quoted 4 lines i think the style that is being called DSP is just those> > i think the style that is being called DSP is just those
> > who set up huge
> > chains of effects and then change parameters of those
> > effects
DSP is analogous to filters in Photoshop: They're not inherently evil, and
in fact everyone uses them, even really good artists. The people who use the
newest ones first seem often seem really cool... until everyone realizes
that their work was done by pressing only one button.
Certain DSP effects do more than just modify waveforms, in the same way that
many Photoshop plug ins do more than modify a single quality of the image.
There are Photoshop filters that, for example, add a little folded corner to
your image, or add a lens flare. These tend to be obvious to anyone who
knows Photoshop. When someone take a photo and adds a lens flare or a "trace
outlines" filter to it and calls it art, advanced Photoshop users usually
laugh at them. I'm sure the equivalent situation exists among DSP users. For
example, I think there are DSP effects that make a single simple looping
drum sample sound all crazy-chopped up and non-repeating just by clicking a
button.
DSP effects are cool, and the people who program them are fucking geniuses
(usually). I suspect, however, that in 5 years much of what we refer to as
"DSP IDM" will sound like what Kai's Power Tools looks like today.
-Cf
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