Re: [microsound] Is the computer an instrument or performer?

[halluciphile <bulk_dvh@xxxxxxxxx>]

it is both
an instrument and a performer... depending on how you
use it... just like it can be a toy or a tool.
intent and functionality are the determinating factors

> (please keep in mind that a computer does not
> possess the means to 
> create real "random" behaviour within itself.  so

as I believe, speaking on a metaphysical level, the
intentions of a room full of people or an individual
can, and do, influence the "fate of play". it all
traspires on an electromagnetic/subconscious level

>...randomness in
> this case is derived 
> from an input, specifically whatever is used to seed
> the random number 
> generator.)

but isnt that number in itself random? offsetting the
whole equation as random= just like multiplying by
zero

duncan van halluciphile

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