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>   Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:49:35 -0000
>    From: "konkuro" <konkuro@aol.com>
>Subject: Re: Please support Original Design

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>After all, why should a modular be portable? They are by nature studio
>instruments. A portable modular makes about as much sense as a
>portable multi-track recorder.

Hmm, we obviously don't live in the same world. Some of us do live 
performances and for this kind of things, portability is a very important 
factor. It's also deeply related to what others have said earlier about 
considering a modular synth as a *musical instrument* or just as a tool. 
For most people on this list, synths are instruments and not lab props.

I don't have any "real" modular for the moment (just korg ms series stuff, 
a clavia micromodular and a darkstar PCB :), but the point above is valid 
for the other instruments that I use live : modified toys and instruments, 
"analog" sequencers, even gameboy + music software. The way one interacts 
with an instrument, be it acoustic or electronic, has a great impact on the 
music created/played with the instrument.

I consider my synths, and other electronic noisemakers, as instruments and 
as such I want to be able to bring them to play wherever I want without 
having to rent a truck.

Different people have different motivations, you'll have to admit someday 
that you're not the center of the musical world.

</daviD>

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