[linux-audio-user] Re: Bainstorming! Drawing in non-musician developers

[Loki Davison]

On 2/23/06, Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org> wrote:
> Hallo,
> Dave Griffiths hat gesagt: // Dave Griffiths wrote:
>
> > > Frank, but you've got to admit computer hardware events can be mapped to
> > > other things than just MIDI notes, such as algorithms... yeh?
>
> Yes, that's where the interesting stuff starts.
>
> > But to go back to your analogy, I think computer programming is a little
> > different to woodwork, in that the machine can be seen as a medium or a
> > tool.
> >
> > So for computer musicians who think about it in this way, learning to
> > write code will make them better *computer* musicians.
> >
> > I think a nice compromise is PD (and I'm sure frank will agree ;) - as a
> > way to program in a form that many artistic people are comfortable with.
>
> As you know, I'm not live-coding myself, although I think, it's a
> fascinating way of expression. But in the end, it doesn't matter too
> much, if you code live or if you just code at home and then do some
> non-coding stuff on stage or even play back a tape (or today press the
> space bar, then go to the beer bar.)
>
> The important thing in *computer music* to me is related to what you
> said about seeing the computing machine as a medium of expression. It
> is not just an electronic instrument (one could imagine computers
> without any electronic parts, just pen and paper), it's music done by
> *computing* something, by formalizing ideas and approaches into some
> kind of rule system. In this regard, computer music isn't too far away
> from traditional music, which also has a developed lot of rules of
> expression in all cultures.
>
> But I'm getting too philosophical. Did I mention, that everyone should
> read "Alan Turing: The Enigma" by Andrew Hodges rather than "The
> Computer Music Tutorial"? ;)
>
> Ciao
> --
>  Frank Barknecht                 _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__
>

Agreed. But mostly because i'm not that big a fan of the computer
music tutorial, big, heavy light on detail, lot of useless crap with
some useful stuff. Alan turing is however, the man. Damn cool all
round.

Loki