16 Dec
2002
16 Dec
'02
10:11 p.m.
On Tuesday 17 December 2002 02.04, Taybin Rutkin wrote:
Yes, that's also very true. My fretless guitar was just an example of
many weird (or perfectly normal - everything is relative) things you
could build.
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On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Pascal Haakmat wrote:
That's a very good point indeed.
We're designing and *interface*, and we're trying hard to make it as
simple as possible, and without enforcing more policy upon coders and
users that absolutely necessary.
Makind assumptions based upon western eurpean music and certain ways
of using traditional sequencer software *is* enforcing policy.
I find your exposition on Indian rhythms
fascinating and very
interesting, but I'm afraid I don't see how it relates to a
discussion about designing musical instruments.
I do not believe that the goal of instrument design should be to
accomodate every possible musical expression under the sun. A
musical instrument is always part of a culture and a history and
this defines its use.
But in this case, they're designing a system for designing
instruments. Such a system should be able to accomodate every
possible musical expression under the sun. After all, is
it preferable to have a piece of wood with the
potential to become any kind of instrument, or a guitar?
I like this metaphor because in this case, they're trying to find
the most generally useful peice of wood for as many instruments as
possible.