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

[Colin Fraser]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl 
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Glen
> Sent: 15 January 2002 19:26
> To: harry; music.maker at gte.net
> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] MIDI isn't musical : Flame bait?
> 

<snip>

> When trying to emulate one instrument with another, I 
> realized that even if you
> succeeded in making a perfect imitation of the first 
> instrument's sound, there
> would be several people that *still* wouldn't like it. In 
> fact, they would
> insist that your simulation was a poor one. In reality, their 
> reference isn't
> the original instrument, but some sort of flawed personal 
> conception of
> reality.

It'd be the greatest effect process ever if you could capture 'flawed
personal conception of reality' from typical human subjects and apply it
to your tracks...

Colin f