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From: ta-wvb@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu (Rick Bassett)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: contamination of comp.music
Message-ID: <1990Sep15.183341.16872@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 15 Sep 90 18:33:41 GMT
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In article <943@artsnet.UUCP> mgresham@artsnet.UUCP (Mark Gresham) writes:
>In article <2504@idunno.Princeton.EDU> eliot@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Eliot Handelman) writes:
>>In article <1482@philmtl.philips.ca> vo@philmtl.philips.ca (Vladimir Orlt) writes:
>>>[Items that belong in 'rec.music.synth' appearing in
>>>'comp.music' on an inordinate basis.]
>>
>Perhaps a brief, regular (monthly?) reminder of the group's
>purpose would be helpful, both to those who prefer that the
>contents match the intent of 'comp.music' and those who would gain
>greater benfit from posting their synth-equipment info/questions
>to 'rec.music.synth' instead.
>  One small bug: systems that carry the 'comp' heiarchy but not
>the 'rec' heiarchy.  But there are ways...
>
The name comp.music seems clear to those with a background in academic
computer music, but to those first encountering the group, the name is more
ambiguous, seeming to include anything relating to computers and music, or
music by computer people.  Perhaps it would be helpful to not bash those
without access to rec.music.synth, or who don't know about software
synthesis, but come up with a more precise newsgroup name.
Rick Bassett
rick@woof.columbia.edu
ta-wvb@cunixd.columbia.edu