[microsound] audio software environments

[Michael Wright <m_wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I'm currently researching into audio software for my dissertation and 
would really like to hear your answers to some of the questions i have. 
 I'm making a bit of a presumption in thinking that everybody on this 
list makes music and an even further assumption that the majority use 
predominantly audio software.  Regardless of wether this is true or 
not, i'm sure you have an opinion of some kind on the 
matter...thanks....

Does audio software that requires high levels of user input produce 
musically more valuable results than those that require little?

Do you favour speed of result over being closer to the machines 
language?

At what point does ownership stop and become more of a collaboration 
between the user and the software programmer?  Would you ever release a 
record that was created using e-jay, playstation music 2000 or 
garageband?

At the other end of the scale, when does it start to become something 
that's more to with computers than music?

In my opinion many computer musicians that program their own software 
environments seem to produce music that doesn't justify the time and 
effort it takes to create such programs (i.e. why create a granular 
tool in msp when run of the mill audio software or freeware can do much 
the same only better sounding and in far less time?).
Do you think computer musicians are trying to widen the gap between the 
tools they use and that of the mainstream media?

In general i'd like to find out how much of peoples music is a 
consequence of the software they use?  Are any of you proud to have a 
certain softwares sound in the same way people are proud to use a 909, 
303 etc?

Your opinions are of great value to me with my research as well as my 
personal quest to find out what the hell this whole computer music 
thing is about,

thanks,

Michael.


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