MOTM

--- In motm@y..., "Tony Allgood" <oakley@t...> wrote:
> >I really feel like I'm whistling in the dark here when I see the 
latest
> modules with switches that allow the choice between "V" and "R" 
or "L"
> and "E".
> 
> While this may be true for many people, it must have also been true 
when
> musicians first saw a module labelled A, D, S, R. Like any musical
> instrument, there must be things to learn. And there is a school of
> thought that says the harder it is to learn the more creative you 
>will<
> become.
> 
> Tony

This has nothing to do with the Minimoog vs. MOTM topic BTW.
I don't know the expression "whistling in the dark", I just want to 
comment on the aspect of creativity mentioned above. I definitely 
have to disagree on that one, Tony. It might be that you mean 
that "difficult" things will tempt a user to be more resourceful but 
that is not the same as being creative. Ofcourse it is true that 
there must be things to be learned. And ofcourse can new things make 
ones creativity richer. Making things (e.g. interfaces) hard to 
understand or to learn however will stand in the way of the creative 
proces. In stead of having your creativity do the work, one will be 
too busy figuring out how the damn thing works. Creative people will 
therefore often walk away from hard to use interfaces. 

No offence Tony, I just had to answer.

Michel Havenith