> There may well be some system of notation that is superior to the standard that has developed in Western music; but nothing I’ve seen matches the expressive flexibility and compactness of the way music is now notated.
I like Ableton's Push system and associated sequencing software. I think it is superior.
Its an LED grid and matrix, but primarily within that grid it highlights all the C notes for every octave
for someone that doesn't have the discipline to already sense them, there is no need to ever gain or hone that sense anymore
its hard to describe, as the combination of hardware and software is quite comprehensive, but in comparison it really does seem like this just wasn't revisited for the last 700 years. the matrix is for playing and reading. whereas these would be separate things in analog devices and things that simulate them. hm, lines blur with the term analog. I mean in comparison to traditional physical instruments.
I love me a matrix sequencer, but they don't easily convey things like dynamics, or tempo changes, or key changes. It also requires a score for an 88 key piano be 88 rows tall. A 4 bar rest and 64 16th notes also all have the same length in the sequencer, which is some times helpful but often not helpful.
The Ableton Push sequencer is also designed with using it in a scale-only mode in mind. It gets a fair bit uglier if you enable chromatic mode.
I like Ableton's Push system and associated sequencing software. I think it is superior.
Its an LED grid and matrix, but primarily within that grid it highlights all the C notes for every octave
for someone that doesn't have the discipline to already sense them, there is no need to ever gain or hone that sense anymore
its hard to describe, as the combination of hardware and software is quite comprehensive, but in comparison it really does seem like this just wasn't revisited for the last 700 years. the matrix is for playing and reading. whereas these would be separate things in analog devices and things that simulate them. hm, lines blur with the term analog. I mean in comparison to traditional physical instruments.