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From: Michael Will
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 16:25:16 -0700
Subject: Re: Amplified

Mike Curtis wrote:
>

Don't disagree with loss associated with recording and playback. Re
phychoacoustics, I've read that looking at the source of a sound
increases the perceived volume by about 10%.

> Oh, at first it might make you think "distorted guitar",
> but after a couple of those flat, even-sounding, "all alike" notes, you KNOW
> it's a synthesizer. And this is a sample of an electric instrument!
>
> -- IronMan Mike Curtis

I agree that sampled sound isn't like the real thing. But, "flat,
even-sounding, 'all alike' notes?" Even my cheap synth doesn't do
that. It responds to velocity (how fast I push the key down) and
pressure (how hard I push the key against its bed), and the timbre of
the sound (not just the volume) changes with time. The way I *play* it
determines how flat or even sounding or alike the notes sound. Could I
fool you into thinking it was a real guitar?

For how long? Solo or as part of a "wall of sound?" Are you a guitar
player (rhetorical) or a musician (ditto) or just an average listener?

The trick is to play the keyboard in the manner of a guitarist. The
chord inversions, licks of choice, etc.

And don' ferget, y'all--it's only gunna git better..

- --
..Mic'l

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