In a message dated 3/1/01 10:14:48 AM,
mate_stubb@... writes:
<< Well, there were plenty of bozos back in the old days too, who called
themselves synthesists just because they found the glide on their
MiniMoog and could make it go "ooh-wee ooh-wee". >>
Point taken. The thing that bothers me is that if you learn the basics of
using a modular then you can be take those skills and apply them to anything
from FM synths to virtual synth software. What appears to be happening is
that very few people understand synthesis basics. What you are doing in as a
fundamental understanding versus tweaking controls until something cool
happens (not that it isn't fun to do that).
All of this probably explains why music technology has advanced tremendously
but the music hasn't.
Ivan