[matilda] Open Source Music (.. was C90 gig space etc)

[Alan Dawson]

Quoting dan at aktivix.org:

> Oooo! Bitch!
> 
*cough*

You contradict yourself here.. 

firstly

> ... the limits
> are
> not imposed by the software, any more than they are by a canvas.  It's
> possible
> to do absolutely anything you can imagine.

then you suggest that the a few tools are superior to others, and by extension
produce better music.

> As it is, the resources commited to
> producing
> something like Cubase or Ableton or Halion or Reaktor or not within the
> reach
> of the open source movement. 

So what is it... unlimited imagination or do you need a special instrument to be
allowed to express yourself.


Also, do you think its possible to have film, without the cinema, the novel
without the printing press and loop based music without the sampler ?  Of
course  the technology defines the content.  And if the musicians can't control
the technological process how can they control the output ?

Enough philosophical wanking. 

Yeah.. a performing music club would be nice. ;-)

PS.. check out .. http://www.eco-action.org/dt/elimtv.html  proprietry hardware
and software all fit within this.

AED
-- 
"If you make decisions about software -- or anything -- based solely on
short-term cost and benefit, someone with a longer view can easily
manoeuver you into a trap from which it is hard to escape."