[sdiy] MIDI isn't musical : Flame bait?

[harry]

OK now ya' all pissin me off (teehee)

Diss MIDI all you want... but stop referring to Casio as the
"cheap spread".  I once did a single blind listening test between
the Prophet V and a Casio MT-68

(Thats $3500 vs $150)

The crowd preferred the cheezy Casio sound more than 2:1 over the
Prophet V.

Too bad I don't have the Casio MT-68 anymore

(even worse... I don't have the P5 either  ;^)

H^) harry

now play nice kids....

Scott Gravenhorst wrote:

> Don Tillman <don at till.com> wrote:
> >   Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:30:21
> >   From: Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>
> >
> >   I will say that perhaps it's an issue of a poor workman
> >   choosing to blame his tools as opposed to using it
> >   in a manner that is conducive of a better result.
> >
> >Huh?  This is synth-diy, we're *building* the tools.
>
> Yes, and some of them are MIDI related.
>
> >   A real artist can make art with the crudest of tools as well as the
> >   most refined.
> >
> >No problem; you take the Casio, I'll take the MOTM, and we'll both be
> >happy!  :-)
>
> I don't believe that I said I preferred to use Casio over MOTM.
>
> In fact, I didn't say that any one tool is better than
> another.  *This* point is where we differ.
>
> As far as "great solos" might go, for what they are worth,
> it is again a matter of choosing a tool that fits the job
> for the artist in question.
>
> I, personally, wouldn't attempt to _do_ a Hendrix solo on
> a keyboard.  I also believe that there are other problems
> that would get in the way of that aside from MIDI.  IMHO,
> guitar solos are probably best done on, well, guitar.  But
> guitar solos or whatever you pick, are not the only
> worthwhile solos, nor are they the only worthwhile music.
>
> There are forms of musical art that can be implemented using
> MIDI.  One might even find certain methods for which MIDI
> is particularly well suited.  So, I disagree with the blanket
> statement: "MIDI is unmusical".  Certainly it is not for
> everything, but then neither is a palatte knife the only tool
> for visual art.
>
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