From: Reading, John <jreading@proxicom.com>
quoted 3 lines Computer-based sequencers are going to
> Computer-based sequencers are going to
> make the market more boring because it'll be easier for
> people to create boring music.quoted 3 lines uhhhh... yeah... whatEVA!
> uhhhh... yeah... whatEVA!
> Seriously, that is probably the worst thing I've ever heard on the
> subject.
I don't agree. I think endless editing with things like pro tools has led to
a lot of mainstream music being dull, lacking in spontaneity and performance
value. It's easy to take even a fairly poor performance and make it sound OK
by cutting it up and recycling all the best bits.
I can also see May's argument from a techno point of view. I've used sofware
sequencers for a long time but I find composing n a hardware sequencer much
more fun and more stimulating musically, because I'm actively listenng all
the time instead of looking at my arrangement on a screen. Of course I still
like doing audio editing on a computer etc., but all of my favorite stuff
has come from actually twiddling hardware in real time.
On a computer sequencer it's so easy to copy and paste chunks about that I
often do so as a short-cut, whereas with hardware every such edit involves a
bit more effort and I'm more inclined to think about whether it's really
appropriate at that point or not.
Anig Browl
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