a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson) (09/13/90)
> vo@philmtl.philips.ca writes: > > #define NEWSGROUP comp.music > #define BADINFO synth/kbd/drum machine XXYZ > #define OTHRGROUP rec.music.synth > #define INTEREST academic aspects of computer use in music > > I'm not a habitual complainer, but I'm sorry to see NEWSGROUP being > increasingly swamped with articles about BADINFO; > shouldn't we restrict these to OTHRGROUP? When I originally > started reading this newsgroup, articles were generally confined to > INTEREST which I believe was the original intent of the group's founder. > ca I agree completely. Another complaint of mine is that there seems to be a lot of cross-posting between this group and r.m.s. I read both groups, and unfortunately my news software doesn't have any way to filter out the duplicates. (And no, I can't switch to rn or whatever is the current rave software.) C'mon folks. Let's try and stop the cross-posting and get stuff in the correct place. Thanks. -cjs ( Curt_Sampson@mindlink.UUCP )
vo@philmtl.philips.ca (Vladimir Orlt) (09/14/90)
#define NEWSGROUP comp.music
#define BADINFO synth/kbd/drum machine XXYZ
#define OTHRGROUP rec.music.synth
#define INTEREST academic aspects of computer use in music
I'm not a habitual complainer, but I'm sorry to see NEWSGROUP being
increasingly swamped with articles about BADINFO;
shouldn't we restrict these to OTHRGROUP? When I originally
started reading this newsgroup, articles were generally confined to
INTEREST which I believe was the original intent of the group's founder.
Of course, part of the blame rest with the namer of the newsgroup.
Perhaps a new group with a more precise name would keep the others away?
Vlad Orlt
vo@philmtl.philips.caeliot@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Eliot Handelman) (09/14/90)
In article <1482@philmtl.philips.ca> vo@philmtl.philips.ca (Vladimir Orlt) writes:
;#define NEWSGROUP comp.music
;#define BADINFO synth/kbd/drum machine XXYZ
;#define OTHRGROUP rec.music.synth
;#define INTEREST academic aspects of computer use in music
This man's right. Please take all this crap to rec.music.synth.
Here's a quick guide to straighten out where to post.
IF YOU WANT TO THEN TAKE IT TO
sell your korg rec.music.synth
get patches for your DX7 rec.music.synth
sell your DX7 rec.music.synth
find out which drum machine to buy rec.music.syth
bash Otto Laske comp.music
bash ICMC comp.music
find out where to ftp csound comp.musicmvolo@uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow) (09/14/90)
Sorry if rec.synth stuff appears in this newsgroup. But this is the only music newsgroup they'll let us have. I have found the "contaminated" articles rather helpful. I, for one, intend to keep ]reading and posting them here, unless they let us have other newsgroups. -- Michael Volow, Psychiatry, Durham VA Med Center, Durham NC 27712 919 286 0411 Ext 6933 mvolo@ecsvax.edu
mgresham@artsnet.UUCP (Mark Gresham) (09/15/90)
In article <2504@idunno.Princeton.EDU> eliot@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Eliot Handelman) writes: >In article <1482@philmtl.philips.ca> vo@philmtl.philips.ca (Vladimir Orlt) writes: >>[Items that belong in 'rec.music.synth' appearing in >>'comp.music' on an inordinate basis.] > >This man's right. Please take all this crap to rec.music.synth. >Here's a quick guide to straighten out where to post. >[Eliot's Guide to Better Posting] Perhaps a brief, regular (monthly?) reminder of the group's purpose would be helpful, both to those who prefer that the contents match the intent of 'comp.music' and those who would gain greater benfit from posting their synth-equipment info/questions to 'rec.music.synth' instead. One small bug: systems that carry the 'comp' heiarchy but not the 'rec' heiarchy. But there are ways... [Crossposted to 'news.admin' to add bandwidth. :-)] Cheers, --Mark ======================================== Mark Gresham ARTSNET Norcross, GA, USA E-mail: ...gatech!artsnet!mgresham or: artsnet!mgresham@gatech.edu ========================================
mgresham@artsnet.UUCP (Mark Gresham) (09/15/90)
In article <1990Sep14.132123.21283@uncecs.edu> mvolo@uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow) writes: > >Sorry if rec.synth stuff appears in this newsgroup. But this is the >only music newsgroup they'll let us have. I have found the >"contaminated" articles rather helpful. I, for one, intend to keep >]reading and posting them here, unless they let us have other >newsgroups. >-- >Michael Volow, Psychiatry, Durham VA Med Center, Durham NC 27712 >919 286 0411 Ext 6933 mvolo@ecsvax.edu Point of information: How many 'comp.music' readers have to use this newsgroup as a 'catch-all' music group because you cannot read groups in the 'rec' heiarchy? [Crossposted to 'news.admin' to increase total bytes per square inch in the Universe.] Cheers, --Mark ======================================== Mark Gresham ARTSNET Norcross, GA, USA E-mail: ...gatech!artsnet!mgresham or: artsnet!mgresham@gatech.edu ========================================
ta-wvb@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu (Rick Bassett) (09/16/90)
In article <943@artsnet.UUCP> mgresham@artsnet.UUCP (Mark Gresham) writes: >In article <2504@idunno.Princeton.EDU> eliot@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Eliot Handelman) writes: >>In article <1482@philmtl.philips.ca> vo@philmtl.philips.ca (Vladimir Orlt) writes: >>>[Items that belong in 'rec.music.synth' appearing in >>>'comp.music' on an inordinate basis.] >> >Perhaps a brief, regular (monthly?) reminder of the group's >purpose would be helpful, both to those who prefer that the >contents match the intent of 'comp.music' and those who would gain >greater benfit from posting their synth-equipment info/questions >to 'rec.music.synth' instead. > One small bug: systems that carry the 'comp' heiarchy but not >the 'rec' heiarchy. But there are ways... > The name comp.music seems clear to those with a background in academic computer music, but to those first encountering the group, the name is more ambiguous, seeming to include anything relating to computers and music, or music by computer people. Perhaps it would be helpful to not bash those without access to rec.music.synth, or who don't know about software synthesis, but come up with a more precise newsgroup name. Rick Bassett rick@woof.columbia.edu ta-wvb@cunixd.columbia.edu
eliot@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Eliot Handelman) (09/16/90)
In article <1990Sep15.183341.16872@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> ta-wvb@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu (Rick Bassett) writes:
;The name comp.music seems clear to those with a background in academic
;computer music,
I wish this expression "academic computer music" would go away. Let's just
say, computers and music, any aspect, theoretical or practical;
this is also the unofficial forum for things pertaining to AI and music,
or cognition and music, or perceptual psychology and music, or mathematics
and music, etc.
The only thing that really doesn't belong here are questions about
buying and selling synthesizers.
That, at any rate, is how I feel about it.
; Perhaps it would be helpful to not bash those
;without access to rec.music.synth, or who don't know about software
;synthesis, but come up with a more precise newsgroup name.
I feel that synthesizer questions DISCOURAGE those interested in the
matters above from posting (here or anywhere else).