tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220957931635097123.post5809062281076099960..comments2023-09-25T22:26:25.692+10:00Comments on mnml ssgs: We Were Never Mnml, February 2008chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17030219185948353658noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220957931635097123.post-55505634291396613732008-03-01T05:55:00.000+11:002008-03-01T05:55:00.000+11:00Autechre took their media with them on their North...Autechre took their media with them on their North American tour in 1996(5?). (Tri Repetae era.) <BR/><BR/>They had a list of four or five pieces of gear (I don't remember what) that each venue had to provide. Then they plugged in and jammed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220957931635097123.post-28501344501451343742008-02-29T10:02:00.000+11:002008-02-29T10:02:00.000+11:00nobody has come up with an integrated DJ controlle...<I>nobody has come up with an integrated DJ controller with both the sonic possibilities, intuitive interface AND realtime feel of a ‘proper’ musical instrument</I><BR/><BR/>Hey, that's what I'm trying to do. Except I use a fairly standard MIDI controller and try to make the software be as expressive as possible via the MIDI controller... and at the moment it's really made for doing freejazz/improvised electroacoustic music, not really techno. <A HREF="http://www.frey.co.nz/blog/2008/01/12/eindhoven-gig-19122008/" REL="nofollow">clicky</A><BR/><BR/>But the beat's coming soon, just as soon as I've got the response/expressiveness part figured out :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220957931635097123.post-77459822253964031272008-02-28T13:50:00.000+11:002008-02-28T13:50:00.000+11:00And momma troll said to the baby troll:'If you can...And momma troll said to the baby troll:<BR/><BR/>'If you can't growl anything positive, don't growl anything at all.'<BR/><BR/>And the baby troll said:<BR/><BR/>'Grrr.'<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ah, the gentle growling of trolls... the perennial ambience of the blogosphere... <BR/><BR/><BR/>'Grrrrrr... rrr...'PChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828854682227101864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220957931635097123.post-340699669154565602008-02-27T23:12:00.000+11:002008-02-27T23:12:00.000+11:00erm, won't 2008 actually be a year when records th...erm, won't 2008 actually be a year when records that aren't even out yet can't be pre-emptively summed up by pithy non plussed one liners?<BR/><BR/>Like any other year I guess. Oh it's all so blasé.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220957931635097123.post-51764223087181317382008-02-27T06:59:00.000+11:002008-02-27T06:59:00.000+11:00Faderfox's DJ2 controller does a pretty good job o...Faderfox's DJ2 controller does a pretty good job of this, but it's not much more than a fancy midi controller. That said I cherish it as if it were a first Fender or something like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220957931635097123.post-5795315728314295772008-02-26T07:07:00.000+11:002008-02-26T07:07:00.000+11:00Standardization of the hardware platform of electr...Standardization of the hardware platform of electronic music would be a huge boost to legitimizing the laptop dj/producer/looper/arranger. <BR/><BR/>That's on one hand. <BR/><BR/>On the other, from an enthusiast stand point, it's exciting to be adrift on a constant shifting tidal flow of new vst plugins, daw suites, lemur controllers. <BR/><BR/>Completely agree with your prediction that '2008 will be a year of very well made but rather unadventurous records.' I would just add the caveat that adventurous records WILL be made but the audience for them (myself included) will be in the middle of the next cycle of electronic dance music.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, great column.mrgnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282829078403291536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220957931635097123.post-63604929332505366182008-02-25T21:01:00.000+11:002008-02-25T21:01:00.000+11:00good post, insightful. technology has always been ...good post, insightful. technology has always been shaping music, just imagine what happened when the first piano came along. The innovation cycle these days is much much shorter though. Looking forward to the brain computer interface which can read your mood and then compose appropriate music. MMORPG Music games are going to be very exiting to!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com