Re: mapS giG: bad club acoustics + feedback eliminator = room sizedinstrument

[Richard Zvonar <zvonar@zvonar.com>]

At 1:54 PM -0700 7/24/01, Simran gleason wrote:

>This is where things got fun. Since I like to search out resonant spaces
>(caves, doorways, ceteras) to sing in, I tend to gravitate towards
>singing into the resonant spaces in a system (be it electrical or
>architectural). I found myself seeking out the resonant nodes that were
>missed (so far) by the black box. The volume would swell, rise to a
>crescendo, and then the black box would catch on to what I was doing and
>squelch my frequency. After a bit I would find another.
>
>The end result was a slow sussuration of barely controllable frequency
>swellings. The sound guy was horrified. I was having a fantastic time.
>It really felt like I was playing the room.

Fantastic!

Feedback can be a beautiful thing. I'm reminded of such classics as 
The Wolfman, Pendulum Music, and David Tudor's networks. The use of 
the feedback exterminator is also reminiscent of Hornpipe.
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