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NAMM wrapups ::
OS X audio coming of age (David Leishman, Macworld): “And, although I understand why many users are slow to move their music production to OS X, I think a broad range of services and applications will be at work by the beginning of summer.” The transition isn’t going to be instantaneous or easy for many users—it’s hard to move from a very rich ecosystem to a young new one—but thankfully it’s well underway.
NAMM oddities—some fun stuff here. The Opensynth inspired an “I want this” at first sight, though the enthusiasm dampened considerably upon realizing that it runs Windows. I was told this drew the attention of some major synthesizer manufacturers’ senior executives.
Dan Gillmor: Technology helps make music more democratic. “But music is in our soul, individually and collectively. Technology will never replace practice and talent. But it’s encouraging people to play—for themselves. What a great notion.” Cool, Gillmor’s one of my favorite technology writers, but I never realized he was a musician.
Spectrasonics @ NAMM 2003: about halfway down there’s a picture of me talking with Eric Persing, genius sound designer. His/their Atmosphere ("Dream Synth Module”) and Trilogy ("Total Bass Virtual Instrument”) were most impressive.
More when I sort through my bag of literature...
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