22 Apr
2011
22 Apr
'11
8:18 p.m.
On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 23:28 -0400, gene heskett wrote:
We all should all hold a moment of respectful silence,
both
for the man, and the legacy of his work.
Yes :).
'Computer performance of music was born in
1957' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Mathews)
So he really was one of the pioneers, 20 years before the
end-1970s/beginning-1980s. And today primary-school pupil can't imagine
that there was a time without personal computers just 'some weeks
ago' ;).
*condole*
Ralf