[linux-audio-user] Re: Re: freebirth

[Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen]

tim hall:
> 
> On Thursday 15 September 2005 13:03, Peder Hedlund wrote:
> > > Actually IMHO it's not the worst thing to happen for the freeware
> > > community, I sort of frown upon the practice of 'cloning' and enjoy
> > > genuinely new free apps a lot more... ZynAddSubFX comes to mind.
> >
> >  But if you want to play, say, Black Metal you can't use ZynAddSubFX,
> >  according to the authors whish. :(
> 
> I think you're confusing form and style with content and intent. ZynAddSubFX 
> would be inappropriate in a Black Metal song, because it's just too sweet and 
> harmonic. However, if you take a walk though the instrument presets you will 
> realise that the author is no stranger to the weird and wonderful. There are 
> some great sounds there and plenty of room to make more. Yes, I find the 
> religious statements in the documentation a bit cheesy, but having played 
> with ZynAddSubFX and having an understanding of the relationship between 
> music, geometry and spirituality, I bow to NOP's understanding of the 
> science. I think anyone would be hard pressed to make anything other than 
> healing music with this software.
> 

Not to disagree with anything you said, but I also want to add to the 
record that theres a lot of christian black and death metal bands: 
Religion =/= music style.

http://www.google.no/search?hl=no&q=christian+black+metal&btnG=S%C3%B8k&meta=



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