The Schwarzonator is stupid

[cacti]

for some reason i find it really appalling, why write/perform music if you cant take the time to learn basic chords.

[outershpongolia]

because chicks dig it.

[RajahP]

for some reason i find it really appalling, why write/perform music if you cant take the time to learn basic chords.

You have week legs.

[auto-lock]

why calculate 1234567*7654321 in ur head when u can do it with a calculator... its the result that counts

[cacti]

why calculate 1234567*7654321 in ur head when u can do it with a calculator... its the result that counts

thats a stupid analogy.

its fucking cheating and its fucking lame. and the examples in the video sound like shit.

[chapelier fou]

why calculate 1234567*7654321 in ur head when u can do it with a calculator... its the result that counts

Personnaly, I am not interested in the result !

[zigzag]

why calculate 1234567*7654321 in ur head when u can do it with a calculator... its the result that counts

thats a stupid analogy.

its fucking cheating and its fucking lame. and the examples in the video sound like shit.

I have been looking into it and it seems that it is a tool purely for a non-musician. If you really look into its code, you will see essentially what is the result of chord constructions per song of that artist.
I think it has taken him a lot (I mean A LOT) of time to come up with those chord combinations.
That does not mean that it is very useful for anyone else unless they see these chords fitting for their own work. There is a limited
number of presets available.
You can call it stupid, whereas others (if they can customize it) can call it a gift. Maybe they never had the time to learn chord construction and they want to express themselves somehow. Its for them.

[hoffman2k]

for some reason i find it really appalling, why write/perform music if you cant take the time to learn basic chords.

Thank you for the original contribution.
http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=132103

Wonna get really outraged? I heard some dudes are using Live to beatmatch without using turntables

[davepermen]

why calculate 1234567*7654321 in ur head when u can do it with a calculator... its the result that counts

thats a stupid analogy.

its fucking cheating and its fucking lame. and the examples in the video sound like shit.

well, if you're in a math learning class, using a calculator is considered cheating, too. but only in the basic ones, as there, you have to be able to handle basics yourself. later on, people progress and never care to do basics on their own again, they move on.

here it's the same. why doing it all time manually if a machine can make sure that what you know you want, gets done. that's what live is about: it allows you to express what you want, and does it for you. beatmatching? done. sidechaining? done. limiting? done. etc. all those things can be done manually, but are tedious and just understanding how they work, and then applying the tools makes you faster, more flexible.

same here.

it's called progression. and with any progression, people come and cry "cheating". was always like that.

[necho]

When the pianoforte appeared, I bet some dude complained that it was stupid and lame because it had expression and sustain. "An instrument for people who can't trill...."... etc...

[pepezabala]

I have been looking into it and it seems that it is a tool purely for a non-musician. If you really look into its code, you will see essentially what is the result of chord constructions per song of that artist.
I think it has taken him a lot (I mean A LOT) of time to come up with those chord combinations.
That does not mean that it is very useful for anyone else unless they see these chords fitting for their own work. There is a limited
number of presets available.
You can call it stupid, whereas others (if they can customize it) can call it a gift. Maybe they never had the time to learn chord construction and they want to express themselves somehow. Its for them.

I have not looked into it, but is this limited to a couple of chords? And you can't create your own presets?

[davepermen]

I have been looking into it and it seems that it is a tool purely for a non-musician. If you really look into its code, you will see essentially what is the result of chord constructions per song of that artist.
I think it has taken him a lot (I mean A LOT) of time to come up with those chord combinations.
That does not mean that it is very useful for anyone else unless they see these chords fitting for their own work. There is a limited
number of presets available.
You can call it stupid, whereas others (if they can customize it) can call it a gift. Maybe they never had the time to learn chord construction and they want to express themselves somehow. Its for them.

I have not looked into it, but is this limited to a couple of chords? And you can't create your own presets?

own presets should be available in a next version. right now it had the presets the developer needed.

[fatrabbit]

why calculate 1234567*7654321 in ur head when u can do it with a calculator... its the result that counts

thats a stupid analogy.

its fucking cheating and its fucking lame. and the examples in the video sound like shit.

I have been looking into it and it seems that it is a tool purely for a non-musician. If you really look into its code, you will see essentially what is the result of chord constructions per song of that artist.
I think it has taken him a lot (I mean A LOT) of time to come up with those chord combinations.
That does not mean that it is very useful for anyone else unless they see these chords fitting for their own work. There is a limited
number of presets available.
You can call it stupid, whereas others (if they can customize it) can call it a gift. Maybe they never had the time to learn chord construction and they want to express themselves somehow. Its for them.

Yeah it seems like he's spent a lot of time finding progressions that work. But he hasn't just found them magically like some Aztec gold for the first time. If you learn theory, you'll arrive at the same point with understanding of how things fit together.

[zigzag]

Yeah it seems like he's spent a lot of time finding progressions that work. But he hasn't just found them magically like some Aztec gold for the first time. If you learn theory, you'll arrive at the same point with understanding of how things fit together.

Indeed. I couldn't agree more. However the developer seems that he's willing to attach an interface in a new version whereby you could select chords by their music theory names.
In this case I think that such a tool would allow one to study the combinations of chords very quickly. It wouldn't make you a better keyboard player. But a great study tool nevertheless..

[Emissary]

This would be a good idea as a learning device i agree. But seriously the music he is making with it sounds like a retarded puppy jumping on a keyboard. Plus its not that different from using the scale and chord midi effects (if you set them up correctly) I don't really care if someone wants to bypass music theory to write music , I know i did when i was a kid. They will eventually learn that learning music theory and developing the chords and scales that you as a person like is integral to creating art rather than elevator music (which is what his stuff sounds like)

But maybe he likes elevator music? so its all personal opinion really.