Marc, I've had far too much spare time by far lately, so DIWO has kept me occupied, but after this weekend, that will change.
Aside from surfing the net on a win xp machine, everything else I do is made with free/open source software in Linux, and I sometimes forget that not everyone else uses it or wishes to 8o.. James. On 14/2/2007, "marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi james, > >Fair comments... > >Well - the DIWO submission period has not finished yet, not for a while >in fact - we've all got plenty of time to get some more work and >collaborations happening here. > >Also, I think that it is up to the imaginations and creative passions of >those on this list in respect of how they collaborate - after all it's >their show. Also, it's yours as well James of course, but I think you >know what I mean ;-) > >If you are worried that people are not collaborating enough - I think >perhaps a bit of patience is called for, I would'nt give up just yet. I >have received loads of emails from people on ths list, and contrary to >Lem's fun piece 'Artists are lazy', I feel that it is not the case, just >some of them - just like any other human being in any other context or >profession... > >I feel that your notions regarding use of open source are relevant as >well. I think that if we chat more on this, perhaps something can be >worked out - nad I really appreciate that you are making the effort and >thinking 'consciously' about this stuff, it does help. > >marc > > > >>Hello, >> >>With the DIWO project I'd personally hoped and/or expected to see more >>exchange of components, something more toward an open source development >>model (yawn), rather than, on the whole, settling for accumulation/cut >>up (of which I'm just as guillty). >> >>But saying this, there's the problem of different computer platforms in >>use, Windows, Linux, Mac, maybe even others (factoid: an amiga visited >>my site last week). >> >>Anyway what I can provide in this regard is the following (all open >>source software based): >> >>*** Images in the GIMP's native file format so layers are available for >>editing. >> >>*** GIMP mathmap plugin expression (already posted). >> >>*** Scalable Vector Graphics (svg) of some visual pieces. >> >>*** .med files for the MUSE audio/midi sequencer. >> >>*** a sound bank of instruments created for the software synth >>ZynAddSUbFX, which grows with every audio piece I make. >> >>*** Hydrogen Drum Machine patterns (where applicable). >> >>*** Ardour Hard Disk Recorder sessions - minus the actual audio, but >>routing of audio channels, fx, buses, would be intact. >> >>*** perhaps mp3's of seperate audio channels from Ardour. >> >>Please don't think the only reason I'm posting this is because I think >>my stuff is so great that everyone should use it, it's more about the >>potential to see how other people would make different artistic choices >>given the same raw materials. >> >>Any other thoughts about DIWO interaction so far? >> >>James. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>NetBehaviour mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >NetBehaviour mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
