Famous sounds" are sounds that have been created or used by somebody, liked and then copied by many others, and thus earned a "classic" status. I'd like to open this section of Synth Mania utilizing as a starting point portions of an article appeared in the October 1995 issue of Keyboard magazine, titled "20 Sounds That Must Die ", in which the author David Battino analyzes many sounds that have, over the years, been used, re-used and abused again. I added .mp3 examples to the list for those who might not be familiar with those sounds.