From BigKumquat Sent Thu, Aug 12th 1999, 21:31
From BigKumquat Sent Thu, Aug 12th 1999, 21:31
<< Dr. Purist: Arrgh! The Kumquat has again uncovered my secret plans! Curses! >> I remember all too well that Dr. Purist has his (not so hidden) anti-sampling agenda...sometimes I wonder if the good Doctor has a personal vendetta against the Akai corporation. << The Kumquat's fists on Dr. Purist's ideological foundation: THUD, POW, SMACK >> Heh heh heh...and it feels good, doesn't it? >> > - no DSP plug-ins were employed, since it is "too easy" to make cool-sounding effects with them < Dr. Purist: Never said anything about that, not me, wait, Ow! << Sorry Doc, didn't mean to imply that you were anti-DSP "fuckery." Just trying to tie a couple of threads together, perhaps to make a string or a rope...with my point being: can't we just enjoy a piece of music for how it sounds, rather than bringing in any personal prejudices regarding the tools used to make the music? << Well, there is the whole idea that you should challenge yourself when creating art. >> Believe me, using a sampler can be plenty challenging...precise beat-matching of samples to rhythms is a painful yet rewarding art form. Have you ever seen the manual for an Akai S3000? That thing is thick enough to stun an ox. Plenty of challenging stuff in there. << And it's pretty easy to detect when someone is not challenging themselves. We call it "wanking." >> How is this detected? Can you provide some examples? And how does wanking compare to noodling? (sorry) << But remixing or covering tunes without the use of any sampling methods is a challenge which should hopefully cause the folks involved to get creative in new and interesting ways >> I'm willing to agree with that statement. Say, Tom, didn't you once say you were going to remix some Kumquat for me? I'd like to hear how *that* could be done without a sampler. You might need some voice synthesis software for all them little snippets. - Fred Church xxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx http://www.thelocus.com/kumquat p.s. Rumor has it that if you take the midi file for ae's LP7 and change the patches to mini-moog and Hammond B3, it sounds like Emerson, Lake and Palmer.