Part 1: Quadraphonic Master Class with Suzanne Ciani

[@SuperMegaWoofer3000]

Aaahhh look we can see loopop!!! :))))

[@loopop]

LOL unsubscribe! forget Loopop you can see Suzanne!

[@thedrumunkey8582]

Never in a million years would I have put that face with that voice. I would have guessed there was a beard involved. :)

[@j-ltekbrain2177]

Or a ponytail?

[@loopop]

Looks like I got some hair to grow

[@soyallergy]

hahaha i also imagined a beard

[@robertolocati7431]

Conoscevo Ciani come eccellente pianista e compositrice , da qualche tempo l'ho scoperta anche quale alchimista del Suono , davvero una magnifica sorpresa !

[@ingolf7411]

So great to see Suzanne Ciani. Although a legend still with so much creative power and passion. Thank you so much for this masterpiece.

[@HIFI1965]

What is absolutely astounding is the depth of her technical understanding, but it all of her focus is on the feel and meaning of the music.....not only can she explain the technical details, but also the INTENT......

[@MickBenjamins]

Watched this before, and am watching it again. She is such a joy to listen to

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Oh wow loopop is unmasked finally! So used to see his moving hands and he looks way different than I had imagined.

[@jonathanredman8497]

Great to see you Mr Loopop.....and the wonderful Suzanne Ciani of course.

[@jeremycharlerie7523]

Revolutionary...makes me want to become a modular synthesis artist. Thank you.

[@Alphastare23]

Thank you for this! Got to see her 3 times last year in The Bay Area. It was a revelation as these were the first experiences I had where there was a real sense of humanness in a solo modular performance, and I got to tell her that afterwards! When she says she hears those snippetts, she hears herself thinking, the real time dialog between her and the instrument...that says a lot. Aside from the technical stuff, there's a real lesson in that.

[@percussionboy4357]

So great to hear a substantive interview with one of the masters-where she really gets a chance to share some of what she knows.

[@edcollins9377]

I agree. I only wish the interviewer wouldn't have been better. Instead of letting her tell us what was important, he seemed more interested in peppering her with specific questions in regards to his personal curiosities.

[@DDONNRICARTUR]

This is so inspiring. I admire her soooo much, and you sir are a good wizard to follow. Thank you for this amazing interview.

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

she is a pioneer no doubt!

[@DDONNRICARTUR]

@@GuitarsAndSynths yes, I am interested in her work since I learned what a Buchla synth is. And I always loved how humble she is and opened to share her knowledge.

[@spikespa5208]

Kinda wish someone had reminded her of where the camera is.

[@TROGULAR10000]

It was nice to see your face and the setup was just perfect, I hope you do more, the potential interviewees I immediately thought of are Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Colin Benders.

[@loopop]

Thanks very much!

[@ScottofOakland]

Also Robert Rich would be a great interview

[@ahmededwin3487]

I know it's pretty randomly asking but does anyone know of a good website to stream new tv shows online ?

[@charliecampagna5631]

Hats off to Suzanne Ciani, Over 20 years ago I worked at a record label called Private Music and casually got to know her, always a super sweet personality and talent far beyond our current time, and fast forward to today I'm still learning from her on youtube videos!! Thank you for making this possible loopop for creating such great content..... and your demos are concise and a breath of fresh air to the others.

[@HEY-mz8ve]

This is such a heartwarming collab. Both seem like such sweet and understanding people. Loopop is a genius of sorts , with the pacing and breadth of comprehensive uses for each new concept. Just what I needed today ...

[@canissum]

That was the perfect thing to listen to while redoing my quadraphonic modular setup.

[@localtechnique]

Quad has been one of my ambitions so I'll be glued to the rest of this series. It's great that you got to talk to Suzanne about this. I hope I can catch her in concert some day soon.

[@GlennRicci]

Thanks for this. Love how she's so chill about being such an innovator.

[@garyturner5204]

This Master Class with Suzanne Ciani in Quadraphonic sound composition and production is wonderful! Thank you!

[@bobz1736]

What an amazing and dynamic person Suzanne is. Thanks for sharing 😎

[@dariusmorgan8302]

Duuuuude...I just found this one! How amazing to have a 40min in depth conversation with you doing the interview. Fantastic. Thanks man. Wish I'd have seen it sooner. Weird it didn't pop up cuz I watch all your stuff

[@RobbekenSynthMusic]

How am I just now seeing this? Both of you are awesome!

[@kgbinfo]

I’ll be seeing her in May! Can’t wait to experience Seven Waves in quad.

[@augustiina]

loopop: “cool cool !!!” 😝🤣 exactly how i would sound after having suzanne ciani explain her signal chain to me

[@HIFI1965]

Awesome !!!!!! It is also so great to see your face, Loopop !!!! ;) I love your vids (and your wry sense of humor).......

[@soyallergy]

whew what great timing. saw her at the los angeles show last week and left with so many technical questions about her amazing set.

[@setphaser]

great to see you both, glad suzanne has finally put out a recording of this great show, which was amazing live in quad. glad to have a recording of it, even if it’s stereo.

[@peterdekkers]

Just lovely. Thanks for another great and inspiring episode.

[@syrupcore]

"I try to keep things simple in performance". Ms. Ciani, we apparently have *very* different versions of what our brains can maintain as "simple".

[@lukerabin5079]

For me my first exposure to quadraphonic audio was Elton John’s “Goodbye to yellow brick road”, and later live shows by Pink Floyd who did their live shows for “The Wall” in quadraphonic, which was a complete mind ‘wrench’, being gentle about it.

[@sonicultura]

This is the best video I have ever seen in your channel! Love it! She is just the BOMB!!

[@EarthnikNews]

As always, fantastic content! Of course there were those moments of discussion that left me feeling that I wasn’t given the secret handshake or decoder ring. LOL Ciani is a legend. Please add more content like this. It was very entertaining and educational as well.

[@goodboid]

How fabulous is this! Thank you Suzanne!

[@braincoral9866]

scoop! *LOVE* Suzanne, and so relevant today still..In fact, today people actually know what she does! I remember her on TV programmes in the 70s and 80s where people ere like: are you a scientist?! Great interview. Thank you.

[@FLH3official]

Very intersting video, thank you. Actualy it's the 1st time I see the real face of our Loopop; usualy I see his hands 😄

[@Somnambule]

You always presents great videos and with the diva of modulars - it‘s marvelous! Greeetings 🖖☺️

[@TheSpoonwood]

I'd LOVE to hear how this sounds...mixing quad LIVE must be insanely complicated.

[@theboytheycalljonny1]

Thanks for this really informative and genuine video. The note at the end of your comments is a nice touch too. Fair play.

[@johnkrummrich4948]

Just found this What a great interview

[@keromblum]

Really fascinating and informative interview with a true legend! Thank you!

[@mrrafsk]

Saw Suzanne Albert Hall last week, standing in the middle of the arena, next to her., but sounds swirling round my head... so inspiring! what i didn’t understand was that there were no rear speakers i could see.. i assumed it was somehow generated by the h9.? also a ios ani-moog was used, so cool when so many modular peeps are snobbish about ‘apps’. thanks to both of you!!

[@rochefsky]

Incredible video - thank you! and thanks for letting us see you 😆

[@michaos1]

This is very exclusive interview with a legend @ciani (being admirable in every word and a knob turn). The interview leading couldn’t be better without @loopop.

[@mirkat1684]

This is so rad to discover, I've been using a quad design for ambient jazz/prog experiences in the past using multiple stereo delay effects to split the signals and delay them for a rotary time effect. Since I mostly play stringed instruments, I'm working on a 6 channel system using the outputs of a hex pickup through a delay system to stagger strummed chords by string temporally and geographically with PA placement (even the Boss GP-10 can do this natively, though there's no way to output 6 signals). My issue is running into the physical limitations of venues, you can really only calibrate the ideal experience to one spot, the rest is unknown or less than ideal. Alas, that's part of the fun! I'll have to explore some of the tips here more!

[@generation4268]

I've always loved your videos but this is some seriously good stuff! Experimented with Quad a while ago but this inspired me to explore further

[@FelipeTellez]

FASCINATING

[@jottazzarango9502]

Guys, amaizing input from you both !!! thanks for sharing this!

[@MatthewLowes]

Thank you. Super excellent interview! I enjoy all reviews -- so well done -- but this was a really wonderful surprise. Looking forward to Part 2.

[@loopop]

Thanks! It’s already in the channel - see link in the description

[@MatthewLowes]

@@loopop Ah, great! Thanks again. :)

[@jesset3241]

Another great video Loopop! I learned modular on a Buchla 200 series in a studio with quad capability (1997, Evergreen State College) and i used to rig up evolving quad patches and listen to them swim around the studio for hours. I really look forward to your ideas on achieving that with modern/eurorack equipment. Ordering my copy of the quadraphonic album now!

[@loopop]

Ha! That’s so true. First time I hooked up my quads setup I just listened to noise swirl for half an hour. It’s seriously addictive

[@lykkewass2291]

Thanks for this content ! You are the one ! And Suzanne is super cool and a modular witch :)

[@thehowlingterror]

Fantastic insight. [...needs a quad setup] into a wonderful person.

[@synthseeker]

I love you man. Sharing this is the BEST.

[@omerhaber6790]

Wow thank you so much for creating this interview!

[@loopop]

My pleasure :)

[@omerhaber6790]

Such great content on your channel! keep it coming :)

[@oldsoulsound]

This was phenomenal. Thank you both for letting us peer into the mind and technology behind this amazing pioneering artist. I was fortunate enough to hear and see Suzanne at an Ambient Church Quad show in Brooklyn. Truly an immersive experience. Thank you again.

[@Nomo_Popo]

Holy crap dude nice job

[@serdarsaydan]

Dear loopop, Thank you so much for this very Special interview. I Took so much out of the few Special Moments That suzanne c. Talked about like the wet dry Reverb/distance Control. I have a small but very good functionin quad system and i cant listen anymore in mono or stereo-it become so boring to me. The 227e is Part a Dream System

[@Nomo_Popo]

With 2 H9's I think it would be interesting to have one of the reverbs dry/wet or distance inverted from the other one so when you tilt from front to back or side to side the reverb goes down or gets shorter on one side while it gets longer or goes up on the other side.

[@steveg219]

Thank you for this discussion and information

[@atomboyd]

THIS IS AWESOME!!! Great get!

[@andresgrumann4079]

Thank´s for this oportunity, love his work, passion and histories in this wounderful women! I've been trying to get in touch with Suzanne for years without having answers. Is there a way to get in touch with her? Maybe we can talk about it internally. Thank you

[@Lightfinger]

Amazing interview!

[@spybloodjr]

Massively inspiring. Thank you!

[@babylemonade2868]

Pink Floyd were doing quad in 1967. I think the azimuth coordinator they used is in a museum

[@vibratemutate]

thx for organizing us this lecture and thx for sharing your knowledge you two ;D

[@ArkaHtun]

wow , vc mix on verb is standard these days. .. blessed

[@schuncken]

Great interview. Now the BIG question is... Where can you buy the music as multi (Quad) channel FLAC download? I don't have any vinyl record-player. And yes my rear speakers are identical to my full range front speakers (XTZ 99.38) and are powered by the same type of amplifiers (Hypex NCore).

[@CyKiK]

Contact us via our website cykik.com/ and I'd be happy to help ya.

[@ppilasiewiczz]

Amazing lesson! Magic meeting :) Thank You!

[@jacksprat3009]

With all the talk on synthesis going on today, there is very little talk on quad systems from the "popular" big names today like Novation, Sequential, Arp, Korg, etc., but it seems quad, especially in performance, would be looked for. In this interview, new quad systems are mentioned. Now, over 3 years later are there any systems (affordable & available) today? P.S. love listening to Suzanne. She has a spritely spirit that mixes the technical with the human in a delightful way that wants me to hear more (Buchla & her)

[@JureJerebic]

Fantastic interview, thank you

[@Bronwyn031]

Woah... it's Loopop's FACE!!!

[@RandomNeeds]

very inspiring, loved the conversation. Not too familiar with quad produced music or performances out there, seems like unexplored territory.

[@loopop]

Thanks and absolutely!

[@NickScottProducer]

THANK YOU --- amazing video.

[@CEMeier]

Fantastic. Trying to wrap my head around reverb and quad. A bit sad that the conclusion seems to be ”more modules”. Also, shouldn’t someone tell Suzanne about the Erbe-Verb?

[@loopop]

Thanks! In my follow up video (linked in description) I show a free quad panner in software, and my book has a few more

[@pablotorres7129]

this is amazing!.. is the mentioned quad decoder software/plug-in already out?

[@imno1157]

Any word on when she will release her live Quad music on disc?

[@ghavinga]

Fantastic, thank you.

[@theboytheycalljonny1]

Fantastic. Thanks for this. I'm currently sniffing around the quad world for my modular setup. I don't suppose you've done part 2 yet? Thanks.

[@loopop]

Thanks - I have! Check a few videos later on the channel...

[@pluckingthespectrum]

Hello, great video thanks man! I tried the H9 with my Serge (RS) but even at the lowest input volume I can't make the signal quiet enough - Serge mixer is very loud! Do you know if there's a way to further decrease the input level of H9 ?

[@KentuckyMusic]

Now I really really want a quad mixer 🤤

[@bernhardhochenauer2733]

very inspiring, thanks :)

[@DDONNRICARTUR]

Zero dislikes, that is an achievement these days 😊

[@MrStognabologna]

Ricardo Chávez A.K.A. DDONN I almost clicked dislike on your comment just to be a shithead but I couldn't do it.... Haha

[@DDONNRICARTUR]

@@MrStognabologna hahaha

[@spikespa5208]

A total of one dislike as of a year later (Nov. 2019).

[@samcarswell9890]

Reaper and the ATK plugin suite could potentially be an free way to decode the album? Might take a bit of setup, though?

[@QuicksilverSG]

Seems like quad recordings could be readily upmixed into standard 5.1 surround sound encoding (either Dolby or DTS) and published in DVD or Bluray formats.

[@loopop]

For sure. And atmos too

[@Alkatross]

Would love to listen to her live

[@dasspezial]

amazing !!

[@karlmarxstadt]

hi. did you ever get to install that quark plugin that eventually did get made? also the album is up on tidal. time for a short update?

[@sonicultura]

I can't find the second part you mentioned in the end is that also with Ciani? I will see her show live this week can't wait really! :)

[@loopop]

No unfortunately part 2 is just with gear.... link in the description

[@dasspezial]

quick question.... does that mean you would need to record 4 channels of audio to capture the quadraphonic into the DAW from the Buchla 227e ?

[@pholcmann]

In former interviews suzanne mentioned an paper she wrote in her early days called "how to play the buchla". Do you know how I could get my hands on one? Thank you for help and this amazing in depth masterclass! Please more of Ciani/loopop...Best, Paul

[@loopop]

I believe that paper is bundled with the 1975 concert album

[@pholcmann]

Thx!

[@ArguZ72]

You know what would be better than 1 CV input ? 10 CV inputs ! #2EM :)

[@jamescollins4208]

So how exactly is true Quadraphonic related to the current supposed change of Apple 🍎 Music to upgrade their selections to “Spacial Audio”? And the next question is… Has Quadraphonic selections for the 1970s (or whenever) been converted to ‘Spacial ‘whatever’ which brings true Quadraphonic back to the masses? (Or is it more complicated than this?)

[@loopop]

I recently made a video about spatial audio where I show (among other things) how quad music is implemented in atmos

[@obshaky]

Unless there is like a helmet with speakers, there is no way to xp quad with stuff like virtual surround.... Maybe if she gets to participate in the process of getting that virtualization on point, but seems her stuff would only live in the realm of art and is a bummer becasue it should be more available.

[@HIFI1965]

JACK audio + pure data patch to decode.. My turntable went to the goodwill in 1993.

[@valdiskrebs566]

Very interesting! I wonder if you can utilize the 4 speakers available on an iPad Pro???

[@loopop]

Woah! Cool idea! But probably not, first because I’ve never seen those appearing as separate outputs, and second because you need two speakers in front of you and two in the back (unless you balanced the iPad on your head!)

[@valdiskrebs566]

loopop I’ve heard some great sounds coming out of the 4 speakers in the iPad Pro... maybe there is a way??? Would be great if AUM could send 4 tracks to 4 speakers...

[@loopop]

Me too... maybe, not one that I can think of now :/

[@davidreidy5750]

Is that a fairlight?🤖

[@adamcarter6013]

I have a quadraphonic receiver and a turntable. Do I need a specialized stylus to listen to Ciani's new album?

[@loopop]

I don’t know - it depends on the decoder you have - I don’t think it’s an issue of the stylus, regardless I believe you actually can’t buy the vinyl without the hardware decoder so you should be ok with that. You should however email them just to be sure...

[@CyKiK]

Hi There. Great question. On your vintage receiver if you use the QS mode it will decode the music straight from Spotify or any other music service. If you purchase the vinyl at cykik.com/quad/ it will also work with that as well. The decoder in your vintage receiver has older steering logic the one included with the release which we made with Involve Audio has unbelievable separation. If you use a Dolby Pro Logic II in music mode set to dimension -2 or -3. you can get pretty close to the involve one as well.

[@andrewjmark100]

Yeah woah never even considered Quadrophonic sound for an instrument. Now I am racking my brain to figure out how I could do this cheaply.

[@loopop]

Yes - you have to try it! A clip with how to do it cheaply and even free coming soon (except for 4 speakers...)

[@andrewjmark100]

Great! I got my own jerry-rigged version going with 4 speakers and a DJ mixer (1 set comes through headphone cue) and I kinda faked a quad pan with a surround sound block in Reaktor. I am really hoping that someone emulates that Buchla rig that she has in Reaktor though because that would be sweet. Also, I have been looking for a flac file of Suzanne Ciani's album to listen on my system, does it exist!?

[@loopop]

Well it's kind of a spoiler for my upcoming Part 2 (which I promise is coming soon! but this is what you're looking for: www.native-instruments.com/en/reaktor-community/reaktor-user-library/entry/show/10201/ Not aware of a quad flac that's available

[@andrewjmark100]

I am pretty sure Quad FLAC is a thing I read it mentioned on forum (and nobody on forums ever lies) (dont quote me on that). Yep thats the block I used it works great but lacks the kinda detailed control that Suzanne has through her Buchla. The XY screen is really nice though to see how your audio is moving around the 4 channels. I also worried that since it was surround and not quad that it might be removing certain frequencies that were sent because I was missing channels designated in 5.1 (I think it was the sub and the middle chanel). Maybe not though? it seemed to work without much of an issue when I ran it through my mixer.

[@mickglossop]

Hi - I'm trying to locate the accelerator controller IOS app which Suzanne refers to as "Tilt". Do you have any idea where I can find it?

[@loopop]

I think she was referring to the Animoog app, which can respond to tilt as a mod source

[@mickglossop]

@@loopop Yes - she does use the iPad to control the Animoog app, but in the video interview she seemed to be referring to the control of H9 reverb effects (or did I image it?).

[@loopop]

@@mickglossop oh yes If I remember correctly the h9 app also has tilt control - if not you might be able to send it midi from an app that does

[@mickglossop]

@@loopop Cool - thanks

[@8MeanMike]

Welp guess im switching to quadrature

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

I need to sell a kidney to buy a Buchla lol

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

I much prefer the Strymon Timeline to the H9.

[@NickHchaos]

And I prefer my tape delay and spring reverb to either =}

[@dasspezial]

when will part 2 be live?

[@loopop]

It’s already live for quite some time