After several months, we have finally gotten word that the video from Robert Fripp’s second recording session at Microsoft for the “Windows Vista” sounds was released just a couple of days ago.
I personally haven’t seen it quite yet, but here’s a snippet of text from the video’s writeup over at Channel9’s website which describes the […]

Windows Vista recently went “Gold”, meaning it will be shipping to manufacturers soon and the general public just after the first of the year. After a long time in coming, we are finally privvy to the contributions Robert Fripp made towards the Windows Vista sound scheme.
Many of you already know that Robert Fripp contributed […]

In a move that shows Microsoft DOES listen, even if the argument at times, seems beyond the pale, ArsTechnica reports that in the latest beta build of Windows Vista, users are now able to mute the startup sound.
The startup sound, which will be made up of a 2-3 second musical soundscape phrase from Robert […]

This sort of moves a bit outside the normal scope of Krimson News, but hey, Robert Fripp is the musician involved in the startup sound for the upcoming Windows Vista operating system. Today I called Steve Ball because I was curious about the many questions people have had about the Windows Vista startup sound. […]