On 3/11/06, cdr <ix@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > And by "composers", of course, you mean "composers who are also > > > computer programmers". None of the people I know in real life > > > who compose music are going to be writing Csound, CM or > > > Just chiming in to say I agree. No composer I ever met is > > interested in actually language-based programming to get sound. I > > just chiming in to say my favorite composers are those who actually use computers to do what prior devices cant, rather than just using them as glorified/more-convenient tape-loops/tape-decks or mixers. Icarus, Autechre, Dirty Danger (programming fruityloops is programming too). > > if theyre just using the computer to turn on and off Loops in LIVE and slather on McFX, or to get that pristine 32/192 sound which is so much more boring than a grimy old 4-track, forget it - give me some Sun Ra or something Rudy recorded in Hackensack... > I didn't say there weren't good ones out there.....I only said I've never met one! ;-) - Mark
