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Re: aleatory analogue in the house
On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 06:23 AM, goddard.duncan@mtvne.com wrote:
> so my measured response is this: it's not about analogue vs digital,
> it's about how much encouragement and opportunity there is to go y'r
> own way sonically. and of course, it's also a lot easier if there are
> library sounds for a hopelessly inept synthesiser player to pretend
> they're a synthesist.
OK, I see your point. However, I think you misjudge some of the modern
equipment. On it's surface it seems all instant gratification but if
you dig to the next layer there can be a wealth of tweaking at your
fingertips. The Roland MC-307 had a step sequencer that let you change
up your beat on the fly, and when I replaced it with an E-MU XL-7 I
upped the ability to tweak on the fly 10X. Anyway, I'm all about the
good old days, but there are amazing tools still being put out today.
> instant gratification is important to tech manufacturers because it
> assists in the commoditisation of music and this generates more
> business for them; that's why the market is awash with boxes that have
> presets and librarys easily available. meanwhile, the stuff that
> actually requires creative input from a sonic sculptor working from
> scratch to create something original, costs as much as a house.
I'm not sure I agree about the whole instant gratification thing. I
think that our culture has too deep of a division between musician and
everyone else. Too many teachers begin giving students dry drills.
Turns them off to music forever... or at least to the idea of being a
musician. A box that's got some instant fun involved can spark a fun
aspect and get a student to move forward. Many, of course, will
realize it's not for them and drop it, but I think it's not necessarily
a bad thing all the time.
Mark Sottilaro