When was the synthesized "ping" sound invented?

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Old August 12th, 2004, 07:50 AM
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I know they weren't a disco group, but, Kraftwerk used a syndrum or too in their choonz.
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Other favorites pings:

79/Fat Larry's Band "Lookin' For Love"
78/Paul Jabara "Pleasure Island"
78/Donna Summer "MacArthur Park Suite"

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I am so glad someone started a topic on this! :lol:

The 'ping'? I have always called it the 'piou-piou!' :lol: All I have to say about is: whoever invented it, you are a genius! Where would disco be without this silly little noise? Even today it still pops up in disco house tunes. Listen to 'The Greatest Hit' by Annie for a fantastic tribute to this daft little noise!

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Videoskooter wrote:
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And not to forget one of my all-time favourites:

Black Slate: "Sticks man"

They Pinged like no man has pinged before!
Hey thanks for that example, that song dates 1977 so it looks like the syndrums existed prior to 1978.

Couple of other examples of early syndrum sounds well sort of anyways is "It Makes You Feel Like Dancing" by Rose Royce in 1977 which had the "ZOOOM" sound effect and Commodores "Rapid Fire" from their 1974 Machine Gun album had the "WOOOM WOOOM WOOOM" sound effect.

Here's a few more examples of great disco songs with the ping sound:
Chain Reaction - Dance Freak 1979
Joe Bataan - Rap-o-Clap-o 1978
Musique - Keep On Jumpin' 1978

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Yes, this ping sound is what I love too!

I like it in Boogie Woogie Dancin Shoes and Sunset People! And do I remember correctly that it's pings also in Is It Love You After by Rose Royce :roll:

I started to fantasize a disco mix full of ping :D
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How could you all forget "Love And Desire" by Arpeggio? I mean, it had both the syndrums AND the ping/pong/piou-piou thing going...
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oooops :oops:
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Another ping:

"Goin' Out Of My Head" by Gloria Gaynor
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My favourite ping song:

'Stepping out' by Kool & the Gang (one of my favourite bands!)
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Old November 27th, 2004, 11:07 PM
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And Bohannon used da ping heavily on "Take the country to N.Y. city" (great funk-track BTW).
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One not mentioned that I like is ................. Jean Carn "Was That All It Was"
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