Robert Fripp - Behind the scenes at Windows Vista recording session | scobleizer

tuningfork

Oh dear. Although I have great respect for Mr Fripp I've heard the same stuff on relaxation tapes. Come on guys get a grip. It's a poor video - why wasn't it "treated" before posting so I didn't have to mess up my settings just to see it?

Someone said it all sounded the same but just slighly different and the reply was that's the idea of a theme. NO IT ISN'T! The idea of a theme is to be instantly recognisable and be able to associate it with the product/show. This sounds like a million other ambient sounds.

Waste of money and time afaic.

Krazykaveman

is there going to be any alternatives? no offense but this isnt my style and i know if i get vista i probly will disable them. If your going to use music artists could we get a little KMFDM or if you want to stay more ambient VnV Nation?

thanks even if you dont, good job anyways Smiley

tfar

I have always changed my own Windows default sounds to Fripp in the past so it is great to know that with Vista it won't be necessary!

tfar

Bark at the moon wrote:

PaintedBlue wrote: King Crimson's "In The Court of the Crimson King" is one of my favorite albums.
RF/KC is good stuff, although I'm more into Peter Hammill and Van Der Graaf Generator. 'Pawn Hearts' and 'Godbluff' are amazing, if you're into that stuff. Robert Fripp played on ' Pawn Hearts' and probably some other PH/VDGG stuff. They were musical friends of sorts.

Fripp played also on VDGG's H to He album

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Tze Gune Master

i just hope it does a a good job... after all we are now talking about some details that will, eventualy, be disabled after aprox 20min after we start the windows vista instalation (maybe less, depending on the machine [6])...

i don't see what's the big deal anyway...

revsorg
Revs.org

I am sure your climate and surroundings affect the tone of your soundscapes as much as it affects your art or your film-making. You wouldn't make a film with the desolate look of Babette's Feast if you were in Catalonia.

My first thought was to wonder what would have happened if they gave the same brief to Eddie Van Halen, to get his warm brown sound...

But maybe if Microsoft got Fripp to do the same session over again in a different warm location, with the sun blazing. Maybe if he recorded these sounds in Tahiti it would have the same effect on him as it had on Gauguin and Matisse. Then it would sound blue-green, not blue-grey.

integrationarchitect

The use of ascending combinations in D & E major and augmented chords with backing keyboards, the Fripp scheme makes great baby don’t cry nursery atmosphere. Plus it would root 0 to 2 year olds to develop life long appetite for Microsoft Products.... but Fripps scheme will get old after a week for most of us…. So here are the better suggestions for the masses….. Dear Microsoft, The importance of sound schemes and VISTA’s value would increase if more energetic schemes featuring Eddie Van and Alex Van Halen were included. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page including Jon Bonham with a Thunder of Drums would be a remarkable scheme and make VISTA penetrate global software market like the Xbox 360 does now. Even Cadillac marketers found out where the money and prestige is, but VISTA could take it to the next level. Microsoft you could build in some animated mouse over effects with the extroverted stage mannerisms of legendary guitarist Angus Young to definitely make Vista the most desirable for the mass market appeal. If necessary, users could pay a small premium on that scheme to entice AC/DC cooperation for starters since Media Center edition is going to become rolled into VISTA it is a natural. Microsoft, let me suggest you take the following approach with AC/DC, you will have to tie this VISTA sound scheme effort as a tease for the AC/DC 2006/7 world tour and new release double album release they are recording with Mutt Lang in Vancouver. But use a UK Microsoft marketing executive who lives a proper pub life over in North London to initially get this connected.

SteveBall
SteveBall

Thanks integrationarchitect (and others who have offered feedback) for some intriguing suggestions for (additional) musicians for Vista.

As you can all tell from the diverse responses and suggestions, whoever we select to create the default Vista sound schemes will likely have both intense fans who love the inbox Vista sound schemes and/or passionate critics who complain we're wasting time since they will turn off all of these uselss and annoying sounds before they even begin to play.

Our goal with this project is to enhance the aural experience for most OS users rather than add arbitrary, unnecessary, cartoony, celebrity, or novelty sound effects to Vista user experiences.

There are places in OS UX where sound provides is an essential function because it does not require attention from the users eyes; so those who decide to 'turn everything off' because they find OS sounds to be annoying, may be missing something.   And if you find the default sounds annoying, then perhaps I've missed my goal in this process; or perhaps we simply have different taste.

There are other OS events where sound can provide a gentle physical or emotional reinforcement to a graphical event that may or may not require immediate attention.   For example, most mice make a default clicking sound when you press the buttons - this intentional (physical) audio enhancement let's you know you've completed an action or made a decision; have you ever tried to use a mouse that did not make a clicking sound?   It's kind of a disturbing experience.

My own goal in this work is to provide a default Vista sound scheme that is just subtle enough that you would miss it if it were not there, but (like the physical mouse click) it should also be gentle, pleasant, and compelling enough that if you do notice it, it will invoke the emotional qualities we aspire to deliver with Vista experiences: clarity and confidence.

I read somewhere that some who saw this video interpreted these as 'buzzwords' or marketing-speak.   But for anyone who has ever designed a product, or done sound design, these are simply the apsirational principles we're using to define, refine, (and defend) our design decsions.

The good news: we've also made it really easy in our new Desktop Volume Control to mute all of the default Windows sounds in Vista if, for whatever reason, you don't wish to hear them.

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birdlandcc

Squeeky chair was in the control room not the sound booth that the amps and speakers were being recorded from. I am doubting the squeeky chair noises made it thru the sound proofed studio walls. I am sure that the Microsoft developers aren't interested in having Eddie and his Brother give someone a heartattack when they click their mouse and trigger an error sound by accident.