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From:
Matthew D. Smith
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Date:
Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:36:52 GMT+2
Subject:
Re: (idm) Keep Music Underground
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quoted 4 lines I disagree.> I disagree. > Why can't someone with, lets say, an old drummachine, 1 cheap > synthesizer, some guitar pedals and an 8 channel DJ mixer, > all together worth perhaps $400, make IDM seriously?!
Yes, A lot of people have sneered at my project's setup. We use old shit, in fact we used to do all our our sequencing in BASIC on an old ZX Spectrum 182k+2.
quoted 2 lines In the end, the person controlling those machines will decide if its serious> In the end, the person controlling those machines will decide if its serious > IDM or not.
Hear, hear... I tried to do some 'serious' music in a real studio once but seemed to lose the dirtyness that had made me feel proud of what I was doing. It meant more to me as an artist to pull weird shit sounds out of my MS20 (audio triggered by a TX81Z & sequenced with a speccy) than to try and work with 'real pro' instruments & sequencers.
quoted 4 lines Waaah! The rawness, that beautifull lo-fi distorted noise, it just sounds> Waaah! The rawness, that beautifull lo-fi distorted noise, it just sounds > incredibly warm & real. Would those squelching hihats on SAW 85-92 sound > the same if they were mixed on a 48 channel digital computer controlled mixer..? > Too much fidelity ruins a lot...
Red Friday did a project using a ZX Spectrum with a RAM music machine. check out some of the sounds here... http://chilloutroom.eskom.co.za:8080/Red_Friday/sounds.htm _________________________________________________________________ Matthew D. Smith Eskom KZN SMART Project a72928@chilloutroom.eskom.co.za konman@iafrica.com Tel: +27-331-953857 Fax: +27-331-953858 Official Internet Systems Integrator for the PMB Arts Festival