The coolest bit of text culled from my allegged thesis:
The musical world did not have a governmentally funded research organisation and a swathe of MIT graduates, but it did have Herbie Hancock – jazz pianist. Hancock drew upon on his degree in electrical engineering and “customized connections for his various synthesizers so they would work in concert.” (Vaidhyanathan, 150) His actions inspired the development of the Musical Instrumental Digital Interface (MIDI) standard; MIDI which is an open compatibility protocol capable of instructing a musical device on “the duration of a note, the shape and pitch of a sound and its volume.” (Vaidhyanathan, 150)...
Oh well.
Posted by luther at January 27, 2004 08:05 PM | TrackBackI suddenly remembered that it was called the Glaive.
Yessirree.
Posted by: Cardinal on January 28, 2004 02:16 AM