Amazing call, Mr. Johnson. I always thought it was some mainframe door
or something.
Re:
http://home.t-online.de/home/520078056126-0002/3cwpost.jpg
I think that's a picture of a different setup than the one I posted
earlier. If you look closely it seems the mixers they are operating are on
pedestals. If this is a later version of KlingKlang (Their recording studio
that they tour with; yep they -used to- take the whole studio with them) the
consoles are on pedestals so you can see them better when they play in
concerts. I've heard the latest concert has them playing laptops, like so
many other techno/ambient musicians these days (I heard someone describe
this practice as playing battleship on stage) Since they mostly stand still
during the concert, half the fun was watching the Macs sequence all the
analog gear behind them through blinkenlights-laden Doepfer equipment. Oh
well...
I think the idea of the Computer World picture is they are inside a
computer, the big panels sure do look like power distribution panels for a
mainframe or something. It very well could be the same gear, but my guess is
it's just a shot from another studio somewhere.
A few years ago I helped these guys out with some MIDI sequencing
software for the only portable machine they could afford, a Mac SE/30, so
they could go on tour. Now they use 17" G4 laptops, but their first few
albums were composed on that SE/30. Good, old technology is *still* good
technology :)
http://www.ersatzaudio.com/disco/html/htmlforrightframe/13.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lawson" <jpl15_at_panix.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: Trivia Challenge!
>
>
> On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, John Lawson wrote:
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> >
> >
> > The give-away in the picture is the molded acoustic foam treatment on
> > the control room wall behind the Band.
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>
> Damn - should've checked the other pix out before I jumped to (educated)
> conclusions. This view:
>
> http://home.t-online.de/home/520078056126-0002/3cwpost.jpg
>
> shows it to be audio/music gear - the shot is too contrasty and fuzzy to
> make out what it is...
>
> The connectors *are* Tuchels, however, and I've worked on a lot of big
> studio boards that used dozens of 'em.
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>
> Cheers
>
> Swami Audionanda
>
>
>
Received on Wed Jun 16 2004 - 13:15:50 BST
