[sdiy] David Tudor

[John L Marshall]

I'm look for more specific technical information on the modules that David
Tudor and Gordon Mumma built and used years ago. There are a lot of vague
references to be found on the web but I have not had any success in finding
anything technical.

There is frequent reference to a Neural Synthesizer, what ever that is. What
is it?

I have see pictures of his setups. Lots of commercial mixers, stomp boxes
and unidentified homebrew boxes. What are the homebrew boxes?

Last month I went to a Merce Cunningham performance of "Rainforest" at the
University of Washington. The setup included some commercial mixers, stomp
boxes and again custom unidentified boxes. One thing, there were several
small DAT's. Could the piece be prerecorded?

"Rainforest" was a total disappointment but "Biped" alone was worth the
steep price of admission.

Can any SDIY's tell me about the Tudor/Mumma boxes or steer me to a useful
resource? And, neural synthesizers?

Thanks,

John




----- Original Message -----
From: Plutonique9 <Plutonique9 at symbiocom.com>
To: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Soldering Saftey Tip Reminder


> Ditto here, I got hot solder spayed in my face by a wire flinging
> back, my eyelashes were my only saving grace. About a month later I
> put a screwdriver right through my palm (right through), trying to
> "jimmy" something out, got a tetnus right in the ass for that one
> (being on a farm at the time). I'm a "bit" more careful how I go
> about things now, you would hope so anyway.
>
> Seeya
>
> On Sun, 27 May 2001 15:44:53, music.maker at gte.net wrote:
> >Ok, for the sake of really making this point, I too
> >had a similar thing happen.  Fortunately, mine, like
> >Jim's, was intercepted by mandatory spectacles, but it
> >was a huge blob, making an almost US dime sized
> >sheet of solder, dead center.  I remember when it
> >happened, I thought, "dang, what if I hadn't had to
> >wear glasses!".  I've gotten solder on different parts
> >of my body, mostly hands and thighs (never solder something
> >*over* your legs, especially when wearing shorts), but
> >molten solder in the eye has got to be the ultimate.
> >
> >One learns as one burns.
> >
> >"Sean-E" <shudder at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> >>
> >>Hi Jim,
> >>
> >>>  This is mostly for the people here who are new to soldering....
> >>>
> >>>  Wear those saftey glasses while soldering!
> >>
> >>Too late for me. 2 days ago I copped a big glob of well heated
> solder
> >>in the
> >>corner of my eye. My completely wild reaction prevented much of the
> >>pain,
> >>the injuries resulting from the REACTION were worse :) Glasses will
> >>be worn
> >>from now on.
> >>Regards,
> >>Sean
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >=========================================================
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> > then one must ask:  What are the teachers doing?
> >
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