One, I really appreciated what Stephen wrote here. Well done - good form.
<<It sounds to me as though the instrument which was once made for the
domain of the poor musician is now being made for the domain of the
university and the individual who can afford such prices.>>
More the second than the first, as outside of support devices such as midi
interfaces, digital audio systems and the like, universities aren't
investing dime one on hardware of any type. I can see their point, as
software alternatives don't require the massive budgets these systems
dictate and what expenses are incurred have been reallocated to the student
(they buy the software for their own computer).
Some universities still have their halcyon analog boxes and while it seems
they are now all aware of their value ($$) , few of them are being used.
Most analog synthesis instruction is done with Reaktor and 99.9% of the
advanced teaching and composition on either MAX MSP or Csound.
So not only are these machines not being used that much for music
production, the days of acquiring a large Buchla 200 for a song which has
spent the last two decades in a college broom closet are gone, too....
THATS the saddest part!
<<It sounds to me as though the instrument which was once made for the
domain of the poor musician is now being made for the domain of the
university and the individual who can afford such prices.>>
More the second than the first, as outside of support devices such as midi
interfaces, digital audio systems and the like, universities aren't
investing dime one on hardware of any type. I can see their point, as
software alternatives don't require the massive budgets these systems
dictate and what expenses are incurred have been reallocated to the student
(they buy the software for their own computer).
Some universities still have their halcyon analog boxes and while it seems
they are now all aware of their value ($$) , few of them are being used.
Most analog synthesis instruction is done with Reaktor and 99.9% of the
advanced teaching and composition on either MAX MSP or Csound.
So not only are these machines not being used that much for music
production, the days of acquiring a large Buchla 200 for a song which has
spent the last two decades in a college broom closet are gone, too....
THATS the saddest part!