Re: [microsound] sirr.ecords new release 003/zk+xd

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scott,

	I don't know why 'microsound' seems to be sponsoring macintosh.
shouldn't it be the other way around?
	as for sirr 003,  Karkowski and i are using some electronics
surplus from 'the great war' , but mainly a shovel and a rake.      and
yes, the undertaker is certainly concerned more about the placement of the
corpse (where it is going), than with the cause of death.


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>also you mention the music is somewhat mac based, why is it that microsound
>now seems to be sponsoring macintosh? I am a long time mac user, and yes the
>mac arch. is great for audio/visual, but you know amiga and atrai beat it to
>the bunch back in the day, I really must say I am in a bit of disagreement
>with the idea that micromusic has to be post-digital, look at the work of
>minit, from what i understand they are using reel to reel tape, and pimmon
>is known for being almost totally analog, well all those effect racks are
>really digital anyway, there really is very little analog anywhere, but my
>point is who cares if it is mac based, is the music good (actually for the
>record is pimmon not a pc user?)?, that is more important, not how cool of a
>patch you wrote or how many hours you spent processing a sound. Is it
>intersting, engaging, can it convey something, a place, a color, a feeling.
>Is there intention? We need to look past our monitors and software packages
>and maybe consider what microsound is and where it is going.
>
>ok, enough of me ranting, just unemployed and bored.
>
>-scott