By deck daddy
Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:57 pm
Probably not a new and great find, but:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1994_articles/oct94/akaimpc3000.html
These SOS articles are always positive with some pros and cons, but it's interesting to go back 14 years in time and read what thoughts came up around the 3000 when it was new. And the subjects, even the "hardware vs software battle", are a lot of the same things we discuss today.
He is not too happy about the computer screen + too visual part of music:
"...next time you are in a studio with a computer-sequenced track playing, take a furtive look at the people around you. They will all have their eyes glued to the screen, watching the cursor creeping across and giving that their full attention rather than simply listening to the music. The computer screen is like a magnet, drawing your concentration away from what is really important. A piece of advice sometimes given to aspiring orchestral conductors is 'the score in your head, not your head in the score', meaning that you shouldn't rely on looking at the printed music; you should have absorbed it and know it by heart. Hardware sequencers actually encourage this attitude, because you only look at the display when you are actively doing something; as the music plays, you'll probably just sit back and listen."
WOOORD UP
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1994_articles/oct94/akaimpc3000.html
These SOS articles are always positive with some pros and cons, but it's interesting to go back 14 years in time and read what thoughts came up around the 3000 when it was new. And the subjects, even the "hardware vs software battle", are a lot of the same things we discuss today.
He is not too happy about the computer screen + too visual part of music:
"...next time you are in a studio with a computer-sequenced track playing, take a furtive look at the people around you. They will all have their eyes glued to the screen, watching the cursor creeping across and giving that their full attention rather than simply listening to the music. The computer screen is like a magnet, drawing your concentration away from what is really important. A piece of advice sometimes given to aspiring orchestral conductors is 'the score in your head, not your head in the score', meaning that you shouldn't rely on looking at the printed music; you should have absorbed it and know it by heart. Hardware sequencers actually encourage this attitude, because you only look at the display when you are actively doing something; as the music plays, you'll probably just sit back and listen."
WOOORD UP
