16/12/02 20:04, Taybin Rutkin wrote: > On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Pascal Haakmat wrote: > > > accomodate every possible musical expression under the sun. A musical > > instrument is always part of a culture and a history and this defines > > its use. > > But in this case, they're designing a system for designing instruments. > Such a system should be able to accomodate every possible musical > expression under the sun.
I don't believe it. If it is that comprehensive it won't be very useful. And if it's useful, it won't be that comprehensive. > > After all, is it preferable to have a piece of wood with the potential > > to become any kind of instrument, or a guitar? > > I like this metaphor because in this case, they're trying to find the most > generally useful peice of wood for as many instruments as possible. Exactly. It is totally backwards. Pascal.