# What's the name of this electronica "instrument"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-electronica-instrument/662633 "2013-07-04T14:24:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-electronica-instrument/662633/1 "2013-07-04T14:24:29Z")
There’s got to be a name for this, uh, noise. Or instrument. Or type of sound that a synthesizer makes. [Check out this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJVmu6yttiw), and it kicks in at the 0:28 mark. It’s the sort of industrial type of sound that is sort of like a record scratching. I just want to know what that sound is called, and I have no idea how to google it. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-electronica-instrument/662633/2 "2013-07-04T14:32:31Z")
As far as I can tell it’s just referred to as scratching sound effect or record scratching sound effect or needle scratching sound effect. (I googled scratching sound effect.) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-electronica-instrument/662633/3 "2013-07-04T15:46:17Z")
Probably a digital sample of a longer sound. Could be anything. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-electronica-instrument/662633/4 "2013-07-04T18:13:47Z")
It seems like a very common sound in that genre of music, so I just kind of assumed that there was a specific name for it. Like, there’s all kinds of effects for guitars, down to the classic wah-wah pedal. Color me disappointed if it’s just called “angle grinder melody #4.” But I guess even that would be a little more satisfying than “a sample of something.” ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-electronica-instrument/662633/5 "2013-07-04T19:05:00Z")
Are you talking about the wobble? Or is there some sort of scratching sound I can’t hear. The scratch-sound is typically a high-pitched zipping sound. Wobble is usually a lower wub-wub sound followed by some kind of break inbetween the wub-wubs. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-electronica-instrument/662633/6 "2013-07-04T23:23:35Z")
It’s probably produced with an analog synth, or a simulation of one. Here’s someone who remade that song with the same sounds: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kDppm3-jAEA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIACkAOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDiprtkB2m23hRAo0gU7P5ssqyc1g "Skrillex - Bangarang REMAKE / FREE Massive Patches") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDppm3-jAEA) They link to downloads of the individual patches for the Native Instruments Massive software synth.