[NewMusic] acoustic vs. electronic

kristin miltner miltnerunit at gmail.com
Tue Jan 9 17:43:54 PST 2007


hybrid like a violin with pedals? or a flute with pickups, either midi or
signal, that run to a computer for processing?

On 1/9/07, Barry Threw <bthrew at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > no way man, i'm with jacob. there are certain things acoustic
> instruments
> > can do that electronics just can't, and vice versa
>
> Today, or in theory?  What about hybrid instruments that extend upon
> traditional?
>
> b
>
> kristin miltner wrote:
> . even though it is the
> > option for night clubs to have DJs now instead of live music, there are
> also
> > plenty of people who specialize in electroacoustics spending way too
> much
> > time trying to physically and sonically emulate/simulate a real violin,
> or
> > trumpet, etc... the 'real' acoustic instrument is still the model.
> >
> >
> > (i always think, why not just make your computer sound like something
> else
> > entirely different with its own character, and then also play an actual
> > violin or trumpet)
> >
> > k
> >
> > On 1/9/07, Chris Broderick <elsuperfantastico at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> Just like the automobile has made the bicycle
> >> obsolete.
> >>
> >> -Chris
> >>
> >>
> >> --- Barry Threw <bthrew at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> The tide
> >>> of technological innovation is something that can't
> >>> be stopped, and it
> >>> will eventually push all the instruments that all of
> >>> us hold dear into
> >>> obsolesce.
> >>
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