G.M.Koenig and his Loops

[Pohon-Kelapa@t-online.de (Martin Tauchen)]

Hi,


found an interesting interview with G.M.Koenig.In this interview he
explains a lot of his electronic work in his busy times(1953-1959) at the
electronic studio Cologne of the WDR Radio/TV-station.

As they were there producing new electronicsounds and compositions,
their gear at this time was really limited.A few SineWave oscilators,
Ringmodulators,rudimentary Vocoders and tapemachines.To realize a
short composition/electronic work,needed weeks.
Sinewaves were recorded,cut and glued together,then in a Ping Pong
recording mixed.
To fasten the process they decided to use the loopingmethod.Two
tape-recorders.One record the material,the tape then will feed the second
taperecorder wich plays back the before recorded material.This signal
was fed back to the recording Taperecorder.Looplength/duration was
determined by the distance of the both machines.
With this technic they looped sinoidwaves to a wall of electronicsounds-
wich could be described as Additive Synthesis).
They traced this method only as a helpingtool to get much faster ready
with the work.
This method is the same as the Frippertronics-looping of Mr.Fripp.

A nice LookBack to Looping.


Marty