Nice package and nice idea as item to buy and to own of course, but I am not too sure what is the difference from this and a midi player built say in say a mobile phone, we have plenty of such devices around its just that nobody use them and exploit to make art...<div>
<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 4:20 PM, john saylor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:js0000@gmail.com">js0000@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
hey<br>
<br>
don't know how many are aware of this:<br>
<a href="http://www.1bitsymphony.com/" target="_blank">http://www.1bitsymphony.com/</a><br>
<br>
well, i bit [ouch!] and got it. there are some interesting things<br>
about the music, but to be quite frank, i prefer most of the chiptune<br>
players to perich. when listening to it, i often felt that while his<br>
understanding of how machines make music was not as deep as it could<br>
be. i guess i could simplify it by saying i felt there was more<br>
symphony than there was 1 bit.<br>
<br>
also, while the code for generating the music [i think] was included<br>
on the card there was precious little about meta issues [what the<br>
software was like, how the programming was done, what were his<br>
aesthetic aims with this music, and so on]. and from an engineering<br>
standpoint, it seems like it was not designed to last very long or<br>
take much abuse. people spill and drop things [and their kids tear<br>
them apart ...] all the time. i don't think this package can take much<br>
of that. there is something about a cd release that is kept by using<br>
the same packaging, i get that; but as a bit of technology, it kinda<br>
fails in my book.<br>
<br>
don't misunderstand, i think it's an interesting project, and i put<br>
out my currency to but it. so that says something in and of itself.<br>
<br>
other opinions, comments?<br>
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