Re: Reflections on right brain/left brain approaches to gear

["Michael C. Gorman" <tcwriter@secondsufis.com>]

Doug,
I know what you mean about the LCD screens. For me it's not so much right
vs. left brain as real-time vs. pre-programmed. Navigating LCD screens 
slows
you down, so I usually try to program one screen per patch for 'real time'
control.

Second Sufis Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Baldwin" <coyotelk@optonline.net>
To: "S V G" <vsyevolod@yahoo.com>; <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: Reflections on right brain/left brain approaches to gear


> S V G wrote:
> >Someone on
> > another list recently made an excellent observation comparing physical
> patchcords (like with the
> > old style modular synthesizers) to LCD menu screens.  He said that the
> patchcords are more "right
> > brain", you can see at a glance what is going on and take actions from
an
> intuitive part of
> > yourself in the patching process.
> > LCD screens are more "left brain" and require you to enter a different
way
> of thinking in order to
> > alter a patch.  Perhaps this way of thinking doesn't come easy for some
> people (like myself).
>     Absolutely agreed. Consider the quantity of "connections" in a
> moderately complex multi-FX unit (dozens, if not hundreds), and how many
> connections are actually available to the senses/hands at any one time
> (perhaps as few as one!). It's very hard to make a decision about a
complex
> patch when an aspect of that patch exists beneath layers of LCD screens
and
> multi-function buttons. I end up drawing out maps of a unit's patch
> structure just so I can get the "big picture." Good, versatile patches 
>are
> similarly drawn up so I can get a "feel" for their connections. I wonder
if
> others use this approach, and if such maps could be posted somewhere...
> dB
> Douglas Baldwin, coyote-at-large
> coyotelk@optonline.net
>
>