[sdiy] OT: How would you define "cheesy" ?

[harry]

Hi Glen

for me cheezy is the sound of a farfisa organ without any leslie speakers...
like Ray Manzarek of the Doors.  (sorry, Ray... just MHO) or the
sound of early casio keyboards like the monophonic VL-Tone.

Cheezy might mean over-heard... like some patches that you hear on
every song until you cant stand it anymore... but I call that Cliche... not
cheeze.

No relation to age of the instrument...

One man's meat is another man's ... cheeze ???

H^) harry

Glen wrote:

> Okay this is not totally on topic, but it *is* related to synths, and they
> way they sound. I keep reading one adjective over and over, and this is the
> word "cheesy." Perhaps it's obvious to everyone here except me, but just
> what is the definition of "cheesy", as applied to the sound of synths and
> other electronic keyboards?
>
> The word usually has a definitely negative connotation, but then again,
> some people actually *like* an instrument that they consider "cheesy."
> Also, I've yet to find any consensus on which instruments are "cheesy" and
> which aren't. The only trend that I can spot is that a higher percentage of
> younger people seem to use this word.
>
> Is being "cheesy" at least in part a function of an instrument's age? Some
> people seem to think that anything built 3 years ago is not worth having
> any longer, it's simply too "cheesy." The same has been said of synthesizer
> patches as well. Sounds that were popular 3 years ago, are simply "cheesy"
> by today's standards.
>
> So I ask one last time, what *is* "cheesy" - exactly?
>
> Later,
> Glen