Re: What it means to build vs. play...

[msottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

The problem with the car analogy is that many people need a car to get 
to work or for other reasons.  No one really needs a looper.

On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 07:12  AM, dcoffin@taunton.com wrote:

>
> <<
>> I think it's better to think of Reaktor like one would think of a 
>> modular
>> synth, not like buildling a Stratocaster from scratch.
>
> I compare it to cars.
>
> There are some people who build their cars entirely from scratch. 
> (snip) >>
>
> The car/guitar analogy is very apt...at least it matches my 
> relationship
> with either, except that since I can afford to customize my guitar more
> easily than my car (and actually want to), I did so....and once I got 
> it
> right, I lost interest in having any other guitars (which I think puts 
> me
> in a very obvious minority among guitarists!).