Re: [iiwusynth-devel] Name change

[Peter Hanappe]

Josh Green wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 01:35, Antoine Schmitt wrote:
>
>>Yass ("Yet another software synth" ;-)
>>
>>I like the synthom.
>>
>>I dont understand the bustasynth (maybe an english reference I dont 
get) ?
>>
>>
>>        Antoine
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>>
>
> I can't remember whether that was a suggestion of mine or not (many of
> my suggestions were supposed to be funny, just kicking around ideas)..
> BustaSynth is kind of funky sounding. One can say lets "bust some
> rhymes" and make sense in some genres of music (rap, hip hop, etc. not
> really my taste in music, but I like the whole funky motif).

"to bust" also means "to arrest". Not so nice. ("You have the right to
remain silent. Everything you play on this synth can be used
against you...") It seems fun at first but I think it wears off. Also,
I'd like to avoid attaching the name of the synth to some genre of
music.

The problem with 'synthom' is that synthom.{com,de} exists and is
dedicated to a band playing "leicht modifizierten Disco". (I assume
that means "slightly modified disco", no mp3's available).
At first I was thrown off by that but after a second thought I don't
think it matters that much. I think the difference is clear enough.
So unless many of you object I'd still like to go ahead with 'synthom'.

Cheers,
Peter

>    Josh Green
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