Re: (313) The Laptop Debate - the imitation of sound

2006-09-04 Thread chthonic streams
kent williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Honestly, what matters besides the actual compositions? maybe i'm taking this one line too much out of context, but that sounds like a frighteningly traditionalist rhetorical question. in one sense i do agree, hence my bringing up that there's

Re: (313) The Laptop Debate - the imitation of sound

2006-09-04 Thread chthonic streams
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Self-appointed golden ears dismiss feeling and creativity, because anyone can appreciate those qualities in music (though not always at first blush, since some tastes are acquired), whereas it takes a genuine superior class of lonely douche to prioritize the production

Re: (313) The Laptop Debate - the imitation of sound

2006-09-04 Thread kent williams
Well, don't be too frightened. All I'm saying is ... well it's right there in the Bible Matthew 7:16: By their fruits ye shall know them. It's been a long way around through a sometimes interesting debate, but the bottom line for me is that it's an argument that pretty silly. I make tracks, so

Re: (313) The Laptop Debate - the imitation of sound

2006-09-03 Thread chthonic streams
I honestly think the same thing is possible with Laptops, but maybe we haven't seen the Ron Hardy or Derrick May of the laptop yet. But it's silly to argue that computers, in and of themselves, are the problem. agreed. a big problem when switching over to computer, just like from analog to

(313) Re: *****SPAM***** Re: (313) The Laptop Debate - the imitation of sound

2006-09-03 Thread fab.
so what you are saying basically is that laptop and computer music are still in relative infancy so the majority (or at least a large number) of the users/musicians still haven't progressed much beyond the discovery stage. philosophically speaking therefore, this music is not inherently

Re: (313) The Laptop Debate - the imitation of sound

2006-09-03 Thread chthonic streams
so what you are saying basically is that laptop and computer music are still in relative infancy so the majority (or at least a large number) of the users/musicians still haven't progressed much beyond the discovery stage. philosophically speaking therefore, this music is not inherently

Re: (313) The Laptop Debate - the imitation of sound

2006-09-03 Thread kent williams
Honestly, what matters besides the actual compositions? I'm enough of a studio rat to care about things are produced, but the actual method that someone uses is irrelevant, except as it facilitates the result. It's not like you can't make sh*t tracks with analog gear. I program computers for a

Re: (313) The Laptop Debate - the imitation of sound

2006-09-03 Thread Brian Prince
kent williams wrote: Honestly, what matters besides the actual compositions? I'm enough of a studio rat to care about things are produced, but the actual method that someone uses is irrelevant, except as it facilitates the result. It's not like you can't make sh*t tracks with analog gear.

RE: (313) The Laptop Debate - the imitation of sound

2006-09-03 Thread Ralf Gill \(healthAlliance\)
I'm confused now. Can someone summarise or conclude this thread for me. Is analogue better than digital or vice versa??? -Original Message- From: Brian Prince [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 4 September 2006 6:35 a.m. To: kent williams Cc: list 313 Subject: Re: (313) The Laptop

RE: (313) The Laptop Debate - the imitation of sound

2006-09-03 Thread Brian Prince
Ralf Gill \(healthAlliance\) wrote: I'm confused now. Can someone summarise or conclude this thread for me. Is analogue better than digital or vice versa??? Good music is better than bad music. - bp