On Sunday 03 June 2007, andersvi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi David. > > I think you misunderstand the intention of this program somewhat. One > of the aims of this program is to give young people a creative option, > and make available tools which don't "help them" by adjusting > everything they might express to narrow grids of 400 year old musical > scales, 300 year old harmonic techniques and hammering it into 4 > beats. > > The program (together with its forerunner "DSP") has been in use in > lots of schools and in workshops for several years, and i can assure > you that kids getting exposed to DSP02 (or its forerunner) in a class > don't usually "get frustrated and leave it behind", quite the > opposite! I see your point. If I want a=440, I would like to hit a key to set that--very difficult with a slider. If I want to microtune, an old synth let me set a start and end for its keyboard that now played everything in between. Not everyone likes Schoenberg but I will never say it is not good or legitimate. > > If you tried this program (preferably together with some cheap, > portable recorders to grab their "own" sounds) in a normal school > class, You might get very surprised how open-minded kids may be if > they're not busy adhering to what their teachers or top-forty tells > about what's right or wrong or how its supposed to sound before they > get to try themselves! > OK. After I record or make these sounds, they could go onto a pallette and I can reuse them the next time or modify again and add the new version to a pallette as well. My main argument is that after I have all the sounds, whether I recorded them, made them in the various panes or downloaded them, I would like to be able to use them sampler-style. Set a pitch without typing or sliding to some number. I am not saying only Western scales and nothing but. Arabic Maqamim are also great. Microtones. OK. Just some more convenient to intuitive way to get them using the sounds. > >>>>> "DB" == David Baron <d_baron@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > DB> My comments: This does have a fairly simple interface to > DB> playing with sounds. The parameters portrayed/drawn on these > DB> screens are technical, however. One can have fun with the > DB> program but the pitch of the sound (if it has one, you can > DB> download farm animal samples from their site :-) ), is fixed > DB> on these screens. One cannot play a keyboard and compose music > DB> with this, just assemble series of sounds on multiple tracks > DB> (quite handily, but still...) > > DB> An older child that is bent towards playing with synthesis > DB> might get into this program but when he/she cannot really > DB> compose, will doubtless be frustrated and leave it behind. It > DB> is really not a kids program as such. It remains fairly > DB> technical. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
