Yes, but once again, advanced technology alone will not automatically
imbue folks with creativity that was not there to begin with.
absolutely. conversely, limitations of old gear don't always bring
out the best in artists either.
Just because a technology is available and inexpensive does not
automatically mean that the music made with this advanced and
better-than-anything that may have come before it functionality- and
feature-wise technology will result in more beautiful, complex, and
aesthetically mind-blowing music than music made with technology
that's seemingly "inferior". As a case in point, listen to the
complexity and beauty of some pieces on Autechre's first album, or the
filtering on and speeding up and slowing down of loop sequences of the
Kaos (Juice Bar Mix) on the b-side of Strings of life. In the latter
you may hear effects not unlike those found on the loop machine found
here http://www.redsound.com/ .
You can view most audio applications as over featured at this point
in time. The angle I find interesting is the performance aspects of
software (as that is the context in which i made my reply).
i'm not talking about production.
If you take Ableton Live as an example here the trick is getting the
setup (of software and hardware controllers) so that it suits you so
that you can perform naturally (like perhaps you can do with one drum
machine and a synth or two turntables and a mixer). This takes a long
time that not a lot of people have so I think some peoples' view of
software is influenced by just having a quick play.
robin...
