Re: [microsound] old thread

[pelagius pelagius <pela_gius@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have to question this assumption that keeps popping up all over the place 
that somehow digital systems don't have a "sound" to them.  Isn't a Max/msp 
patch essentially built up of different parts like filters?  I'm assuming 
that even if you make your own patches you're building them up out of basic 
building blocks that do indeed have a certain sound.  And to continue with 
the filter example, even if you're going to code a filter from scratch 
aren't there certain fundamental types of DSP theory and certain basic 
filter models that you would use?

I don't really know anything about dsp coding, so I'd be interested to know 
what some of the programmers on this list have to say about this topic.  Do 
digital techniques move much more quickly than electronic circuit design, or 
is it similar where there are some basic textbook examples that pretty much 
everyone draws from?

The line of thinking that says "max/msp does not sound like anything" 
reminds me of the late '80s early '90s belief that digital synths and 
sampling could recreate any sound and therefore lets dump all of the analog 
synths in the trash.  Now with a bit of distance and experience, I'd hope we 
all agree that a sampled waveform does not equal the original sound source 
and that different samplers have different "sounds" to them.



> From: Julian Knowles <j.knowles@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ...but max/msp does not sound like anything, just as a toolkit does not
> presuppose what will be built. ...
> ...
> I think what you mean is people using other people's _patches_
> instead of making their own
>
> this is something entirely different again.

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