Re: The Longest Loop Ever Recorded

[Stefan Tiedje <Stefan-Tiedje@addcom.de>]

Ferrara Brain Pan wrote:
> Any idea what it is? (in hours:minutes:seconds, or if a tape loop,
> then how long in feet or meters)...

The longest loop for sure will be longer than any physical tape could be 
in the age of digital storage...

But there is a conceptual problem. I you think in terms of the longest 
loop, when did you hear it? I guess you can only tell if you have heard 
the complete loop at least two times.
Consider you want to break the Guiness book record of the longest loop? 
How would you do this? You just start recording, and as soon you passed 
the maximum time ever reached, you start to replay... In that moment you 
realise the maximum got just bigger and you restart that again (still 
recording) That would create a pretty short loop of the beginning of the 
recording, letting the attempt to create the ever biggest loop result in 
a pretty short loop with feedback...
The longest loop sounds just like a short loop with feedback set to 
100%... (noodle, noodle, noodle.... ;-)

What a weird idea to put sports (faster, higher, longer) onto loops... 
(remember olympics? those who always run in a circle, thats also a long 
loop...)

I limited my loops to 90 seconds, which I consider pretty short...

Stefan

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