A
notion that entered my
noggin as I wandered through the
Mall recently, pondering, as I am prone to, the sorry
state of that most
mild of
music standards,
MIDI, and the
strange and undeserving
esteem in which it is held.
Slashdot has recently hosted some
discussion on the the
state of the art of music under
Linux and the commonly held opinion emerged that MIDI alone
equaleth music for the purposes of
composition, and that the state of MIDI under Linux
IS the state of music under Linux. That's just the sheerest
bosh. MIDI leaves a very bad taste in my
psyche. MIDI is not the be all and end all. It's just this
thing,
you know?, and outdated at that. More, about
sampling and
digital and the sweet
hiss of
vinyl in the
stillness of night, and of
Steve Albini and
Slint and
RPM, I shall not for the moment
murmur of. Spare us a world where this node title is
true, for our children and
our children's children.
Kids, just say
NO to MIDI.