I create biological sounds just fine without the aid of a computer! --- cdr <ix@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu Feb 23, 2006 at 04:06:32AM +0100, Carlo > Capocasa wrote: > > I spent a good deal of my youth battling with my > guitar teacher who was > > constantly trying to turn me into a biological > sound generator... > > Limiting my creativity to the exacty fashion with > which I execute his > > instructions on how to play a Concerto Andante > Furioso Con Parmigiano > > some dead guy wrote 10'000 years ago. (I'm sure he > didn't even announce > > his own death). > > > > So I am now scheming a devious plan on how to > > > > a) Get back at him, and > > b) Demonstrate the programmability of humans to > anyone who has eyes > > and mind to see it > > > > So my proposition: Take any instrument that is > convertible to MIDI, like > > a keyboard, or preferably, MIDI-plug an old, > whacked up rock guitar that > > was used by Alice Cooper to scratch his hairy > buttocks. > > > > So then you get about 100 high-brow studied > classical orchestra > > musicians (the more narrow-minded the better), > hand out wireless > > terminals with an OSC-hacked version of Lilypond > that display sheet > > music from MIDI signals. Have their musical > teachers tell them this is > > one of the most avant-garde ways to peform and > that it is their ticket > > to fame and fortune in the classical music > community (believe me, these > > classical types will believe absolutely ANYTHING > their musical > > authorities tell them). > > > > Then plug your flea bag MIDI scratcher and start > getting your groove on. > > Voil?! Biological soundfont. Only downside: > Latency is a bar or two. > > thats pretty unacceptable. maybe you could get it > lower, with some combination of Thai RedBull and > tweak?? > > > > > Carlo > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
