On Sat, 4 Jun 2016 16:22:38 -0400, Paul Davis wrote: >On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Robert Edge ><thumbknucklerocks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I would argue that this is "process music", and that the actual >> composers are the people that programmed the AI. >> > >That was precisely my point, mostly. Than this Google thingy is a tool, used for an opus, but not a machine that does compose. This are two completely different approaches. >I also find it deeply beautiful. But Reich didn't compose it to convey >a state of mind (or heart). But he did, because he is a being with emotions. He wanted to do it, because he has a live, experiences, passion and an impetus. A machine has nothing of those qualities. If you program a machine as a tool, used by you, it's not the same as programming a machine to do something on it's own. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user