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Re: [microsound] Reverse Engineering Max/MSP Autechre (reaktor too)



Wow, i am going to ask another question, hopefully it does not set off another tidal wave of debate like my myspace question did, although there was some interesting topics discussed. People tend to get over defensive and for the most part communication seems to break down, not fun when that happens...

What is the point of emulating an autechre patch? Is it to sound like them? Or learn from the process? I would think that with the incredible amount of communities/resources on the internet that one can educate themselves about Max/MSP/ PD/ Reaktor and create their own process along the way. Am i missing something here? Is it the challenge of being ABLE to reverse engineer a screenshot of an autechre patch, much like the challenge a hacker faces when he sets his site on a security system? Can i do this? To me its like learning how to paint by studying the masters, which is great, but the point is not to be able to paint in their style but to reach a level of excellence on par with them. Avoiding the Copy machine mentality.

Not disparaging anyone, or their efforts.  Genuine curiousity...


aLEKs






On Jul 12, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Andjam31b@xxxxxxx wrote:

http://www.flexatone.net/algoNet/sysTitle.html has an enormous amount of algorithmic resources.

I found the Reaktor patches from Recordlabelrecords a bit too needlessly complex - they don't sound amazing either.

Rachmiel and John Nowak have released better Reaktor instruments IMHO

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