hoover sound has become somewhat of a fetishized item in certain circles of music production (not unlike the sound of the Roland TB-303).
The hoover sound is believed to first have appeared in a commercial production in 'Second Phase - Mentasm', produced by a collaboration between Joey Beltram and Mundo Muzique, and sometimes is referred to as a mentasm. However, mentasm normally refers to the sound sampled from this tune and re-used.
The most famous record using a hoover sound is arguably Dominator by Dutch techno pioneers Human Resource. This track gained fame in 1991 and became a top 10 hit worldwide. Characteristic for this track was not only the Hoover, but also the over the top rap: "I'm bigger and bolder and rougher and tougher, in other words sucker there is no other... I'm the one and only dominator.. Wanna kiss myself!"
In addition to Alpha Juno-2, hoover sound can be also be produced with Alpha Juno 1, MKS-50 (Rack version of the Alpha Junos) JP-8000 and with particular VST instruments. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
The hoover sound itself is a waveform that can be created with three oscillators, each spaced an octave apart, a heavy use of Pulse-width modulation and a thick Chorus effect. The sound is characterised by its thick swirliness that stems from a fast LFO controlling the PWM and the chorus.
Traditionally hoover sound was created with the Roland Alpha Juno-2 synthesizer using the WhatThe? patch. Most hoover sounds are generated on this synthesizer as it uses a unique method of PWM, splitting the wave into 4 segments and separately modulating their widths. Where a Juno-2 is not available, Hoover sounds are sometimes produced by using samples of Alpha Juno-2 Hoovers and Granular synthesis on these samples. The hoover sound has become somewhat of a fetishized item in certain circles of music production (not unlike the sound of the Roland TB-303).
The hoover sound is believed to first have appeared in a commercial production in 'Second Phase - Mentasm', produced by a collaboration between Joey Beltram and Mundo Muzique, and sometimes is referred to as a mentasm. However, mentasm normally refers to the sound sampled from this tune and re-used.
The most famous record using a hoover sound is arguably Dominator by Dutch techno pioneers Human Resource. This track gained fame in 1991 and became a top 10 hit worldwide. Characteristic for this track was not only the Hoover, but also the over the top rap: "I'm bigger and bolder and rougher and tougher, in other words sucker there is no other... I'm the one and only dominator.. Wanna kiss myself!"
In addition to Alpha Juno-2, hoover sound can be also be produced with Alpha Juno 1, MKS-50 (Rack version of the Alpha Junos) JP-8000 and with particular VST instruments. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.