From szalemandre Sent Thu, Feb 25th 1999, 19:09
From szalemandre Sent Thu, Feb 25th 1999, 19:09
> > >i wouldn't doubt that he's using opcode's max as well as supercollider. > > >csound is a bit obtuse to really make the type of music he's making, > > >which could be done in much easier ways than csound. > > > > there's not very much (if anything) on the new single that couldn't be > > achieved with your average bog standard pc/mac plugins such as > > hyperprism. and there's a lot of NR plugin abuse on it too. many of > > the samples blatanly use the underwater effect, which is what happens > > when you over-use spectral analysis NR (on the wrong frequency bands) > > Shit, man, I heard this Mozart song the other day & I thought it was all > awesome until I realised it was just some regular piano in regular tuning. i don't think that was his point. i think what he was trying to say went something like "since it's so much easier to get the results he did by using some standard, easily obtainable products, it's highly unlikely that he used csound or any other 'programming' to write any of those songs. that'd be like synthesizing all of the required chemicals to make your favorite flavor of kool-aide from scratch, from taste alone, which could take months/years maybe (less for the exceptionally skilled) when all you really had to do was go to the local 711, buy it, and mix it up with some sugar." i don't think he was commenting on the results, but the process. -eric --- eric sherman xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx doubtful productions www.doubtful.com