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What I found interesting is that it was the way the tool was used differently than the investor's intention that made it so popular.
by coglethorpe 18y ago
What I found interesting is that it was the way the tool was used differently than the investor's intention that made it so popular.
- parenthesis 18y agoThat is not uncommon in the history of music technology. For example, the Roland TB-303 "was originally marketed to guitarists for bass accompaniment while practicing alone" [Wikipedia]. But what we got from it — in the end — was acid house. The vocoder was originally developed with telecommunications applications in mind, not Kraftwerk.