Elektron Musical Instruments

I wanted to get my word out on this much debated issue.  Computer
software vs. hardware.  I was against software until a friend of mine
told me you need good hardware on you computer to run the software
well.  That got me thinking, it's all relative.  These hardware boxes
got their software too.  Getting good harware for your laptop may be
hard.  Some companies are now comming out with laptops for music
production now.  Somebody sees the market.  

I saw Monolake in Detroit at this small gallery.  I got it on video. 
He was sitting behind a table with is ibook apple whatever with some
midi controler.  I'm not sure what controler though.  It had about 36
knobs or more.  I don't think he touched his mouse.  In anycase his
music wasn't the jump up and down type.  It's just head bobbing stuf.
 It was pretty boring.  There were about 100 people just staring at
him.  I think they were staring at the lit apple behind his screen. 
He needed a vj to liven it up.  I was amusing myself with my digital
video effects.  

I saw mouse on mars who were touring with stereolab.  I'm sure they
were using no computers at the time.  just hardware.  I heard now they
had a recent show using laptops and they were great still.  As I look
back it isn't much different.  Even my favorite live pa group
Spacelings and Bassheads could seem boring to watch.  They just sound
good.  You can't see anything anyway.  Hey, put your hand on the knob
and wave your other hand, yo.  It's all about how you interact with
the crowd. 



--- In elektron-users@y..., Flavio Alvarez <srminimo@y...> wrote:
> --- merlinpipo <yapp@c...> wrote:
> > you must feel highly concerned by my words to post
> > such an answer..
> > Btw I just wanted to learn some new english rude
> > sentences.
> > thx
> > 
> > -X
> > 
> Yeah. Sorry, I guess I had too much coffee yesterday.
> Still, it sometimes seems we're doing to ourselves
> what everyone else has done to us historically:
> Critisize the music (and or performance) we do based
> on the equipment we use. I am a supporter of machine
> based music over computer based music, but my support
> stems from the pleasure I get in using my machines and
> the quality of the sounds, it is a PERSONAL choice, it
> does not mean I find the computer lifeless or
> "cheating" as some do. You still have to make the
> sequences and the music, and the finished product to
> me is as valid in either platform. People critisized
> Kraftwerk, Wendy Carlos and Claus Schultze for using
> machines, going as far as arquing that the machines
> themselves made the music and anybody could do music
> with machines. Why should machine geeks now diss
> computer geeks? The computer is an instrument, and if
> somebody prefers a mouse over knobs and keys, so be it
> (although we might personnally think them idiots).
> Sr M
> 
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