From Kurt B. Pruenner Sent Sat, Nov 14th 1998, 22:15
Irene McC wrote: > On 14 Nov 98, xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx wrote re: (idm) Plastikman - Consumed: > > I can't read this mail at all. Is THIS to blame?? > > > X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 226 No... seems that we gotta have to blame MicroSoft's Visual C - it really _CAN_ make you mad... If you're wondering, what he did was writing a mixture of C code and random noise; seems like he wanted to say that it sounds as if it was made in C... and crashed... HARD! :) And yes, AOL does suck, but it can still send mails... being a assimilated Netscape browser... =P And yes, it seems like his post was a GPF --- General Purpose Fault... Or maybe he had had an urge to post a reply to this post: Subject: Re: (idm) nord lead + autechre Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 10:25:12 -0000 From: Matthew Brooks <xxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx> To: "'xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx'" <xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> >I can't comment on whether autechre have in the past >used a nord lead, but after talking to Sean the other >day I'm aware that the sounds that they have been using >recently have all been homegrown using synthesis language >packages - real hardcore geeky stuff like supercollider, >used to synthesise sounds, and max, which is more involved >in the midi side of things. So, think pascal, smalltalk >and numerous algorithmically driven sound components, >rather than knob twiddling. > >I also heard rumours that mr r.james may be playing with >a piece of homegrown music creation software which could >potentially be released to the general public... > >Matt Ok, ok, I'll stop now... -- Kurt B. Pruenner xxxx.xxxxxxxx@xx.xxx-xxxx.xx.xx Haendelstrasse 17 http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/~k30a2e7/ A-4020 Linz/AUSTRIA Web-Admin of http://www.hermes-gfx.gup.uni-linz.ac.at/ np: Fluke - Groovy Feeling: Make Mine A 99 (Six Wheels On My Wagon) BUZZ / BUZZ 2 http://www.buzz2.com/ WARP Records http://www.warp-net.com/ Aphex Twin http://aphex.base.org/