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fwlr • yesterday at 4:01 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Music before quantization:

                soul | soulless
    listenable ______|_________
  unlistenable       |
Music after quantization:

                     | soulless
    listenable       |_________
Hmm, this “net improvement” of yours seems to have obliterated some important categories. I don’t think I care for it.

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thaumasiotes • yesterday at 7:20 PM

Here's a musical performance that I think could be defended as possessing 'soul': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa-FI9exq8o .

Does it bother you that the drumline consists of two bars recorded on a synthesizer and then repeated over and over again with inhuman, flawless precision for the entire duration of the song?

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