Re: [MMM] Re: Strasheela

> > This looks like it might be fun, but if it ain't got
> > a GUI, I don't have time to play with it.
>
> Ditto. Personally, any program that requires me to stop whatever I'm
> doing and write command lines simply to alter some parameters is useless
> for my own compositional purposes.
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> For someone with a more intuitive and
> spontaneous approach to composing, spending more than a couple of
> minutes changing parameters -- especially by text -- can be enough to
> kill the flow of ideas.

Just a comment on working methods...

The learning curve for text-based interfaces is definitely steeper
than GUIs, so that it's usually very slow going in the beginning, and
the command line doesn't work well for everything.

However, some people might be surprised that, after gaining
proficiency, text and commands can sometimes be significantly *faster*
than mice and GUIs. Also, scripts, batch-processing and data piping
can make text apps far more flexible and customizable, both of which
add up to speed of use, which means better flow of ideas.

So my encouragement to anyone looking at text tools is, if it's a
useful program, take the time to learn the commands/syntax, because
before long you'll be leaving your mouse-dependant friends in the dust
;)

Not that I've had the time to look at Strasheela yet...

-chris

J.Smith escreveu:
> --- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Hudson Lacerda > <hfmlacerda@...> wrote:
> > >>Other people simply are not (enough) interested in algorithmic > > composition.
> > > Quite so, Hudson. It's kind of fun to play with and all, but holds > very little interest to me as a composition tool. I'm not against > the use of algorithmic tools per se....only that I would feel rather > dishonest using them to create a work, and then take credit for it > myself. This depends on which decisions one put on the hands of the computer program. I think algorithmic composition as a way to accomplish mechanical tasks not very suitable for a humain being, though clearly conceived by a humain being as composer, in special stochastic textures.

Cheers,
Hudson

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On 6/14/06, J.Smith <jsmith9624@...> wrote:
> Quite so, Hudson. It's kind of fun to play with and all, but holds
> very little interest to me as a composition tool. I'm not against
> the use of algorithmic tools per se....only that I would feel rather
> dishonest using them to create a work, and then take credit for it
> myself.

Funny, I feel that way when I write a piece from divine inspiration.
Calliope is credited in all of *her* works, why not her other eight
sisters?

--TRISTAN
(http://dreamingofeden.smackjeeves.com/)