The beauty of guitar is in the varying ways you can do inflections. This machine not have that capacity in the least, and it also does not have the *impetus* to *create* any inflection.
MIDI files of piano pieces have been around for decades, player-pianos centuries - only a moron thinks that replaces a human keyboardist. With guitar there's many more ways of injecting *human* inflection into what comes out - that will never happen unless AI occurs, combined with perfected human-biomechanics.
Which is many, many days off. The headline writer is a deaf idiot.
A recording does not contain enough information due to the mechanical limitiations of the technology to enable such a transferance of performance to occur.
The dynamic range is too limited, even for just a single note, and the bandwith/resolution does not allow for a workaround.
Although it might fool most people, it's NOT a *reproduction* of a performance, but a *facsimile* of one.
I'm quite amazed to say not only do I like it, but I like it a lot more than the original. They're wailing on it....
The exterior shots are great: I've been complaining here and elsewhere for years that the dichotomy between "realism" and "what we're trained to expect" is screwed up in sci-fi films.
The reality of sci-fi is, in a "space battle", *you're not farking likely to be outside watching it from afar, anyhow*... and if you could, you probably wouldn't even see anything anyhow...
So the way they're handling it - lens distortion, blurring, grain, loose shots - it's a great feel. It's sci-fi, not a documentary.
The acting has been surprising as well. I was s prepared to hate it after seeing what SciFi Channel did to _Dune_... but it's been very interesting how controlled and "seasoned" the acting comes off.
There's some tacky things about it, but I'm enjoying it enough to overlook it. I'm glad it's been renewed....The only thing is miss is:
"Byyyyyyyy youuuuuuuuuuuur commandddddddd"
"Speak, Centurion!"
I have something better:
Terminal Ennui.
There's cognitive overload, but that's not the real problem.
The real problem today is that because of cognitive overload, we're made too objectively aware of the world.
The traditional motivation to struggle to become the best at something is basically short-circuited today, as well can instantly see not only many other people doing the same things we're doing, but maybe better. Or, we can all too well see it having *already been done*.
Leaving the sensation that there's no point in trying to do much of anything at all. Cognitive overload is just a precursor. Terminal ennui.
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The beauty of guitar is in the varying ways you can do inflections. This machine not have that capacity in the least, and it also does not have the *impetus* to *create* any inflection.
MIDI files of piano pieces have been around for decades, player-pianos centuries - only a moron thinks that replaces a human keyboardist. With guitar there's many more ways of injecting *human* inflection into what comes out - that will never happen unless AI occurs, combined with perfected human-biomechanics.
Which is many, many days off. The headline writer is a deaf idiot.
A recording does not contain enough information due to the mechanical limitiations of the technology to enable such a transferance of performance to occur. The dynamic range is too limited, even for just a single note, and the bandwith/resolution does not allow for a workaround. Although it might fool most people, it's NOT a *reproduction* of a performance, but a *facsimile* of one.
Nothing of value to say here except "still love the show keep up the good work"..........
Too bad it's not in another format than Real... uhg.
I'm quite amazed to say not only do I like it, but I like it a lot more than the original. They're wailing on it.... The exterior shots are great: I've been complaining here and elsewhere for years that the dichotomy between "realism" and "what we're trained to expect" is screwed up in sci-fi films. The reality of sci-fi is, in a "space battle", *you're not farking likely to be outside watching it from afar, anyhow*... and if you could, you probably wouldn't even see anything anyhow... So the way they're handling it - lens distortion, blurring, grain, loose shots - it's a great feel. It's sci-fi, not a documentary. The acting has been surprising as well. I was s prepared to hate it after seeing what SciFi Channel did to _Dune_... but it's been very interesting how controlled and "seasoned" the acting comes off. There's some tacky things about it, but I'm enjoying it enough to overlook it. I'm glad it's been renewed....The only thing is miss is: "Byyyyyyyy youuuuuuuuuuuur commandddddddd" "Speak, Centurion!"
I have something better: Terminal Ennui . There's cognitive overload, but that's not the real problem. The real problem today is that because of cognitive overload, we're made too objectively aware of the world. The traditional motivation to struggle to become the best at something is basically short-circuited today, as well can instantly see not only many other people doing the same things we're doing, but maybe better. Or, we can all too well see it having *already been done*. Leaving the sensation that there's no point in trying to do much of anything at all. Cognitive overload is just a precursor. Terminal ennui.