songcarver
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Re:Macros and Scripting... - 2005/03/30 00:00
ok, quotes are getting out of hand..so I'll try to keep this short 
RE: re-tuning a guitar on the fly..
I once saw a show on TV (10 years ago..) where they talked about a new guitar which had motors attached to strings, and had computer controlled tuning. you could press a button and viola! new tuning. but it did take a few seconds.
Phillosophically, I think tuning by ear is still better than by machine..it makes you really listen, and also makes you realize that 'tuning' on a guitar is flawed anyway, it's equal temperament.
By re-tuning, do you mean "drop D" type alternate guitar tunings? or tuning other than equal temperament? In the former, I'd say it would be better to then realize you need to learn how to voice better. In the latter I would say you could possibly bend each note to get the effect you are after.
I will say at this point that it is very cool that you play a stick.
I know what you are saying though. Neccessity is the Mother of invention, i say, so what exactly do you need to do?
RE: "an interface that knew what you needed to do before/while you were doing it. "
I think thats a common error. We actually don't need a smarter/ more intelligent tool, we simply need a BETTER tool, a tool that becomes more like an extension of us.
Or, it could be the basis for a Plasq next-generation hardware controller. *Huuuuge evil grin*
RE: The intelligent collaborator...
that concept has been around for a long time, and the means to do it has been around a long time as well. So why hasn't it taken off? I suspect because it's the wrong metaphor.
We are physical beings.
Lets look at the example of looping-control by changes in volume.
Here we are forcing stylistic decisions on the music, that is, you must stop playing before you want to loop. And also, we are playing the decision into the hands of a machine, instead of allowing me to make a decision easier.
An idea I have thought about...I mean, we don't even need to press 'start record' really. We could just have a really big sample buffer. And at any point just say "loop the last 4 bars i played".
I really do appreciate your comments mech, and there is a lot we can do with timing etc. Hopefully we are getting somewhere here!
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