--- In motm@y..., "Tony Allgood" <oakley@t...> wrote:
> >I really feel like I'm whistling in the dark here when I see the
latest
> modules with switches that allow the choice between "V" and "R"
or "L"
> and "E".
>
> While this may be true for many people, it must have also been true
when
> musicians first saw a module labelled A, D, S, R. Like any musical
> instrument, there must be things to learn. And there is a school of
> thought that says the harder it is to learn the more creative you
>will<
> become.
>
> Tony
This has nothing to do with the Minimoog vs. MOTM topic BTW.
I don't know the expression "whistling in the dark", I just want to
comment on the aspect of creativity mentioned above. I definitely
have to disagree on that one, Tony. It might be that you mean
that "difficult" things will tempt a user to be more resourceful but
that is not the same as being creative. Ofcourse it is true that
there must be things to be learned. And ofcourse can new things make
ones creativity richer. Making things (e.g. interfaces) hard to
understand or to learn however will stand in the way of the creative
proces. In stead of having your creativity do the work, one will be
too busy figuring out how the damn thing works. Creative people will
therefore often walk away from hard to use interfaces.
No offence Tony, I just had to answer.
Michel Havenith