Re: (idm) monkeys with samplers

From Aetehraplst
Sent Thu, Jun 10th 1999, 02:10

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> > well, assuming the monkeys don't die after their normal lifespan, and
they
> > accomplish "infinite" time, wouldn't they eventually make/find every
audio
> > possibility?
> > 
> > now, if there were "infinite" monkeys as well, they could do it all
> > instantaneously...
> 
> Well, like the original theorem where the monkeys write Shakespeare on
> all the typewriters, there are limits. If the monkeys all had english
> language typewriters they couldn't exactly start coming up with the
> collected works of Naguib Mahfouz except in translation. So here our
> monkeys would be limited to the sonic capabilities of the Oberheim
> Matrix-12, which while quite impressive do not cover the entire spectrum
> of possible music or sound.
> 
> Now if you gave 50 of the monkeys MPC-3000s and the other half
> Matrix-12s and patched them into each other, that would be the shit. I
> think then you could accomplish close to what you are proposing. Either
> that or more Ae clone stuff.

So *that's* what Funkörung's been using.

-derek