Hehe. If you'd seen the things that I've seen.S0lo wrote:It was meant as a joke. Apparently a bad oneUnaspected wrote:It seems a number of people would love something like that from what I have seen in forum posts over the years - but none of those people were musicians. It could be useful for uncreative types working in marketing but no use for musicians or sound engineers. The idea of hitting a single button to create music does indeed sound quite boring and joyless.S0lo wrote:The ultimate synth/effect in 1000 years from now would be a plugin that has one button. You push that bottom and it creates an new track or sound for you that matches your thoughts, that is absolutely aaaawchesome, that has never been heard before and that will be on the top charts. every time.
But then, every one can do it. so tracks wont sell. and so the plugin wont sell. ends up being free. And then some one will come and say. "hey, this is boring, I wanna be involved.". And we're back to the moog modular again.
We're obviously in the realms of fantasy here but it could be useful as a writing tool. Though I've always found that the act of picking up a guitar or reaching for my controller keyboard leads to developmental ideas that I might never have thought up without the physical interaction.