From david turgeon Sent Fri, Jul 2nd 1999, 15:55
From david turgeon Sent Fri, Jul 2nd 1999, 15:55
> Song structure certainly exists for IDM. > It usually goes MIDI Channel One/MIDI Channels One & Two/MIDI Channels > One & Two & Three/MIDI Channels One & Two & Three & Four/and so on. nice way of putting it. :) one thing i really like lately is sonic foundry acid (not that it's anything new, but i just recently started playing with it.) the whole song structure becomes entirely visual & makes complete & instantaneous sense. you feel like you're assembling a piece of abstract art. & (in relation to your comments regarding how hard it is to make music) it lets you control the flow of your music quite precisely. i love it. (then again, it doesn't have any use for live performance or improvisation. you have to record your samples yourself. which is a point in favor of realtime or semi-realtime software (e.g. rebirth, hammerhead, fruity loops to a point), the problem with them being that they're usually too limited for building whole songs with just one piece of software.) (god knows why i just went on that particular tangent.) i should probably post my thoughts regarding the kumquat cd... i enjoyed it but i need to listen to it more before i can actually verbosely review it. but i found it surprisingly enjoyable, starting from the goofy artwork up to the actual music. i also have some more new stuff i want to review anyhow. give me a few days... was that message pointless or what? -- david turgeon at http://www.notype.com