Re: power is nothing without control (was Re: Filter-Looper Swapping)

[Jeff Kaiser <loopersdelight@pfmentum.com>]

hi luca,

I don't want to be redundant with our private emails: but I thought it 
worth repeating for the list.....This is one of the reasons I went with 
Max/MSP....big time flexibility of routing. Inside the max/MSP 
environment you can freely route/reroute audio paths/controller paths 
all over the place, making it perfect for hybrid rigs of laptop and 
other hardware, or pure software. And so many of the guys onboard 
Cycling 74 (I think all of them) are musicians....at least the ones I 
know personally: Andrew Pask, Gregory Taylor, Ben Nevile.
best regards,
Jeff



Jeff Kaiser
http://www.jeffkaisermusic.com
pfMENTUM.com • AngryVegan.com

On Mar 28, 2006, at 11:40 AM, Luca Formentini wrote:

> even if I am really surprised by music industry underconsideration 
> conceirning control capabilities, I have been analyzing audio 
> converters' internal audio routing/splitting/mixing capabilities for 2 
> years now.
> I use switchblades since many years but, given the growing 
> availability of digital connections on processing hw and the shift 
> from just hardware to mixed setups composed by hw and sw, I think that 
> audio interfaces offer a convenient solution to do this kind of 
> complex audio spaghetti.
> The problem resides in the midi implementation offered by their 
> manufacturers. None of them ( Rme said that officially and Motu by the 
> mouth of their italian importer) care about making this objects 
> flexible hearts for evoluted signal routing.
> The most stupid thing is that they all have what they need, it's just 
> a matter of control so, like a famous italian commercial says "power 
> is nothing without control".
> It's a shame, once again it looks like there are no musicians in the 
> manifacturers' teams.
> best,
> luca
> www.unguitar.com