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KOAN is a software program. It can be used by non-musicians and musicians alike. It provides hundreds of parameters each controlling some factor in sound creation and that can each have multiple settings. Users can also set parameter "ranges" rather than pick exact values -- this helps build-in another element of randomness. My understanding is this -- users create music by setting up paramenters and letting the software take it from there. Each piece of music is unique. Pieces can be set up so they will never repeat the same way. It can communicate and coordinate with various other midi-software tools. That's about all I can tell you. Except it's got me so interested I may have to buy a computer and a midi-keyboard to see what it's all about!!! David > -----Original Message----- > From: earthblind, starbound [SMTP:afn39111@afn.org] > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 1998 2:26 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com > Subject: Re: Koan -- what the heck is it? > > After making it past the blank opening page at the koan website, I still > can't figure out what Koan is. I see huge feature lists and hype but no > description of what you DO with the program. From the screenshots > it looks like an difficult midi program ala Cakewalk w/o the (rather > unfortunate) staff view, but some of the hype tries to make it sound more > like Acid. > > What is it? A 2 meg demo is a bit much for me to work on w/o any info, > especially considering the slowness of the site and my 1 hour limit for > downloads. > > - Against a Sickness: To the Female Double Principle God > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/4664