post-Muzys: Jo's three questions

[Charlie]

It is my opinion that the best idea is to have a clear plan of what the product will be used for and then go for it.

Personally I would like to see a product tailored for spontaneous creativity. (Tablet PC might be nice with a big screen plus a decent midi controller)
(Mad brain dump of ideas to follow: Chord sequencer; 3D audio; Style library of clips e.g. reggae, bossanova; Ripple edits; Video synthesiser (video file or feed provides controller information, luminance hue etc); DJ tools; Visual feedback; Beatbox or vocal analyser converts mic input into midi sequence; Coloured waveforms, red=bassy blue=trebley!; Infinite loop recording; Harmony tools; Algorythmic midi generators; Lyric sequencer type track; Scale mode on piano roll - only allows notes that fit into scale; Non-western scales, song structures; Chord progression library; Overdub loop track which simultaneously records onto a separate time-line track; one handed operation; Minimal pop up windows;

As an analogy:

Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter are both image manipulation/creation programs with a great deal of overlap but there are clear boundarys and different underlying philosophies.

[Z3R0T0N1N]

Not a subject for joking, Zerotonin. Makes us all look bad here. Perhaps you should edit your response, please????

are you on crack?

[rogerperrin]

You don't deserve a response seratonin, but I will stoop to your level, hopefully without being insulting, which you are obviously not above. I am not on crack. What concerns me is that a 3rd person who might be on crack might read your post and decide that your wacky idea makes sense, somehow, in some delusional way. I know that your intent was to be funny but others might not take it that way.

By the way, I have had some of my posts completely deleted for saying something something as silly as, "My girlfriend can beatup your girlfriend," in response to a forgotten person's signature. And I was just being stupid and silly, but there you have it!! Go figure.

Let's don't turn this into a flamin' flame fest. It's all about the tunes, dude, it's all about the tunes. - that 'n' helpin' Jo stay on the right track.

[Z3R0T0N1N]

here's the thing though: nobody knows who the guy is except for jo, so there really isn't any danger.
i have never in my life had anyone suggest such a thing in response to a "joke" (it wasn't really a joke, actually, but i will play)
it's not like i can't possibly imagine such a thing happening, but a) i am not particularly adverse to such an incident, and b) the chances are so small as to be mathmatically insignificant.
anyway, i don't mean to sound like i am flaming, if that's how it sounds. And i am very pleased to hear that you are not on crack, it is a terrible drug.

chrz
g.

[rogerperrin]

Apology accepted, (I think you are, anyway, am I right?) Moving on, I'll try out your Arpe2600VA whatever the name is tonight. Peace out, Bro.

[sdv]

How about adding some ability akin to Tera's sequencer... where the user can generate multiple sequences and drag them into a grid for playing or drag-n-drop patterns on the fly. Something like that with Muzys' Playroom would be very cool... all integrated with a Muzynth type sound-generating system would be bitchin.
{edit}if, for instance, a Muzynth type synth will be included it would be cool to create a tabbed interface for it (something akin to Sytrus). Muzynth is powerful but the dialog boxes aren't the greatest workflow. {/edit}