tim hall: > > 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. > Not to disagree with anything you said, but I also want to add to the record that theres a lot of christian black and death metal bands: Religion =/= music style. http://www.google.no/search?hl=no&q=christian+black+metal&btnG=S%C3%B8k&meta= --
