Twitter interview with Keith Fullerton Whitman
Q. Do you keep the same patch for a year ie when performing Generators?
KFW: Generators - same concept, different actual patch every night. the
only constant was a quantized "note" voltage being fed into an ASR
Q: What does your current touring system comprise of?
KFW: current setup is 360hp of Euro ; 7 sub-patches. A 50s / 60s style "space
station" patch, a 70s / 80s style "synth voice", a master clock , (zorlon cannon), a digital recorder/manipulation engine (phono gene /
tyme sefari), effects-send/return, input/output, and assorted logic
Q: LAMPO set seemed to have pre recordings? What were they?
KFW: LAMPO set was playback of the GRM piece, then a 30 minute synth improv.
Q: What fx are being used live, I can hear timestretching / granular sounds?
KFW: fx for the LAMPO set were a TC "hall of fame" reverb (replacing a busted
vermona retroverb) - yes, granular from both phonogene & TS
(click image for LAMPO performance)
Q: How many hours per day are spent listening to music?
KFW: Avg. 8 hours a day listening to records.
Q: How often do you record?
KFW: recording hours - Sunday / Monday morning / afternoon
Q: Are we not men?
KFW: no, we ARE devo
