Texte de la première partie de l'interview, avant la comparaison des sons

Légende : M.-A. D: Marc-Andre Dalbavie, S. L: Serge Lemouton, I: Interviewer (Karin Weissenbrunner)

Entre intention et résultat sonore

M.-A. D: The major problem is that this machine - fonctionne - it works with an algorithm. I mean, when you play, it is an algorithm that produce the sound. And, and he [Serge Lemouton] will use a sampler, and a sampler is a sort of photo. It is not the algorithm; it's a photo of the sound after have been produced. So it is totally different.

I: You would prefer the algorithm?

M.-A. D: No, if, - I prefer the result. If the result is okay, I don't care.

M.-A. D: No, because - Ja, because the reality of the algorithm, I don't care, maybe - . What was interesting in this algorithm was the sound. At this period it was the best sound you could use with this kind of machine. That's all. If I would have other I would have used that. There is no - philosophy of saying I want to use frequency modulation, because it's really the topic, you know, it was not [idea or ideal?] It was just, that was interesting, at this period it was the best. That's all. So if we can arrive - we have a photo to have the same result – what was important for me, it was the result. The algorithm is in the music not in the machine.