Re: [microsound] 'new standard'?

[ndk <ndkent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >It's a sort of semi false sense of accomplishemnt, "now I
> >have this killer system, now I can now go about realizing wonderous
> >music".  
> >
> >  
> >
> Funny that you should scoff at a synthesizer, as you clearly enjoy the 
> 'sense of accomplishment' of playing your vintage synthi. Instant 
> wonderous music, huh?

Oh yeah, I'm laughing I can still create some very intriguing (and
operating system free) sounds with gear made in 1974. Massively parallel
manually controlled hardware fills me with accomplishment ;-0

> 
> I think this Open Systems keyboard is ridiculous at best, but still 
> represents a major moment in the history of electronic music instruments 
> as it is the first dedicated keyboard sythesizer (that I know of ) which 
> can access the internet!

 I recall synthesizers.com makes a custom synthesizer module that can
access a keg of beer. 

I'll refrain from wintel virus jokes.

 Of course computers, laptops and controllers 
> have rendered synths useless to a certain degree,  but this Neko thing 
> is a surely direct cousin of E-Mu Systems 1982 Emulator, and a distant 
> relative even to EMS and Buchla... it is a synth... embrace your 
> electronic music history!!

It's unclear if you are trying to be humorous by riffing on the press
release claims and or me. At first you say it's ridiculous and then much
of the rest is amusingly undeniable merely because the statements are
being extremely broadly drawn. It's true that for some "synths" are
useless, to the Neko people I guess things have coverged, to others
hardware has not been sufficiently rendered useless. Yes, you want to
embrace music history if for no other reason than to make use of the
knowlege of what works and what fails. And no, there is no reason to
give laurels to a press release on a website until you have further
knowledge. In this case what's going on is debatably not really mobile
integration. (if it were easily mobile then I guess it would be a
Nekochan) Its not fundamentally new technologies for electronic sound
creation. 

Based on my experience gained from years of multimedia teaching
experience - some segment of artists/producers find a one-purchase
workstation-like package very desireable. The biggest advantage is a one
location source of tech support if and so long as the supplier chooses
to and generally so long as you don't modify it beyond their specs. Most
of the time the imediate desire is one of wanting to get started asap
with some hardware that appears sophisticated and promises it's all one
will need.

In reality creators have their own unique needs which can only be
determined by trying things and addressing individual needs. Most people
I've known who've bought an expensive (for them) system all at once have
become very disheartened because they've spent more than they were
prepared to spend already. It leaves them in a position they can't keep
on purchasing and wind up with a quickly obsolescing personal system
that is someone elses idea of what they are supposed to find productive.



> it looks like the bridge of the enterprise

 t.o.n.t.o. 
http://archive.keyboardonline.com/features/vintagegear/vgear0103.shtml




nicholas d. kent
http://www.artskool.biz/jem/ndkent/

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