Re: [microsound] audio software environments

[Michael Wright <m_wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12 Oct 2004, at 06:54, Kevin Ponto wrote:

> > Does audio software that requires high levels of user input produce 
> > musically more valuable results than those that require little?
>
> As was mentioned before, I'm not sure that this is the right 
> question...or maybe it's not specific enough. I think that the results 
> of an application rests more upon the user of the software than the 
> software itself. The level of user input required of a given 
> application will only achieve more "musically valuable" results 
> (perhaps "specifically intended" results is a better term) when 
> married with intimate knowledge of the control required. The actual 
> results between these two programs may be no different, but the amount 
> of skill needed to produce the results differ, which lends to more 
> credibility.

No i meant exactly the question but yes not specific enough.  Do you 
not find that you tend to change your way of thinking about a piece 
after hearing the composers technical rundown on how it was created?  I 
feel that we make allowances for music that is created with complex 
programming tools even when they sound bad.  If it had been known that 
this same bad music was created with average audio software it would be 
inexcusable.  My apologies for a dumb question, this just seems to be 
the way it is in this scene.


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