I think there are a couple more synonymous tags that need dealing with? We currently have synth and synthesizer which I see as being the same? There is then tags for synthesis and granular-synthesis which I think could be combined?
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I don't think synthesis and granular synthesis should be combined. Granular synthesis is a form of synthesis. Regarding synthesizer vs synth I agree, remove synth would be my the best option in my opinion.
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1Do we really want a separate tag for every different type of synthesis: Additive, Subtractive, FM, Wavetable, Granular, etc. IMO one tag called Synthesis or synthesis_techniques could cover all of these. Interested to know what others think though. Feb 27, 2014 at 15:46
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Sorry, I think you're right. Although it could make searching a bot easier, however people could still just search for FM or Wavetable. I was responding to quickly. Feb 28, 2014 at 8:25
I think synth and synthesizer are certainly referring to the same thing, and I've proposed a synonym. owever, I'm not sure if synthesis (meaning making sounds via synthesis) and synthesizer (the instrument) are necessarily appropriate on the same questions, so I haven't touched those.
I definitely think that the different categories of synthesis (additive, subtractive, granular, frequency modulation, etc) do not need their own tags, and will work just fine within one catch-all synthesis tag. Currently there are just over 100 questions with a tag contaning the string synth
so I don't think being any more specific with such tags is going to help much.
Other opinions?
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1IMO Synthesis would cover the principles of synthesis techniques, whereas Synthesizer would allow you to cover the implementation. As ever, just my thoughts. Feb 27, 2014 at 21:09
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Agreed synth, synthesizer (and synthesiser) should be synonyms– Rory Alsop ModFeb 28, 2014 at 12:02
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