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title: "1 Amplification Quotes By David Tudor"
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> [Most electronic equipment uses the principle of amplification. You need filters, modulators and mixing equipment which have gain stages. By piling these components up, I was able to work without any sound generators and I made several pieces in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-tudor/most-electronic-equipment-uses-the-principle-of-amplification-you/)

[David Tudor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-tudor/)

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## More by David Tudor

> [I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-tudor/i-ve-always-felt-that-there-s-a-point-where-a-piece-seems-to-be-alive/)

[David Tudor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-tudor/)

> [I am perfectly willing for my music to exist with somebody else's taste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-tudor/i-am-perfectly-willing-for-my-music-to-exist-with-somebody-else-s/)

[David Tudor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-tudor/)

> [I persist in performing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-tudor/i-persist-in-performing/)

[David Tudor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-tudor/)

> [Performing is very much like cooking: putting it all together, raising the temperature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-tudor/performing-is-very-much-like-cooking-putting-it-all-together-raising/)

[David Tudor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-tudor/)

> [Most electronic equipment uses the principle of amplification. You need filters, modulators and mixing equipment which have gain stages. By piling these components up,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-tudor/most-electronic-equipment-uses-the-principle-of-amplification-you/)

[David Tudor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-tudor/)

> [Take the classic experiment of using ordinary feedback: just take the output of something and feed it back into the input. Those of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-tudor/take-the-classic-experiment-of-using-ordinary-feedback-just-take-the/)

[David Tudor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-tudor/)

> [The basic notion was the idea that the loudspeaker should have a voice which was unique and not just an instrument of reproduction, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-tudor/the-basic-notion-was-the-idea-that-the-loudspeaker-should-have-a/)

[David Tudor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-tudor/)

> [If you put yourself in a situation of unpredictability and then find that it's completely possible to accept it, then you become an observer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-tudor/if-you-put-yourself-in-a-situation-of-unpredictability-and-then-find/)

[David Tudor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-tudor/)

> [Loudspeakers should be made to be destroyed and... disposable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-tudor/loudspeakers-should-be-made-to-be-destroyed-and-disposable/)

[David Tudor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-tudor/)

> [I've never been able to arouse any interest in myself for digitally produced sound, and so the computer turns me off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-tudor/i-ve-never-been-able-to-arouse-any-interest-in-myself-for-digitally/)

[David Tudor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-tudor/)

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