(idm) Re: idm-digest V2 #527

From Jeremy A.Smith
Sent Tue, Feb 16th 1999, 15:49

> >tangent:  why do people get so hung up on laptop performances?
> 
> Because they're so easy to fake (see James, Richard).

My comment on this: went to an Aphex live performance in Leeds about a
couple of years ago, and next to the mixing desk there was a DAT machine
with a timer ticking up. 3 explanations:

1)This was a bomb ticking to doom
2)It was recording the gig
3)It was playing back the gig

Make ya choice. Of course, it was a great gig, and highly irrelevant
whether it was pre-recorded or not. I prefer to think it was just Aphex
playing back pre-recorded tracks from Pro-Tools.

Jeremy.