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[Martin Czech]

:::>Now, my idea of electronic music is a bit different, I'd say wasted hardware 
for
:::>an outdated concept of music.
:::
:::I'm not sure I understand this statement.  "outdated" ?


Well, I have fun with my guitar, melodies and chords.
And lotsofdistortion!
So far so good. 

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But my idea of electronic music is completely different.
The techological effort makes only sense for me if it is really
exploited, ie. if the beaten path of western harmony is left behind.
Eg. it is no problem for a vco to produce micro intervalls
or new scales other then 1.059... semitones.
This is so booooriiing. Did you notice that we play the music
concepts of 1800 something with instruments of the year 2000?
This is unique in history. Musical progress has come to a complete
stop whereas music technology has made very great steps ahead.

Lets face it: 99% percent of these marvelous instruments spend
a boring life on simplistic motives, ever repeating patterns,
the average complexity is lullaby-like. Even if you travel to China
you can not escape from this acoustic air pollution.
It makes me sick...

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:::Absolutely agreed; a PLL will not ever track *perfectly* during input
:::frequency change.  However, so often the PLL is mentioned here, but 
:::only it's negative aspects are pointed out.  So much depends on the 
:::application.  It does have musical applications.  Often the 
:::imperfections in an instrument are what make it interesting to the ear.
:::

I subscribe this view!


m.c.