Re: Real instruments vs. electronic instruments

["James Winger" <jdwinger@hotmail.com>]

I think it's kind of continuum.

Even with things like hand drums, your interface is in learned technique.

Probably the closest to "seamless" is vox, but even that requires training 
for good results.

Discreet parametric control isn't resitricted to electronic instruments, 
"real" instruments like pipe organ require a bunch of "shit management" 
and 
not all electronic instuments are about patches and menus (theremin for 
instance).

I don't really consider "seams" a bad thing really.  A lot of it has to do 
with compromises during the transalation from thought to deed if the 
interfce were seemless, we wouldn't need practice and we might miss out on 
the discoery that occurs when we interface with something...drum 
techniques, 
polyphony, voicing limitations or characters provided by various 
instruments...







From: Douglas Baldwin <coyotelk@optonline.net>
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 >when I play an acoustic instrument, I get a very
 > distinct feeling - the user interface is 100% seamless on a doumbek (for 
a
 > patch change, I pick up my shaker).

I agree 100%. Even with electric guitar, at least the sound source is a
vibrating string beneath the fingers. The user interface remains seamless -
for instant patch changes, just pick/fret differently. In response to an
aggravating question about extensive on-board electronics on a guitar, Rick
Turner held up both hands and said, "You have ten tone controls right here.
Use them!"
Douglas Baldwin, coyote-at-large
coyotelk@optonline.net


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