KQED interview of Suzanne Ciani and John Chowning interviewed by Mina Kim and Mark Nieto

[@WeightlessBallast]

I am awestruck in a good way. First time I hear about John Chowning. Inventor of FM audio synthesis! And ofc Suzanne Ciani! Soon it is winter time here in Finland and I put Seven Waves on the player, my essential skiing music for 30 years+

[@michaelaskew6025]

Oh, so much wonderful information and will catch up tomorrow, I promise.🥰💚🌱

[@KQEDLive]

Thank you for joining us, Suzanne! ❤️

[@michaelaskew6025]

Always a thrill to hear the Buchla in all its glory programmed/played by such an aficionado.🥰💚🌱

[@specialkvi]

Totally, totally outstanding performance.

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

Amazing performance.

[@marcelloursic424]

And thanks for uploading, Ms. Ciani!

[@TheloniousCube]

A beautiful performance! You're getting better and better! I'd love to see a wel-mastered version of the music show up on Bandcamp!

[@danc1873]

I've booked your next concert Sept. 20 in London at Union Chapel! I'm coming from Rome, Italy for you 😊

[@donaldyarosz4497]

Hi Suzanne, This is just beautiful! I had an ensemble of "space" musicians, and we made music (using an old "Circle Surround" module to do live surround performances of old silent movies such as "The Lost World" and "Metropolis." Let's consider a new Synth Symphonic Orchestra for Space music. You could create and/or assign the different instruments for various performers, and your ideas could be for a chamber ensemble of multi-channel synthesists. The old could be blended with the new, of course. But it would be fun to work on a Chamber Orchestra of Synthesizers that includes Multi-channel percussion, Moog for Bass, Buchla for Wind, and Perhaps a Wind instrument (I know someone who sounds fab) in Multi-channel-- Perhaps A Buchla songbook for Synthetic Multi-Channel Chamber? Or 5 Buchlas? I don't know. What do you think? I called Don once and he said I couldn't afford his modules! --Lol. But, hey, he answered the phone. That was back in the 1990s, before the comeback of modular. They could start by simply recreating this work with a bunch of musicians. It's a simply beautiful piece. Thank you! Or a Whole 2 hour Symphonic Performance of S. Ciani? This is so inspirational! Wonderful. Keep going! You should sit in with Phil Lesh.

[@marcelloursic424]

I wish Chowning was mic'd louder.

[@jansky68]

Tomorrow Budapest, do you come with this tools?

[@astralcreek]

audio engineer sure did a shit job with the levels

[@sver3]

Video would have benefited a lot from Mastering before getting uploaded..

[@MuddleBud-d6s]

Shit job with the eq too. So hard to hear anything Chowning is saying!

[@ulfingvar1]

Nothing wrong with the sound..