What Really Grinds My Gears: Synthesizer Soundtracks on Car Videos
I have no doubt the guys at Sharkwerks know their onions when it comes to engine modifications. But here we have yet another video where the soundtrack underneath is as inappropriate as an intern dancing buck naked on a boardroom table at Black Rock. Not only does the keyboard player deploy a pseudo-strings sound originally sampled by Robert Arthur Moog in the late sixties (true story), the performance asks the bizarre question “what’s wistful about a Porche 997 GT3RS with a highly modified 3.9L engine producing 500hp?” Answer: nothing. The Best and the Brightest know that the last thing a powerful engine needs is a backing track that makes the artistes at royaltyfreemusic.com seem like Gustav Mahler. Click ahead to 7:00. For fifty-five blissful seconds, we hear all we need to hear. All we want to hear. Note to car video producers: step WAY from the synth. Your true destiny lies in San Fernando Valley, where porn producers treat generic audio wallpaper with all the respect it deserves.
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Thanks guys... the motor is a real gem from the factory and they run it up to crazy levels in the prototype races... Here's what we did in terms of the build: http://sharkwerks.com/porsche/technical-articles/201-sharkwerks-evoms-8800-rpm-3-9l-502-hp-engine-upgrade.html
Detroitiron, I do not know what it means. Mahler was a great composer (at least I find him so), but he is not remembered for his playing abilities. So, what is RF trying to say?
From what I've seen the engine is a bit of money at $25K. Still it a very special car, and still a bargain perhaps relative to others at this price.
@Ruckover I'll have to remember that if I am ever on Jeopardy. I think RF was referring to composition rather than playing ability though.