Re: (idm) aphex twin 'programming'

From Marc 3 Poirier
Sent Thu, Feb 25th 1999, 17:24

> >i wouldn't doubt that he's using opcode's max as well as supercollider.
> >csound is a bit obtuse to really make the type of music he's making,
> >which could be done in much easier ways than csound.
> 
> there's not very much (if anything) on the new single that couldn't be
> achieved with your average bog standard pc/mac plugins such as
> hyperprism.  and there's a lot of NR plugin abuse on it too.  many of
> the samples blatanly use the underwater effect, which is what happens
> when you over-use spectral analysis NR (on the wrong frequency bands)

   Shit, man, I heard this Mozart song the other day & I thought it was all
awesome until I realised it was just some regular piano in regular tuning.

Marc Poirier