Re: [microsound] Softsynths and orginality

[Derek Pierce <d.pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul
i think you may have heard the track by me ie BEATSYSTEM on the EM:t label.
I did do
it in Csound and sent it to the company to show them what i was up too .They
like it so much they released it
I have used it since in other pieces and I agree with your thoughts on this.
If people derive some enjoyment out of what was orginally an experiment then
who am I to argue. #

Derek Pierce
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Wroth <pixipuxk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 8:43 AM
Subject: [microsound] Softsynths and orginality


>
>
> I think the decision on whether something ought to be released or not
> depends on how much balls the person has. I heard a track a while back
> that I swear was nothing but the AudioMulch Sheppard Tones generator
> for several minutes. And you know what - it worked - even though I was
> familiar with the software that produced the sound, I really enjoyed
> the piece. The fact that someone went to the trouble of recording and
> releasing it, the fact that an experienced experimental DJ went to the
> trouble of playing it , caused a re-contextualization.
>
> Maybe it wasn't AudioMulch - maybe the creator read up on Sheppard
> Tones and laboriously coded a score for Csound and rendered it over two
> weeks on their 486. I could have exclaimed - 'Pah! I could have created
> that track in less time than it takes to listen to it! No creative
> effort whatsover'. I didn't. I don't walk into art galleries and say
> 'Pah! I could have given paints to a five year old and gotten something
> better' either.
>
> We may be over-familiaar with these sounds, and some tracks we hear may
> sound identical to what we were doing yesterday, just playing with
> granular synthesis and a bit of feedback. The thing is, didn't it sound
> cool when you were doing it? What makes you think other people wouldn't
> enjoy hearing it too? There are heaps of fantastic releases that
> wouldn't exist if the person sitting there playing with his guitar and
> FX boxes hadn't thought to press 'record'. The same goes for computer
> genrated pieces.  If you think it sounds good, then maybe it is good.
>
> The other thing to remeber is that we should be releasing these kind of
> sounds because they will be forming part of our musical history. These
> are the sounds that people of today are working with, in a few years
> time, things will sound different.
>
> Paul
> http://evilpaul.ihateclowns.com
> http://www.mp3.com/PaulWroth
>
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