Splitting audio / each line treated as a totally independent instrument, literally an ensemble member who was the “solo” representative of that particular sound. The transformation of that signal into a MIDI stream which then be controlled with complete of the originating audio stream. This would allow painting different timbres, possibly diametrically opposed one, with one note. This would be especially true in the case of the advanced application of delays, reverbs, and reversal. This could be accomplished with the use of software and hardware and any combinations possible with them.
The use of guitar pedals on synths, the development of boutique boxes (I hesitate to simply call one of my favorites — the Empress Effects Zoia — a pedal), and the parallel development of the various “*-berry) Linux devices are examples of using various technologies in unintended manner with highly-desired results (from an aesthetic/artistic perspective).
The marriage of proven and robust MIDI implementations with increasingly sophisticated capabilities of digital technologies suggest a rich area for artistic exploration.
Author: The Cat Herder General
aka Dennis Moser — Citoyen du monde: Peregrinator, photographer, retired librarian/archivist/academic, musician, teacher of English to foreigners, and sometime writer... Due to bureaucratic nonsense, I have left Europe. I DID not return to the US, I took a left turn at the Calgary airport and am a refugee trying to learn to understand, and maybe speak, "Jouai" over here amongst the Quebecois.
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