"poly" not "ploy"
Sorry - you can tell what my keyboard skils are. That's OK: I'm a
guitarist!
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Marsh" <michaelmarsh@s...> wrote:
> The 730 was designed for you, then, Greg! It's all about rhythms,
> ploy and otherwise...
>
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Greg Amann <greg.amann@s...> wrote:
> > Unlike Paul H, I am primarily interested in rhythm (which makes sense
> > since I am a drummer). I do not confuse rhythm with the 4/4
thumping we
> > hear on the radio (and I am not implying that Paul H does). Music
does
> > not generally translate into words very easily, but I think of
> rhythm as
> > "forward motion" or "momentum". A sense of the inevitable.
> >
> > I love "un-pitched" sounds. I have a cymbal collection including two
> > gongs.
> >
> > I disagree that music in hardwired. It seems that way to us
because it
> > means so much to us. There are plenty of people for whom music is
like
> > wallpaper. Music may be cultural.
> >
> > I am interested in music that I am interested in and I try not to
judge
> > other things going on in the world but I am almost never
successful and
> > find that I judge Britney et al. constantly. I am learning to live
> with
> > this character defect. I would guess that I am interested in aboot
> > 0.0001% of the music produced. To get a general idea of where my
> > beauty/pain threshold lies, listen to recent King Crimson or early
> Magma.
> >
> > I have no desire to challenge anyone other than myself.
> >
> > I love the internet since it allows me to engage in learned debate
with
> > people of similar ilk and thereby rise above the primitive beasties.
> >
> > I am selling a lot of stuff on eBay to pay for my MOTM. Boy, do I
need
> > a power supply!
> >
> > PLL, BFG
> > (Peace, light and love, Big Fat Greg)
> >
> > Mike Marsh wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you thank you thank you! This is what I was hoping would come
> > > of my earlier post. I am intensely interested in why/how/what other
> > > people do in synthesis, and this is a keen insight indeed.
> > >
> > > I think we are after the same thing, ultimately: beautiful music. I
> > > also think that there is a very large social/cultural component to
> > > people's response to music and what is beautiful or not. Some of it
> > > is indeed hard-wired, some of it not. I want to, um,
"challenge" the
> > > ear sometimes, although I grant you that I'm rearely successful in
> > > passing it off as 'beautiful" :> even though I sincerely believe it
> > > myself.
> > >
> > > What about it folks? How/why/what do the rest of you do?
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "paulhaneberg" <phaneber@o...> wrote:
> > > > That was a great post by Mike. I thought maybe I would explain as
> > > > well what I am after with my synth, since it is somewhat different
> > > > than what Mike does.
> > > >
> > > > My long term goal is to produce albums of synthesized music. The
> > > > type of synthesis that I am interested in is the antithesis of
> > > > techno or industrial type music. I am not particularly interested
> > > > in rhythm. I love sounds that are pleasing to the ear, or to
put it
> > > > another way are aesthetic.
> > > >
> > > > I have spent a good deal of time studying what exactly makes a
sound
> > > > fall into this category. Its not just consonance, it can also
> > > > involve resolving dissonance. It's about combinations of
harmonics
> > > > and patterns of notes and how they relate to each other.
> > > >
> > > > I am terribly interested in the synthesis of traditional
> > > > instruments, not so much because I want to replicate them, but
> > > > because I want to understand why their sound is pleasing. If
> > > > traditional instruments were not pleasant sounding they would
never
> > > > have lasted for hundreds of years. The synthesizer is still very
> > > > young, but it is certainly very capable. This is not to say
that I
> > > > don't like or appreciate other styles and other directions. But I
> > > > have always been attrracted to music that involves building
> > > > sonorities and that involves symmetry.
> > > >
> > > > I believe that music is something that is hardwired into the
brain,
> > > > and that there are certain sounds and combinations of sounds that
> > > > can impart specific emotions.
> > > >
> > > > So, my goal when I play around with my synth is to create sounds
> > > > that I can combine to produce an emotional response in the
listener.
> > > >
> > > > Paul Haneberg
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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