It took Robert Fripp 18 months to make the opening sound for this Microsoft Windows product released in 2007
In the run-up to the Windows Vista launch on Thursday (the volume licensing 
launch that is), the news on Microsoft's first major desktop operating system 
release in five ... Musician Robert Fripp recorded hours of guitar sounds for the 4 
... Ball spent about 18 months on the clip to get the sound just right.