Re: Acid

[SketchyJoe@aol.com]

>From my trial period with Acid, I see it as a relatively simple 
>sequencer.  
It's ideal for more repetitious type music like electronica or Glass style 
minimalism.  I honestly feel that many of the digital audio sequencers 
available do not offer much more than simple repetition.  I would like to 
see 
a program that will take audio information and manipulate it on the fly or 
even a program that will apply random effects to a sample.  In fact my 
idea 
for all of this came from working with the Mac program M.  I really wanted 
to 
be able to input midi data in real time and have the computer recombine 
the 
various data randomly (which M can do with an established data set).  
Imagine 
a situation where the dynamics of one sample are applied to a completely 
unrelated sample.  Really, I want a computer that will improvise with my 
input as opposed to the current system in which I (the human element) must 
react to the program.  In otherwords, a computer would have to process a 
fuzzy logic in discrete terms rather than a human having to make a precise 
work a little more fuzzy.  If anybody knows of such methods, I would be 
eternally grateful. Sorry if this is a little strange, my brain is a 
little 
askew.  :-)

Later!
Joe