Dear list, Just a thought about digitals - I've been intimately involved with MIDI and digitals since their inception (I taught the MIDI class at the '94 national in Milwaukee). A soundboard vibrating between your legs is a completely different experience than a sampled sound being amplified through speakers. That's what makes the piano (I refuse to use the word "acoustic") different and it always will be different. I do find the technology fascinating but there's no substitute for the real thing. Bob Sadowski RPT Erie, PA -----Original Message----- From: Anne Beetem <abeetem@wizard.net> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Friday, February 13, 1998 1:06 PM Subject: Re: Digitals-- >Who's ignoring digitals? They are fascinating, as is each stage of >development (well, maybe not a Betsy Ross spinet). I have a synthesizer. >No better way to input a tune into the computer. My dearest friend is a >professional composer and pianist who uses a digital piano like object >(DPLO) for his work, including composing sonatas for harpsichord (don't >worry Stephen we make sure he gets real harpsichords to refine them on). >He uses the same keyboard for MIDI orchestrations. > >He longs for a compact MIDI keyboard with far better touch and sound >though. I'll take suggestions of people's favorites if they are willing. >As do I so I can rapidly demonstrate and try different temperaments. > >I would assume all these bright pianer tooners can adapt to working on >digitals. There are still mechanical parts, and advice to give, parts to >sell. It will just be different. They adapted to SATs and laptops. So >you take a new set of training courses. > >Besides, the acoustic is far from dead. When they are running partial >differentials on all the possible combinations of undamped tones within an >acoustic box, then I'll have some faith in their sampling. You cannot >experience the beach by looking at individual grains of sand. You cannot >model a Killer B by sampling individual notes played at one acceleration >and intensity. > >ab -- who dreams of having one of everything available to play within a >half hour drive > > > > >Anne Beetem >Harpsichords & Historic Pianos >2070 Bingham Ct. >Reston, VA 20191 >abeetem@wizard.net > >
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