From s.f.w.d. Sent Sun, Jul 4th 1999, 00:36
From s.f.w.d. Sent Sun, Jul 4th 1999, 00:36
: Ok, maybe this is going to sound really crazy, but i'm posting the idea to : find out if it is or not. Last night, in the trance-like state that : electronic music gets me into sometimes, I had an idea about (perhaps) a new : way to play electronic music. see, I get bored when I go to see a live PA : and it's just the musician up there fiddling with a laptop or twiddling : knobs. I'm satisfied with this technique because of the sound it produces, : but I wish there was a way that involved more physical action from the : musician. : : So, like, what if there was a machine that was like a "sound desk"? I'm actually in the process of building my own sort of sounddesk. actually not a desk, but a big slab of wood with stuffs(TM) built onto it, all which is equipped with a mic or pickup or simply runs into the cheap crap mixer which goes out to the computer -> various software -> minidisc recorder. various toys and strings and bells, a place for the minidisc, a couple portable cassette decks and such. real basic but that and the turnatble and audio mulch prodce some weird shit. want to actually build some real machines and replace things like the kiddy keyboard and such, but this is fun too :)