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==Technology== Frippertronics is an analogue [[Delay (audio effect)|delay]] system consisting of two side-by-side [[reel-to-reel]] tape recorders. The machines are configured so that the tape travels from the supply reel of the first machine to the take-up reel of the second, allowing sound recorded by the first machine to be played back on the second machine. The audio of the second machine is then routed back to the first, causing the delayed signal to repeat, while new audio is mixed in with it. The length of the delay (usually three to five seconds) is controlled by the distance between the two machines, and the number of repeats is controlled by the volume on the second machine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scapelliti |first=Christopher |date=23 March 2022 |title=Watch Looping Innovator Robert Fripp's 1979 Frippertronics TV Demonstration |url=https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/watch-looping-innovator-robert-fripps-1979-frippertronics-tv-demonstration |access-date=30 March 2024|website=Guitar Player |language=en}}</ref> Fripp used this technique to dynamically create recordings containing layer upon layer of [[electric guitar]] sounds in real time. An added advantage was that, by nature of the technique, the complete performances were recorded in their entirety on the original looped tape.
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