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Re: Jungle Funk Technology




----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas Lawrence <douglas-lawrence@home.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 12:28 AM
Subject: RE: Jungle Funk Technology


> >> I insist: what the hell are this telephone lines?
> >> Julio.
>
> OK, Doug Wimbish promised that I wouldn't tell anyone, but his Cyberbass
has
> an integrated 56K modem that dials out to the Internet and uses a
> proprietary massively parallel computer system secretly developed by him,
> Will, and Vinx. It runs a hybrid neural network/expert system on an
several
> 8-way Cray computers to provide incredibly accurate note triggering. This
> way he can also access his rack of Emu Ultra 4 samplers for loop
generation
> which has over 6 hours of available sampling capability in 20-bit stereo.
It
> controls the integrated Cyberbass sequencer which is capable over
10,000,000
> note capacity at 1/1,000 ppq. It also helps power the over 10,000 pattern
> arppegiator on-board the Cyberbass. Normally this couldn't be handled by
> standard network HTTP protocols due to line chatter, so they had to write
a
> fully interactive piping data stream that integrates with a customized
MIDI
> engine to handle these types of data loads over 56K. You didn't think 
>that
> he could really ~play~ some of that stuff, did you?
>
> That's the real secret of how just three guys can sound like a whole
> orchestra! BTW, those really aren't Wavedrums up there ...
>
> Dude, it was a typo ... phone => phono = 1/4" mono jack <> RJ-11
>
> Sorry to confuse you all.
>
> Doug.

What's about the pizza order? ( no Pizza Hut please)....:^)
Thanks! Julio.
>