[NewMusic] acoustic vs. electronic

[Barry Threw]

Which is what I just said.  You have to limit the range of possibilities 
when designing a new instrument or sound world.  On an acoustic bass, 
someone already did this for you.  I believe this to be an advantage.

Although, it can make sounds with equally as "bad taste".

b

Damon Smith wrote:
> Well, most of the sound possibilities your computer has involve pretty 
> bad taste, once you get down to material that it actually interesting 
> it is just as limited.
> 
> Damon
> 
> On Jan 9, 2007, at 9:58 PM, Barry Threw wrote:
> 
>> Yeah, I understand where you are coming from.  And I agree with the
>> sentiment.
>>
>> But what I was referring to was a problem I have many times when
>> building instruments.  You have to define the limitations.  You have to
>> create something elegant that has a wide range of sounds but yet has a
>> usable interface.
>>
>> Your bass has a wide (infinite?) range of sounds, however, it would be
>> hard to argue that the range of sounds I can get with my computer isn't
>> larger.  This isn't necessarily good, its actually a huge problem for
>> me.  This is the endearing part of the limitations of acoustic
>> instruments to which I was referring.
>>
>> I guess perhaps it is better phrased: acoustic instruments have
>> developed over years, and this kind of maturity is hard to reproduce
>> when designing a new instrument from scratch.
>>
>> b
>>
>>
>> Damon Smith wrote:
>>> On Jan 9, 2007, at 9:41 PM, Barry Threw wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like it that acoustic instruments have limitations.  This gives 
>>>> them
>>>> an elegance and grace and makes them manageable.
>>> - I don't really agree that they do. Just like a computer they depend
>>> on your creativity and imagination. Technical progress on acoustic
>>> instruments has never slowed down.
>>>
>>> Damon
>>>
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