Re: (idm) monkeys with samplers

From Tom Millar
Sent Thu, Jun 10th 1999, 01:49

> 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.

Tom