What's in a name - Part 2
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- KVRAF
- 3517 posts since 18 Apr, 2002 from British Columbia, Canada
very fond of Elektra! also like musonic. don't like muton, but add an r (mutron) and i would like it fine.
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- KVRAF
- 6478 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
what happened to "mujay". I quite liked that, nice japanese ring, with the unfortunate association to ejay.
'muja' or 'muji' have a nice ring to them. luna and eletra are already used everywhere else, I wouldn't bother with them.
'muja' or 'muji' have a nice ring to them. luna and eletra are already used everywhere else, I wouldn't bother with them.
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- KVRian
- 576 posts since 30 Jan, 2004 from Baja Texas
Museq was a now defunct sequencer of some kind. That is probably the best name, but already used. Sorry.> DiGiT < wrote:no museq? muzak? mumu? M.? (wasnt there a famous program called M from the distant past?)
Muzak, for those who don't know the joke already is the U.S. company that plays elevator music for commercial buildings all over the country. Whoever named it neglected to insert a
after that suggestion. Muzak has a terrible reputation with anyone under 40 years old. I'm older and happen to enjoy a lot of their horn arrangements. Oh, well. 
There's a lot of considerations to take into account with the international market these days. I'm sure Jo is pretty savvy on these things. We'll all help where we can.
RogerPerrin
I'm up to my old hat tricks again.
I'm up to my old hat tricks again.
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- KVRian
- 576 posts since 30 Jan, 2004 from Baja Texas
I expect that Jo will sleep on all of this free advice for a week or two, and then make up his own mind, irregardless of this non-scientific poll. And there may be other good options popping up before his deadline. Who knows what he'll decide. It's all in good fun, and maybe we've been a help to him.
How about this: MUNITIONS, the "fully tool-tipped" sequencer/host. Instead of doing an audio freeze you'd do a "munitions dump." And it could have an onboard synth built in called: "W.M.D." And the seq could be "armed" with 3rd party vsti's. NNaaaaahh, I'm just thinking out loud again - needing lots more caffeine before I go in to work.
Mu-Thuh? Naaah - more caffeine.
How about this: MUNITIONS, the "fully tool-tipped" sequencer/host. Instead of doing an audio freeze you'd do a "munitions dump." And it could have an onboard synth built in called: "W.M.D." And the seq could be "armed" with 3rd party vsti's. NNaaaaahh, I'm just thinking out loud again - needing lots more caffeine before I go in to work.
Mu-Thuh? Naaah - more caffeine.
RogerPerrin
I'm up to my old hat tricks again.
I'm up to my old hat tricks again.
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- KVRian
- 1161 posts since 24 Dec, 2004 from Adelaide, South Australia
Admittedly I'm offering non 'Mu' alternatives for balance so here we go:
SERENE
SIRIUS
ANDROMEDA
AURA
SERENE
SIRIUS
ANDROMEDA
AURA
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- KVRian
- 1161 posts since 24 Dec, 2004 from Adelaide, South Australia
Just a pity that the Mutron BiPhase exists already> DiGiT < wrote:woah, mutron. now thats a good one!
Otherwise, great name.
What about other 'Mu' names...
MUZON
MUZION
MUNOISE
MUZONIC
MU MU (for old fans of the KLF
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- KVRian
- 576 posts since 30 Jan, 2004 from Baja Texas
Musoniq
RogerPerrin
I'm up to my old hat tricks again.
I'm up to my old hat tricks again.
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- Banned
- 897 posts since 8 Jan, 2005 from Detroit
doh!audiobot202 wrote:Just a pity that the Mutron BiPhase exists already> DiGiT < wrote:woah, mutron. now thats a good one!
Otherwise, great name.
What about other 'Mu' names...
MUZON
MUZION
MUNOISE
MUZONIC
MU MU (for old fans of the KLF
mujik? muver? planet mu? or how about "MU"?
mu (my, m)
n.
Symbol The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
adj.
Of, relating to, or being a polypeptide chain that is one of five types of heavy chains present in immunoglobins.
<philosophy> /moo/ The correct answer to the classic trick
question "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?". Assuming
that you have no wife or you have never beaten your wife, the
answer "yes" is wrong because it implies that you used to beat
your wife and then stopped, but "no" is worse because it
suggests that you have one and are still beating her.
According to various Discordians and Douglas Hofstadter the
correct answer is usually "mu", a Japanese word alleged to
mean "Your question cannot be answered because it depends on
incorrect assumptions".
Hackers tend to be sensitive to logical inadequacies in
language, and many have adopted this suggestion with
enthusiasm. The word "mu" is actually from Chinese, meaning
"nothing"; it is used in mainstream Japanese in that sense,
but native speakers do not recognise the Discordian
question-denying use. It almost certainly derives from
overgeneralisation of the answer in the following well-known
Rinzei Zen teaching riddle:
A monk asked Joshu, "Does a dog have the Buddha nature?"
Joshu retorted, "Mu!"
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- KVRian
- 1161 posts since 24 Dec, 2004 from Adelaide, South Australia
Given the variety of obscure but interesting meanings...I quite like the simple 'Mu' myself It's unusual, you have to give it that.
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- KVRist
- 48 posts since 3 Oct, 2004 from California
I havnt read half these posts, but i see "musonic" is the popular vote...
My first impression of the name musonic: Generic... a combination of two obvious words... soo obvious, it sounds cheezy.. also sounds too much like "prosoniq"
Luna: somewhat generic, but nowhere near cheezy... This is a name id be proud of listing on my software list (id put it right next to cubase)... 2 syllables, easy to say, and it just rolls of the tongue. it just sounds soo natural to me.. it sounds professional...
The problem with muzys was probably the name.. it was such a turn off when id tell my buddies about it (although it was the greatest software ive ever used).. Think of FRUITY LOOPS.. that name didnt leave much room for expantion.... now they have to call it FL studio (thank god).. Lets give this software a nice, short, catchy, professional name to start with!
Luna is still my vote
My first impression of the name musonic: Generic... a combination of two obvious words... soo obvious, it sounds cheezy.. also sounds too much like "prosoniq"
Luna: somewhat generic, but nowhere near cheezy... This is a name id be proud of listing on my software list (id put it right next to cubase)... 2 syllables, easy to say, and it just rolls of the tongue. it just sounds soo natural to me.. it sounds professional...
The problem with muzys was probably the name.. it was such a turn off when id tell my buddies about it (although it was the greatest software ive ever used).. Think of FRUITY LOOPS.. that name didnt leave much room for expantion.... now they have to call it FL studio (thank god).. Lets give this software a nice, short, catchy, professional name to start with!
Luna is still my vote
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- KVRAF
- 10077 posts since 2 Jan, 2005 from somewhere in the woods
muzoniq as a small mutation fits in. 
"It dreamed itself along"
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- KVRian
- 1161 posts since 24 Dec, 2004 from Adelaide, South Australia
Yeah, not convinced about Luna. Nice word...Goddess of the Moon..yeah I guess...making music at night.
I originally suggested Apollo. The NASA images notwithstanding, the actual relation to music and creativity is a much better fit. But people seemed either to confuse it with chicken or have too many NASA images in their heads. Obviously Classical education is not as popular these days !
I never much cared for 'Muzys' as a name either because it was awkward to pronounce. But to be honest, this is Jo's decision and I'm happy with that.
There are plenty of words in the English language without having to resort to hybrid names by the way. And plenty that have no existing software reference.
'Asphodel' was voted one of the most beautiful words in the English language but I doubt that anyone would invest in a sequencer by that name.
I've already suggested plenty of non hybrid type names in the two threads. I'm not going to bother relisting as everyone seems already too set on Musonic or Luna.
I originally suggested Apollo. The NASA images notwithstanding, the actual relation to music and creativity is a much better fit. But people seemed either to confuse it with chicken or have too many NASA images in their heads. Obviously Classical education is not as popular these days !
I never much cared for 'Muzys' as a name either because it was awkward to pronounce. But to be honest, this is Jo's decision and I'm happy with that.
There are plenty of words in the English language without having to resort to hybrid names by the way. And plenty that have no existing software reference.
'Asphodel' was voted one of the most beautiful words in the English language but I doubt that anyone would invest in a sequencer by that name.
I've already suggested plenty of non hybrid type names in the two threads. I'm not going to bother relisting as everyone seems already too set on Musonic or Luna.
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