> Actually, real instruments can be duplicated by computer. It's called
> sampling and it works quite well.

But you only get the timbre and envelope of a sound--and it's static, as
samples are like snap shots of sound. You can't get the interplay and
inflection of fingers on strings, for example.

Of course, you can program a simulation, but the things that make
playing a non-digital instrument worth the bother are immaterial in
sampling.

I love electronic music--but I'd think it another huge loss to lose bio-
based instrumets.

I think we'll be finding some interesting new psychological effects
increasingly experienced as binary simulation. Actually, if you look at,
say, mental health care, we're already getting a binary approach--
you're one of a list of mental illness presets, or you fall through the
system and are not treated.

For example.

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