Re: [microsound] input + software = output

[m <m@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> >input + software = output....
> 
> this has been the bane of computer music from the very beginning...back in
> the 70's it was refered to as "push-button music" and was considered
> nothing more than academic wankery...the "input + software = output" quote
> is an astute insight and I'm pleased you brought up this topic...what do
> other composers out there feel about the "input + software = output" equation?

In one sense, albeit a completely simplistic one, the formula is
correct. However, it does leave out the all important element of human
input... choices that a composer makes as to arrangement, content and
structure.  It also leaves out whatever might have been present as the
motivating idea. I produced an album which very much followed that
formula (as well as fricking with it), but to me the key was what I
decided to do with the "output." If it worked it was not simply because
the correct button was pushed...

m
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