Re: Fripper Gear Trivia

[Petri Lahtinen <aikuinen@gmail.com>]

Well Dennis, you nailed it.

2010/12/8 Dennis Moser <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com>

In light of this reply by Andy about WHY Fripp uses what he does the
way he does (and it tangentially gets at his attitude about
photography during his performances), let me ask you all this:

How many of you are willing to take the time to truly understand the
acoustical space of the places where you perform? How many of you are
willing to spend the time to measure the delay times in a venue and
then adjust your gear to maximize the sonic experience of space that
you might be able to create. And having done all that, how many of you
are going to ask your audience to experience that space the way that
you have envisioned playing it? ... now lather, rinse, and repeat for
20+ years.

I didn't think so.

Best,

Dennis

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On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 2:39 AM, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> 2010/12/6 Rainer Straschill <moinsound@googlemail.com
>> <mailto:moinsound@googlemail.com>>
>>
>>
>>    Let me ask you this, then: Suppose you had three (or two, or one)
>>    H8000(s):
>>    What would you do with them that you can't do with what you have at
>>    your disposal and that would really bring forward what you do
>> musically?
>>
>
> When I saw Fripp he certainly needed 3 long stereo delays, with 2 of them
> very precisely the same length.
>
> 1 stereo delay was used to create a loop in his front 2 speakers.
> The other 2 were very carefully routed so that they created
> a stereo soundfield that gradually swept back over the heads
> of his audience to the rear 2 speakers.
> I not heard of anyone else configuring their delays to create
> spacial movement quite like that, it was impressive, and particularly
> the synth harps (not a sound I usually enjoy) really seemed to
> hang in the air a few feet above head height as they gradually moved back.
>
> I expect that if he specified top quality reliable audio gear to accomplish
> this that his setup was not in any way unreasonable.
>
> There's a nice Zappa quote about money
> "Some people put it up their nose, I put it in my ear."
>
> andy butler
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