Re: [microsound] man and machine

[ニコラス・ケント <ndkent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117832128175492832.html?

As with any tool or manufacturing process, you can do creative work  
that would have been unobtainable without it or you can produce work  
to a significantly lower standard. Both are quite possible and  
mediocrity is the most probably.

Maybe I'm in the minority here but I've been very inspired by Isao  
Tomita and Wendy Carlos over the years from the standpoint of being  
fascinated by orchestral music that does not sound "real" at all. My  
interest is in artistic input that goes far beyond either the  
mechanics of trying to "fool" people or works done primarily as  
experiments (what if I processed x with y?). I see this whole area  
interestingly analogous to animation rather than the more obvious  
comparison to programming.

It's interesting to to hear the effect of "better" tools if you can  
compare works by the same person before and after more tools. While  
enabling they quite often seem to make some or many differences  
disappear. Maybe that's the key. Many artists don't realize that  
until much later.

nicholas kent

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