11 Jul
2010
11 Jul
'10
3:31 p.m.
On Sun, 2010-07-11 at 15:59 +0100, Folderol wrote:
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:22:38 +0800
Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Creativity and deadlines rarely co-exist happily. Lots of chatter here
and on other audio-related lists tend to indicate that for musicians,
the technology should just work, and should help make things easier.
With technology I'm familiar with, it does do that. With tech I'm not
familiar with, it can kill creativity at the point where I need it (ie.
right now) for the uncertain benefit of enhancing creativity in the
future (ie. some undetermined time).
All of which isn't a 'good' argument from the POV of solidity, but its a
'common' argument, and one that's hard to argue against when a person is
really only interested in the music he makes rather than the tools he
uses to make it. Else we'd all be using theremins for our recordings =).
On Sun, 2010-07-11 at 15:42 +0200, Atte André
Jensen wrote:
But that frame of mind is a trap (one I've fallen into myself a few
times) especially for anyone with claims of creativity. The very fact
of trying something different and working in a way that is not familiar
and 'automatic' can dramatically expand your capabilities. On 2010-07-11 13:51, Andrew C wrote:
Yes, if you're used to (and have spent hours learning) an app that does
all you want, why would you want to learn another one, with a different
design philosophy and different (maybe inferior) feature-set?
Most people have ROI on their minds. If spending all this time learning
Linux and this new app is just going to bring me to the same level of
functionality that I already have, why bother? Heck, even
Mac OS X has more in common with linux than windows does, and I'm not
seeing people going 'Why can't I run Ableton on this Mac? Ugh it sucks
big time, I won't bother with it!'.
First: I only run linux, never tried Ableton Live, but would like to.
To answer (or comment) what you wrote there:
1) If you need ableton live, you need ableton live, and if it won't work
on OS-however-nice it stops right there, at least for some people. Does what I want (why should I change?)
1991 SY22
1991 Acorn Risc PC as a sequencer
1992 Sound Canvas
1995 QS300
2002 PC running linux as a sequencer
2006 ZynAddSubFX (major wake-up)
I do try other software and hardware stuff from time to time, to make
sure I don't get complacent again, if for no other reason!
That's an impressive list =). Salutations!
Oh, and recently I've gone back to guitar playing after a 35 year
break - my poor fingers :o
Ouch, that should really hurt. Stock up on the ice for post-playing
cooling down (literally).