[sdiy] Language bending, was:Alternating dead current voltage??

[Ingo Debus]

Am Samstag, 25.12.04 um 21:13 Uhr schrieb Magnus Danielson:

> Rather, the fundamental synthesis method common to these are the 
> acoustical
> soundwave in various mediums and various methods by which these 
> soundwaves is
> generated.

I see your point. But is there really such a big difference between a 
digital computer solving a differential equation in real time that 
produces sound (say, in a physical modelling synth) and the analog 
"computer" called string or air column solving this differential 
equation? I'm not talking about digital vs analog here, physcal 
modelling can be done with analog synthesizers too.

If you ask me, the difference between a piano and a drum is much bigger.


> The trouble you seem to have against "acoustical" in "acoustical 
> instruments"
> has nothing with the actual mode of operation in those instruments, 
> but rather
> with their implied value, which is a cultural aspect.
>
Exactly.
Why do we need a term that excludes one family of instruments at all?
Why isn't there a word for non-string instruments?

Ingo