[sdiy] was : Anybody French, know this guy?

[jbv]

I vaguely remember Jarre saying he did that
with Laurie Anderson, roughly at the Zoolook
period... AFAIR he said it took several hours
(and several trials) to download a simple synth
bass line...
May be it's just a question of synchronisation :
when MIDI appeared, networks were too slow
(and not convenient to use for individuals)...
And when the net appeared, MIDI was already
an old story (or at least ppl were used to it as
patchcords between synths and trying to connect
MIDI through the net was too much of a thinking
shift)...
Just an example : did you notice how difficult it
is for many ppl today to realize that a browser
(or even MS IE) isn't the only way to access the
web ?

JB

>
> True. There's even more untapped potential.
> When MIDI was introduced, I had expected more world-wide musical
> collaboration to develop, like:
> "Hi, here's the MIDI file of the complete drum track. Could you mail
> some variations back with funky bass lines? I've included the sys-ex
> for the Matrix patches.
> Hope you can do this tonight; I'd like to send it off to Keith
> tomorrow, who says he'll put in some ripping Hammond licks."
> Haven't seen much of that yet. With all necessary tools becoming more
> affordable for individuals, they tend to try and do everything by
> themselves. There could be much more inspiration coming out of
> on-line cooperation.
>