| By that definition, the piano would seem to offer
only a meager 88 possibilities; it's a wonder
anyone can even still be bothered to try to
create for it.
At its simplest level, at any given moment
midi gives 128 discrete events , each containing
a greater or lesser number of different control
variables at will, that can be redefined at any
moment. Infinite? No; but enough to keep things
more than interesting for quite some time to come.
And of course this is just the control side of
things; if we add the variables contained in the
controlled device(s), the complexity of interactions
seems to be enough to keep that "staleness" at bay
for a little longer.
~Steve Layton
http://www.niwo.com/
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-----Original Message-----
From: toby [mailto:toby]On Behalf Of Tobiah
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 7:26 AM
To: Csound Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Csnd] Something to ponder
Midi cows one into using stale events; choose one of 127
pitches, start sound, end sound. Repeat.
Score generation algorithms, p-field parameter passing and
concurrent instrument interaction free the composer to stand
naked in that terrifying and belittling arena of limitless
capability.
> Sherlock_abc wrote:
>
> If Csound Is Great at making sounds, why do music?
> Use Timidity++ and make a patch with Csound.
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