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1. 7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 01:59:25 JST 7666

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   • calm engine ✨ sinkuchan
   @ciel MIDI would have been mid to late 80s. I'm more talking about the pre-MIDI era which would have extended back to probably about '77 and maybe ended in '84/85.
   
   I don't have anything against MIDI but I think it's probably the maximum (outside of recording tech, lo-fi is great and all but sound is always delivered digitally) that I'd feel comfortable accepting outside of some truly amazing historical computerized synths like a PPG Wave or Fairlight CMI.
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   • calm engine ✨ sinkuchan (ciel@kokoro.garden)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 01:59:26 JST calm engine ✨ sinkuchan

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     @7666 midi was invented in the 80s and musicians immediately took it up, especially where it was readily avalible: in japan. setups of big expensive finnicky synthesizers were usurped by smaller, lighter setups and could built by hobbyists. that hobby scene was extremely influential on video game music in particular afaik.

     still, i have a fetish for old synthesizers and gear and techniques. and in my exploration ive found a DAW CAN give us what we want, but it takes a great deal of effort.

   • 7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 01:59:27 JST 7666
     I will always have a wonderful fascination with analog instruments, recording, synthesizers, etc.
     
     I feel like back then, music that used only analog or very minor digital orchestration (which is all they had in the 80s - there was no MIDI) required real elbow grease to get to sounding like music. It gave it soul and passion along the way. Artists had to get very deep into technology and electronics to strike gold. Adversity breeds innovation after all.
     
     Lots of "electronic" music these days sounds too pristine, too soulless, because you can just push a button on a computer and make a completely digital replica. I'm sure a lot of great music has been made this way, but it's *too easy*. You can just buy someone else's synth packs and get going, sort of like how you can just buy Unity assets and make a "game".
     
     You'll never recreate the soul though. It's not based in the real world. I want music I can touch and feel, and a DAW can't really give me that.