OS9 for me is the ultimately inspiring environment. Wether I am doing destructive editing in Logic, Thonking things, Chunk Mungering, Sonik Worx(ing) things, I am never bored.
I often think....
in the same way that ANALOG SYNTHS PEAKED
--prior to surface mounted (Circuit)boards -- before 1986) --
i think that COMPUTERS PEAKED
--in terms of an open ended ideology and aesthetic that encouraged and inspired Sound Design --
(in about 1995-1996).
this makes sense as that was the peak of patch editors + hardware integration + librarian apps.. each app had its own patch editor + librarian (copying the atari based apps which provided the same even earlier)
this is an interesting observation that corresponds to my own ascertations
(so this means, Cubase 3.0, Logic 3.0, Opcode Studio Vision 3.0, cakewalk pro audio 5.0, Pro Tools 4.0, etc) (funny that all the versions almost line up in around this time regarding version3.0 aswell!!!)
this would also mean System 7.5 + win3.1/win95 operating systems
Funnily many of my EDM friends and even fellow film composers that watch me work on my OS9 rigs start by scratching their heads saying "wow that looks old and cheesy" to "holy shit, I can't do any of that on my modern computers". This look happens over the course of about an hour. Then most go home and start putting together an OS9 rig. True Story.
Anyway, this place is awesome. Great to be here, thanks for having me.
_BT
