The Sibling Below Me...

[Griffin NoName]

Yes I do, but I gave it to Agnes.

TsBM gives piano lessons to robots.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

And with quantization the robot (computer) transcribes what I play. Now I need to play better... 

TSBM thinks that MIDI is overrated.

[Swatopluk]

Especially becasue it cannot be easily converted into mp3 (and sounds far too different on different machines).

The sibling below me finds the imitation of strings by midi especially unconvincing.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Even with a good tone box sounds quite lifeless, although in truth most instruments even sampled ones don't sound right, mostly because minor variations and things like vibrato have random periods and never sound in the same exact way.

TSBM chokes when commercials, TV and -OMG!- movies used sequenced music instead of live one.

[Opsa]

Zone- can you clarify that? I'm not sure this fogey gets what you mean.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

In layman terms, when a synthesizer -pretending to be an orchestra-* is used instead of real musicians to make the soundtrack of a movie or TV series.

*Specifically is called 'sequenced' because a sequencer (a piece of software in which you can manage a composition and play it through a computer or via MIDI), does the job, it isn't even a man at a keyboard, but a completely computerized musical interpretation.

I hope that answers your question... 

[Opsa]

Ah, thank you, my good sibling.

I do find some strictly synthesized music to be somewhat irritating. I imagine that sometimes I don't even notice, since I assume that some is very well done. One thing I really have a time with is fake piano music. Some of it just sounds so hokey.

The Sibling Below Me thinks that only robots should play synthesizers.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Specially after listening to Yanni

TSBM is offended by that comment.

[Opsa]

I am offended on behalf of my robot, who asked me to be offended for him because he has no emotions. It's the least I could do.

The Sibling Below Me has one of the new emotional robots.

[Sibling DavidH]

I have, but it's throwing a hissy fit at the moment and won't come out of its docking station.

The Sibling Below Me has one of the even newer useful robots.

[Swatopluk]

But it still can't do oral properly..eh..I mean its language skills leave something to be desired.

The sibling below me will comment on Oral Roberts' sermon
[youtube=425,350]WKM2p8NLv1w[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKM2p8NLv1w

[Aphos]

 

The sibling below me wishes he could redo yesterday.

[Swatopluk]

i.e. sitting half an hour longer in a commuter train (without an orgy for compensation) and coming late to an interesting lecture?
Eh..no!

The sibling below me now thinks about orgies in German commuter trains

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

German prawn is already legendary, there must be a version in a train. 

TSBM is appalled after that comment.

[Opsa]

No, just disappointed that I've never been invited to a German train orgy.

The Sibling Below Me wonders what a German train orgy invitation looks like.