RE: [microsound] Laptop, etc as Performance device

[chthonic streams <chthonic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> It seems the limitations of laptop performance come from two directions.
> One is that the laptop is an icon of labour. I work on a computer
> interface most days. When I get home, I often find it difficult to
> "re-see" my laptop as a a creative environment.

THANK you.  exACTly.  this is why i keep my music off the computer 
for the most part.  i only use it to process sounds or do complex 
edits impossible otherwise.


> The second is the expectation of the performative. An expectation that
> has been discussed previously by Cascone.

yes, even though i know it's possible to make a great sound without 
moving a muscle, i still expect and desire to see/hear cause and 
effect in a performance.  if the music's good wnough i can get over 
it, but usually there's some kind of visuals going on too.


d.

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