I really don't see how a strad could have more features... But I know nothing about violins...
I used to play an old beat-up Aria for which I paid $100. Until I bought a hand-made Contrares, very rare. That was the most beautifully sounding classical guitar I've ever played (although a little tough on the left hand). It open up a whole new sonic palette. It had the same features as the Aria, though (the frets, the body, 6 strings and I couldn't get it to feedback unplugged, no matter how hard I tried...)
Going back to the pd vs. max/msp debate... I've seen this come up on various lists. So far max/msp seems to be preferred mainly because of it's slick look, ease of use and the fact that one can make standalone apps with it. I don't really see those features as advantageous in terms of actually making music. It's interesting, though, the amount of questions about pd in terms of Max/msp.
I do think that the correct answer is what was given: 'forget max'. pd is a different system. It uses the same idiom as max but has a slightly different set of features. It's ugly, but it's efficient (last time I checked, pd was able to handle slightly more complex patches under debian ppc than max/msp under mac os9 on the same machine and was _way more stable_ despite of the low version number and beta status).
However, I do not consider pd as poor man's max. It's simply an alternative and it happens to be cheaper. And since I see the potential of pd and find it adequate for my needs, I don't see a need to use max, despite of its numerous merits.
./MiS
On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 07:10, marius schebella wrote:
I just said a Stradivary offers definitely more features than a poor man`s violin. and if I play or listen good enough to recognize the difference, then I would prefer the Stradivary. The mystical things that make the music do not have to be written down in the score (I wonder if this is possible at all).
Marius.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Krzysztof Czaja" czaja@chopin.edu.pl To: "marius schebella" marius.schebella@chello.at Cc: pd-list@iem.at Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [PD] ubumenu
definitely what?
you mean you know how to notate Strad-related features in your score?
is not doomed, in the long run, a piece of music that actually cannot be performed on instruments of other brands than listed in the score?