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motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@a...> wrote:
> OK, I'm not a Buchla expert, but I can see an immediate reason it
was hard to do "Carlos music"
> on them.
Right! Remember what he was trying to do AND for whom. The East
coast experimental musicians had grown somewhat tired of their musique
concrete and oddball recordings-Varese' had done it all before! On
the West coast, though, the was still a mood of "better living through
technology". Subotnik and his followers were still getting audiences
with their compositions (though some of this was probably due to the
abundence of mind altering substances available at the time)and when
they requested the services of Don Buchla, Don initially thought they
were proposing a buisness venture!
Both Buchla and Moog were supplying artists with the ability to create
sounds without the ordeal of splicing tape. One control protocol
offered the ability to conform to music as it was expected, while the
other demanded experimentation and the abdication of control at times.
Given a choice, what should real synthesis be? Given the above, would
Don have used a 741 or a TL071? I wouldn't think twice about my answer...
Chub-out of control and proud of it!