[microsound] noise to signal

[Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been receiving complaints from members who feel that the noise is 
once again overtaking the signal on the microsound list...a quick look 
at the home page reveals the original intent and purpose of this list 
but let me include it here for those who haven't read it before sub'ing 
to this list->

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some guidelines:
although certain aspects of production inevitably enter discussion, 
..microsound is not a music-makers list; if you're after detailed 
deliberation of the merits of this or that dsp card or vst plugin, we 
recommend lists such as csound, MAX/MSP, pro-audio, freesound, 
music-dsp, structured audio, lo-fi, and gameaudiopro that capably 
handle these topics.

..microsound is an unmediated list, but that doesn't mean anything goes. 
posts should concern topics of historical, conceptual, or experiential 
relevance to digital and post-digital music. record and event reviews 
are encouraged; mean-spirited pissing contests are not. announcements 
regarding new releases, performances, tours, and so forth pertinent to 
the list's scope will be tolerated in brief, and by subscribers whose 
contributions otherwise exceed postings of this sort.

..microsound refuses to become a sounding board for ebay auctions, 
playlists, and the periodic expurgations of listmembers' record 
collections. extended for-sale lists are not allowed, although brief 
posts containing urls where such lists can be viewed are acceptable. 
posters who abuse these few guidelines will be hounded into submission. 
failing that, they will be removed from the list.

thank you for your interest in .microsound.
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scanning any given digest or daily collection of posts within the past 
couple of months will reveal that very little of this is being adhered 
to...this has been very frustrating to certain members (including 
myself) to the point of sending me nasty-grams or unsub'ing from the 
list...

solution: I'm looking into creating an adjunct list called 
'microsound-announcements@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' in order to filter off some of 
the noise from this list and hopefully reboot microsound...this would 
mean that ALL radio playlists, concert announcements, CD releases, 
artist web sites with mp3's to DL, etc should be posted to this adjunct 
list and NOT to the main microsound list which will remain focused on 
discussing the more philosophical/technical aspects of creating music 
using software...
also keep in mind that the microsound list is not a music-makers list 
per se...it was not started to fill this need but invariably the two 
realms intersect and I welcome some of the discussions about Linux 
audio, the philosophy of open source and (cc), etc since it relates to 
microsound in many ways...

status: I have asked Andy Thomas (one of the three founders of the 
microsound list) to see how trivial creating an adjunct list would 
be...so when I get a clear idea as to where it will be hosted I will 
let microsounders know when the new list goes live...
thanks for the bandwidth,
KIM


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