Darcy James Argue wrote:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117832128175492832.html?mod=hps_us_at_glance_pursuits
Apparently, the dean of composition at Eastman and the Dean of Music
Technology at Berklee couldn't.
I spotted the sample-based mockup within the first second, but
that's probably because I spend so much time working with GPO that
I'm attuned to the "giveaways" inherent in any kind of sample-based
playback.
I got it right away as well, but it is impressive how far these
facsimiles have come.
For anyone who hasn't read the article, the fake music making is much
more involved and sophisticated than just using Finale HP and GPO,
even though GPO and HP do a pretty good job most of the time.
The article suggests that computers might revitalize classical music
through economic savings. (The idea is that the laptop replaces some
musicians and the orchestra doesn't have to fold.)
I often include a laptop in my orchestral pieces, but it plays things
and makes sounds that the orchestra can't do. (I find that a laptop
with a MIDI keyboard added to the orchestra is so much better and
responsive than the old way of cueing tapes or CDs.) So I appreciate
the potential of computers doing music in live settings.
However...
There is no way that a laptop is going to "revitalize" anything. Even
a great recording never quite rises to the level of a passionate,
live performance by real people. If anything is going to be
revitalized, you need to be inspired in a life changing way. And as
useful as they are, laptops just can't do that.
-Randolph Peters
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