[OT] you won't believe it ... [joke]

[Harry Bissell]

Whats wrong with a SAMPLER ???
you're kidding right...?

why... everything ! A sampler is against everything that is Good and Pure in
the world of synthesis...

A sampler takes beautiful continuous functions and Digitizes them... sliced,
diced, taken out of Context, and regurgitated on command...

Even BODILY FUNCTIONS are compromized. Instead of the subtile nuance
of lets say... a soft 'southern' wind...
we hear the same unnatural sound SAMPLED (even writing the word makes me want
to go wash my hands) over and over and over.

Since when has Blasphemy been said to be "in tune" ???   Brother the whole
IDEA
is .... slightly off.

I guess with the right processing you might be able to restore a little
humanity to the sound... maybe run it through a TUBE and some BBD's ???

H^)   (little bored tonight...can'ya tell ???)


The Proteus wrote:

> Ahem.
>
> <soapbox>
>
> And just what is WRONG with a sampler, eh? Besides the cold, digital sound
> you can play your favourite sounds from various bodily orifices from it,
> just like in Ferris bueller's! You can record and playback anything at any
> time - but something about it sounds slightly off. Oh wait, nevermind that
> - it stays in tune. ;-)
>
> </soapbox>
>
> A PSA from The Proteus
>
> :-)
>
> - - - T h e  U n d e r g r o u n d  W a r e h o u s e - - -
> - - - Subversive - Tools - For - A - Chaotic - Planet - - -
> -  h t t p : / / w w w . u g w a r e h o u s e . o r g /  -
> --<T h e  P r o t e u s>-<Musician>-<Producer>-<Engineer>--
>
> On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, jh. wrote:
>
> > ... but today I got a new toy, my first *Sampler* !
> >
> > Well, it's not as bad as that, it's actually a drum machine,
> > an Electribe S.
> > First impression is quite positive, despite the presets
> > which are *slightly* different from my usual style.
> > I'm still working thru the user manual.
> > Is there a function to reset *all* of the internal presets ?
> >
> > JH.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >