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LITERAL:
François Bayle created the Acousmonium, a loudspeaker orchestra, in 1974 at the GRM in Paris. The Acousmonium contained eighty speakers of different sizes placed across a stage at varying heights and distances. Their placement was based on their range, their power, their quality, and their directional characteristics. In his words, “It puts you inside the sound. It’s like the interior of a sound universe.”

In the photo, François Bayle (seen from behind) seated at the Acousmonium control panel in the Salle Olivier Messiaen, Maison de Radio France, Paris, in 1980.

: : : la pasada semana tuvimos en Madrid al histórico François Bayle, al parecer en su primera visita a estos territorios. Tras una charla, ofreció un concierto octofónico, algo escaso por aquí y por eso doblemente estimulante… trato de imaginar cómo debió sonar 10 veces ese número de altavoces en el Acousmounium…