-----Original Message----- From: Klaas-Jan Jongsma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 September 2006 10:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Laptop Debate
Yeah i can remember seeing a gearlist in some article and it is definitely a gearjunkies wetdream, oh and he has this: http://www.kirkdegiorgio.com/ModcanB.htm Now this reminds me of something I've thought for a while ... I like Kirk a lot - he's the same age as me so he must be a good egg (!) Plus he's one of the people I challenge myself with to see if he's ever made a bad record. I certainly don't own any duffers by him. Problem is - despite the fact that my record collection is peppered with his releases from year dot, I'm not sure I can hear the spell-binding difference in the sounds he comes up with, with that rig and the sounds that it's possible to get from a mid-range analog/digital synth. I just can't. I still like the last 3 LPs though, so don't get me wrong, but I just think he could have saved himself some money or something! Just mo. Having said that, it does illustrate that this software vs. hardware debate currently raging is not really a 'new paradigm' problem. The same debates could be heard between advocates and detractors of acoustic vs. amplified, synths vs. guitars, and naturally, modular versus stand-alone (or whatever they're called.) So long as you know that such debates are usually futile, I guess they can be fun and instructive. K
