Re: [microsound] oh drat. not more software again....

["scott allison" <lipistal3@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

G. Tayor>>>

I think that the
world in general is best served when one engages in
the act of matching tools to technques, intention,
re$ource$, and the temperament of the user. In order
to do that, you need to actually hear what people
are interested in doing, which might only further
annoy you. So I do that offline.

Yes, I think that was what I was trying to get at in my post, hope I did not 
offend any max/msp users, but its important for people to understand that 
creativity and ideas are what make microsound interesting. Understanding all 
the software possiblitites is an endless maze, I know when I first became 
interested in trying to experiment with sound, it seemed like some huge 
magically world and at that time software was limited to cubase or rebirth 
or deck and the only easy to use modular environment was turbo synth 
(max/msp was around as well, not to mention generator ect...). It takes alot 
of time for one to find a working process they are comfortable with, and not 
everyone out there wants to invest time into learning something like an 
object orientent programming language. But for others creating an 
environment is essential for what they want to do. And this leads to what I 
feel keeps microsound interesting and viable, the process becomes just as 
important as the tools, sure you hear the tools, but I think the process 
gets out-weight by focusing on the tools. Remember there often is a rather 
interesting process behind the birth of those tools that yeild the various 
sounds that make up microsound.

Anyhow I hope this helps move the discussion into a positive light.

BTW - did anyone see that funny picture of the cycling74 crew on the table 
of contents for the novemebr issue of  XCLR8R?

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