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Re: Computers & Music

Author: BflatNH
Date: 2016-09-01 18:56

I think we are mainly talking about the inclusion of electronically created and manually (e.g. hit the switch) performed electronic "instrument" sounds like Mothership https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0K1kJOins4 and not something that is purely electronic like The Lonely Bull (subotnik) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLnPWzDSfNs.

I wonder if the issue is that electronic sounds lack legitimacy as virtuosity cannot be achieved when playing them. In Mothership, the sounds are largely percussive, so that loudness and timing of other perc can be used, but in many cases, real-time (live-performance) modulation of the sound nuance is not available or understood.

Also, the Theremin has some control but it is hard to contain and lacks others (e.g. a sharp attack), and it has become associated with 'other-worldliness'.

Yet, here we are well into the 21st century. Perhaps there are some good clarinet/electronic/chamber pieces out there, or that can be written.

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