Genre - Native Instruments Absynth 5 Reference Manual

14.1.5 Genre

Illustrates the typical musical genre to which a sound would be suited. It can also stand for
a particular sound's origin.
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Avantgarde: Sounds associated with modern contemporary music, whether acoustic or
electronic. This Attribute works well in combination with other genres, e.g. orchestral +
avantgarde might include extended playing techniques on acoustic instruments.
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Orchestral/Classical: Sounds used in a traditional symphonic orchestra or chamber group.
Such sounds need not necessarily be dry, but the emphasis is placed on natural repro-
duction. Sample-based acoustic instruments are usually found here.
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Film Music: Sounds associated with film music and/or game audio. In general, sounds
belonging to this category have a certain "bombastic" quality, in other words they're ready
to use for scoring, like massive orchestral brass, airy atmospheric synth textures and
cinematic effects.
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Ambient/Electronica: Sounds that create a certain atmosphere, based on depth and
warmth. Also, sounds with a kind of slow motion character or "clicks & bleeps" are often
used for ambient or electronica tracks and will be found here, as well as all typical sounds
for "intelligent electronic music" (opposite of cheap plastic sounds).
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Drum&Bass/Breaks: Prominent and deep basses combined with dark lead sounds and
gloomy atmospheric hover pads. Synthetic sound effects are also a part of this genre, as
syncopated drum loops are often based on polyrhythms and samples from 70s jazz and
funk records.
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House: Typical warm and often human-sounding elements are used for this four to the
floor dance music, e.g. organ chords, warm analog basses etc. Generally more analog
sounds with a certain depth will be found here.
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Techno/Electro: Synthetic and electronic sounds and sound effects with a rather dry and
dark nature are this genre's trademark. Percussion with hard attack and a very com-
pressed character belong here as well as a wide spectrum of synthetic bass sounds, stabs
and leads.
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Industrial: Sounds with a digital and cold/metallic character, often combined with noisy
or distorted elements, belong in here.
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