RE: [microsound] the soothing sounds of max/msp

[David Fodel <DFodel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

oh i disagree entirely.

i always put my red cables in the freezer overnight prior to a studio
session....

and i think Kim is always trying to say clever things so he appears to be
some kind of sage.

:)

David Fodel
Publishing Systems Manager
Wild Oats Markets
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Boulder, CO 80301
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> From: 	Eloy Anzola
> Reply To: 	microsound
> Sent: 	Friday, February 1, 2002 1:19 PM
> To: 	microsound
> Subject: 	RE: [microsound] the soothing sounds of max/msp
> 
> >Being able to discern which software was used
> >in a piece tells me absolutely nothing about the music.
> 
> The tool is the message.
> 
> "the medium is no longer the message; rather, specific tools
> themselves have become the message."
>                             Kim Cascone
> 
> I also suggest cooking the red cables beforehand, so they
> become red hot. They'll sound much much faster.
> 
> Eloy
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of manys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 3:09 PM
> To: microsound
> Subject: RE: [microsound] the soothing sounds of max/msp
> 
> 
> >I highly recommend the use of red cables, not only
> >with MAX but with any audio application.
> 
> Does anybody else notice how these threads' devolving into jokes pretty
> much guarantees that this thread will crop up again and again unresolved?
> Like a soap opera, people seem to be addicted to this kind of nerdy drama,
> posed as if the differences between two different software sound
> generators (or software vs. hardware, or electronic vs. acoustic, ad
> nauseam) are more distinguishable and significant than the different ways
> that musicians themselves make music. It is interesting as a
> musician/composer to note the differences here, but are these distinctions
> at all useful to a listener? Being able to discern which software was used
> in a piece tells me absolutely nothing about the music.
> 
> Someone once said that a poor craftsman blames his tools; what does that
> say about people who keep the statistics on who is blaming what?
> 
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