On Thursday 15 September 2005 13:03, Peder Hedlund wrote: > > Actually IMHO it's not the worst thing to happen for the freeware > > community, I sort of frown upon the practice of 'cloning' and enjoy > > genuinely new free apps a lot more... ZynAddSubFX comes to mind. > > But if you want to play, say, Black Metal you can't use ZynAddSubFX, > according to the authors whish. :( I think you're confusing form and style with content and intent. ZynAddSubFX would be inappropriate in a Black Metal song, because it's just too sweet and harmonic. However, if you take a walk though the instrument presets you will realise that the author is no stranger to the weird and wonderful. There are some great sounds there and plenty of room to make more. Yes, I find the religious statements in the documentation a bit cheesy, but having played with ZynAddSubFX and having an understanding of the relationship between music, geometry and spirituality, I bow to NOP's understanding of the science. I think anyone would be hard pressed to make anything other than healing music with this software. Let's face it, if you really want to stroke Satan's furry hoof you should be using Microsoft products. !;P I'm happy to discuss issues of spirituality __off-list__. :) -- cheers, tim hall http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim
