Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp's Diary

Wednesday 10 April 2013

DGM HQ A misty morning

09.48

DGM HQ.

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A misty morning in the valley. Car loaded and ready in the DGM Parking Lot I…

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II...

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… for a journeying to Dartmoor.

E-flurrying. Leaving Mr. Stormy at work in DGM SoundWorld II I…

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II...

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Mr. Stormy knows that, even for drummers, idle hands pave the highway to The Basement. So, while listening to various archive bleeping-and-droning materials he sets himself to become an even better drummer than was the case yesterday I…

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II...

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This overseen by the Venal, Heartless, Raging Employer…

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… with cruelly-pressed employee…

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… feigning good-humour to enhance the likelihood of continuing employment.

Off to SAM.

14.47 Super Audio Mastering, Monk’s Withecombe, Dartmoor.

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A final conversation with Butcher Fry, and off.  Arriving at SAM  c. 12.35.

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A very tasty Monk’s Withecombe lunch of quiche, vegetables and salad. Over to the studio I…

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II...

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… who are now Apple approved iTunes masterers.

Continuing from my last visit: mastering Beat in 5.1 surround.

18.29 Requiem is now in extended form, plus bonus track: On The Road, a grooving instrumental Ade didn’t get around to using for a song.

The conventional wisdom, on mixing in surround, is to aim for the sweet-spot in the centre. The sweet spot on Beat is outside the squared-circle, between the rear speakers.

21.26 In the excellent accomodations, e-flurying enough.

22.00 A valued friend is undergoing major surgery in the US at this time.

22.20 A little practicing before…

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