By The Time I Got To Building

I Happen To Think That Computers Are The Most Important Thing To Happen To Musicians Since The Invention Of Cat-gut Which Was A Long Time Ago.

Part Of What I Do Is A Craft, But Part Of What I Do Is A Science. And I Guess The Craft Comes In Knowing What Science To Use And What Science Not To Use.

My Training As An Engineer Has Enabled Me To Design The Stuff, But The Reason I Do It Is Not To Make Music But For The Opportunity To Work With Musicians.

When A Pianist Sits Down And Does A Virtuoso Performance He Is In A Technical Sense Transmitting More Information To A Machine Than Any Other Human Activity Involving Machinery Allows.

Back In The 40s And Early 50s, Building Simple Electronic Projects Was A Popular Hobby Of Many People. Back Then, You Could Buy, You Know, A Few Parts And - With Tubes And Build Something On Your Kitchen Table, And It Would Actually Work.