[sdiy] midi controller DIY'ing

[JP]

I think the biggest complaint against the MC303 are the preset patterns.
We've all gotten use to preset patches so that's not such a big deal - but
mixing and matching preset patterns while manually controlling the cutoff of
a preset patch is - well, not entirely original.  If there was a way to
erase all the preset patterns and patches I'd actually consider picking one
up.

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<Paul.Maddox at wavesynth.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] midi controller DIY'ing


>
> "Andreas H" <ampe at swipnet.se> writes:
>
> << >It also featured a MC-303 MIDI interface for controlling the sad
>
> MC-303. >>
>
> I suspect that the main reason certain people feel compelled to diss the
> MC-303 is because it singlehandedly made it possible for just about
anybody
> to instantly create fairly credible-sounding dance music tracks.  Those
> critics may think that it shouldn't be so easy; that one should have to
sweat
> and strain a bit before enjoying such fruit; that the preferable tools and
> techniques to use should be vintage, exotic, arcane, and expensive.  I
find
> such commentary tiresome and highly hypocritical, considering that much of
> the dance music community gleefully shuns the idea of spending any of
one's
> time learning or practicing the traditional, "boring and useless", basic
> tools of music, i.e. theory, harmony, composition, orchestration, and the
> virtuosic playing of one's chosen instrument.  To those vacillating
> dilettants/elitists who feel one needn't practice scales or learn theory,
but
> feel that artists should only work with certain clique-approved toys and
> techniques, I would say "Yo, DJ!  Check the kettle, it's also black".
>
> I believe that the proliferation of interactive music "toys" (such as the
> MC-303, the Yamaha DJX, and the couple of million other auto-accompaniment
> keyboards that get sold every year) is bringing about a revolution in the
way
> music functions in people's lives, just as the popularization of the
personal
> computer has revolutionized the way we think, work, and live.  It's
> irreversable.  Get used to it and celebrate it.  Now, I gotta go practice
> scales on my DJX-II.  See ya.
>
> Michael Bacich
>