Wendy Carlos demonstrates her Moog Synthesizer in 1970

[@soup2881]

Hey Wendy, we love you no matter what you looked like. We really wish you would put your music back on the market and keep better in touch with us, so that fans can once again can enjoy your great art.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

I support this message!

[@chris_htepo]

Same

[@ventoilin5938]

she is like 80

[@234cheech]

@@ventoilin5938 shes prod dead

[@234cheech]

@Fremglerk thanks

[@andytheobliviator]

came for the sideburns, stayed for the best explanation of a synthesizer I've ever seen

[@i.t.577]

Lol same. She puts all of the modern "experts" to shame with her masterful and amazing simple explanation of such a difficult thing to explain. That's the mark of a true GENIUS.

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

Came for the music stayed for the sideburns

[@smonson2]

Fun fact, they're fake sideburns and she's wearing a wig in order to pass as male due to anxiety.

[@scruff921]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@scruff921]

@@MikkelGrumBovin my guy x

[@henryyuliano3288]

In just under 4 minutes Wendy put the fundamentals of synthesizers into more comprehensible terms than I’ve ever heard before

[@CreNativeFosho]

I honestly think that the people now a days all want to “show off and prove” how much they know, drawing out explanations and tones of condemnation that are condescending, and this fantastic being of Wendy Carlos is just explaining it how it is in her mind

[@ResidentRemixer]

I've understood far more here than anything else about this subject

[@digiquo8143]

@@CreNativeFosho I think it's probably more that most of what he's talking about here has been abstracted into tons of different tools and features that accomplish the same thing, but in a far more user-friendly environment that doesn't provide much intuition into what's actually happening. Much like how high-level programming such as C++ uses many keywords that make it "easy" to use, but don't necessarily aid in understanding what's actually happening at the machine code level post compilation.

[@AlejandroShredderDJ]

I thought I was the only one. I just understood how those waves work

[@johnlime1469]

Exactly this.

[@jeffstone2136]

_The Shining. TRON. A Clockwork Orange._ Each one of those is epic, and Carlos composed all three. Genius.

[@jammydodger7065]

her soundtrack for the shining really made that film work

[@nodrogdivad]

I was looking for the comment specifying what I think I already knew... just listening to the end of this video, I immediately thought of the synth version of Beethoven from ACO.

[@karlijnlike4lane]

ntm "Switched-On Bach," which she's recording there. that album came out & came home when I was 5. dad, b.1917, was a huge fan.

[@JunkBondTrader]

clockwork orange is one of my favourite scores ever! Cool. It had such an artistic, yet eerie vibe to it.

[@madarab37]

Composed TRON? I...I did not know that.

[@Titanscreaming]

Millions of songs now exist using this, especially virtual instruments, its oscillation. insanely beautiful

[@lejesstanner]

"It's quite simple," she says standing in front of a massive wall of dials and cords with two keyboards at the bottom

[@muskidarko]

It’s simple in a way that no one knows how to use them. You just keep pluggin in things and adjusting knobs til you get a sound that you like.

[@gingganggoolie]

Explaining transition be like

[@B1SCOOP]

It's not rocket science, unlike programming a FM synth.

[@rfichokeofdestiny]

Well, the basics of it actually are pretty simple. There’s just a lot of basics put together here and it can appear overwhelming if you’re not used to it.

[@surkey5055]

@@rfichokeofdestiny exactly, the actual principle behind it is simple, you just need to be familiar with the layout

[@disgruntledgrunt4259]

Wendy Carlos is the one who composed the soundtrack to Tron and I believe A Clockwork Orange. Amazing how she was able to explain something that really is fairly technical in terms that just about everyone can understand.

[@tangenty6987]

AND The Shining

[@michaelshields7777]

And those pork chop sideburns look just fabulous too, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@fstover5208]

'Wendy' composed very little music for Clockwork Orange. He/She mostly arranged/transcribed of other composers' work (Beethoven, Purcell, etc.) Kubrick liked to use music in public domain because he was a tightwad.

[@MrThefrederic]

Oh man, when she was playing it at the end I was thinking i’m getting stanley kubrick vibes here. Good to know.

[@Viewbob_True]

@@fstover5208 The compositions would have been in the public domain meaning Wendy didn't have to pay a lisence holder to recompose them. But her recordings wouldn't have been public domain. As for Kubrick, it's less that he was a tightwad and just barely even had funding for A Clockwork Orange, it was a very cheap film for what it is

[@pgm3]

Wendy, that is one of the most clear and succint non-calculus descriptions of musical tone synthesis I've ever heard. Well done!

[@Tlaloc_D1]

I believe she had synesthesia

[@Retfie719]

@@Tlaloc_D1 she just studied enough physics while also being a talented musician, composer and - this case - and educator

[@Craig-dv3ji]

Agreed! Very clear.

[@TheNinetySecond]

@@Retfie719 She was (is?) a huuuge nerd with everything sound. She actually worked on the implementation of stereo sound in consumer products, which is fucking huge. I came to know her when researching quadrophonic surround sound, of which she has been a proponent for years. As far as I know, her mixing and mastering credentials are also outstanding, although she's most well known for her synthesizer work.

[@dragonluvver975]

It's crazy seeing her mention white noise like nobody knows what it is, and it makes sense cause people probably didn't know what it was at the time! So cool

[@InfernalPasquale]

What do you mean they didn't know? I'm pretty sure they knew it's statistical and mathematical properties?

[@eldiablo7862]

We knew exactly what it was and it was on every tv channel after they went off the air till returning in the early morning.

[@InfernalPasquale]

@@eldiablo7862 You are confusing simple white noise with the cosmic microwave background

[@daroob]

I’m willing to bet most people now don’t know exactly what white noise is other than a sound that comes out of a speaker.

[@BennyAscent]

You know that TV static is only, like... 1% cmbr, right?

[@yur-wj2cq]

Check out her Wikipedia page, it's fascinating. Not only was she one of the first electronic music composers, she even contributed to the Moog synthesizer's design, collaborating with Robert Moog and offering suggestions for improvements, most of which went into the final product. She's genius

[@jamiesmart9016]

It's guy Martin 😂

[@caspernicus5822]

@@jamiesmart9016She is not

[@TheMadMonk9]

"He"

[@tryax811]

​@@caspernicus5822he obviously is

[@neolord50pro77]

​@rick39guitarist those sideburns stolen my heart. Looks very hot.

[@SJM6791]

You know you’re a great teacher when a person with no musical background like myself can have a general understanding of what you’re doing after a brief video.

[@thisisaname5589]

I am just wondering why this weird woman has sideburns. And is wearing a suit. Very degenerate, very strange, very distracting.

[@AlanCanon2222]

YES, it's a four minute master class in musical synthesis. Even in this digital age, the algorithms that generate electronic music are entirely based on the analog models that Ms Carlos demonstrates in this incredibly succinct, well explicated tutorial. Far be it from me to knock the digital revolution (I'm a computer programmer as well as musician), but when sound meets our eardrums, it does so in the analog domain. I grew up on the Clockwork Orange soundtrack and Switched On Bach, Switched On Brandenburgs, and before that, Gershon Kingsley's "Music to Moog By" and "First Moog Quartet" LPs that my dad had. Electronic musical instruments are legitimate musical instruments, and the maestros of the electronic domain have names like Theremin, Rockmore, Moog, Kingsley, and Carlos. If someone disagrees, well, they are disagreeing with the invention of artificial musical instruments like the bone flutes we find in archaeological digs from 40,000 years ago or whenever it was. Music is music and human beings, it turns out, will go to incredible lengths to make it however they can. Thank you, Ms Wendy Carlos.

[@nymboi6865]

@@thisisaname5589 who asked

[@sol2835]

@@thisisaname5589 lol you’re so insecure

[@vtcabbit]

@@thisisaname5589 oh boo hoo cry me a river

[@DanielMothers]

"You have to start with something pretty simple" *Camera pans to cables everywhere*

[@panicfarm9874]

@Mr. Roboto it is a bookcase

[@richardlloyd2589]

@@panicfarm9874 ....swaps door signs back over on and .

[@cj0986]

That was “simple” in those days.

[@grahamparsons1070]

😂

[@styles9956]

The good ol days of patch cables

[@conservativecat9613]

I just love all of this. The sounds, the analog tech, the cables and knobs, the explanation, the dressing and the hair style. Oh yes, the 70s were some quite funny years

[@galaxybiscuit]

Peak style clearly

[@AlexDMC]

I also knew he had knob from the first moment

[@The_Establishment_Is_Satanic]

@@AlexDMC 😆 Facts.

[@tophers3756]

​@@AlexDMC she

[@zamaurijones2725]

“Very smooth, very flute like” *BeEeEeEeEeEp*

[@robertplues4661]

More like the life sopport machine has just flat lined

[@0niKingu5ama]

"TeEeEeEeEeEeT!!!" 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@stiffyBlicky]

lmao

[@StuffOffYouStuff]

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best comment

[@janiellawinchestra1838]

I read this while he said it at the same

[@willscomix]

Wendy would be the ideal music teacher. Breaks exactly what a synthesizer is down so anyone can understand it. Mark of a genius, really.

[@natfoote4967]

I have a motto, you don't really understand something until you can explain it to a five-year-old.

[@natfoote4967]

@@revokdaryl1 That's not an experience I have to imagine. People remember the past fondly; they hang onto the good memories and try to forget the bad. There were no "good old days" and kids have always suffered grim, existential thoughts. The difference is today we hear about all the bad things because of the internet. That's actually a good thing because now we can do something about those problems and not ignore them. Being able to help people is a pretty good reason to live.

[@natfoote4967]

@@revokdaryl1 There is no call to apologize, young brother. I don't know you from Adam but I do care how you're doing and where you go from here. You are part of the world I live in, so my care for you is a matter of enlightened self-interest: It's no good living in an ivory tower surrounded by a slum. Remember the good things your parents taught you and carry those things forward, enact them as your parents would. Then, the effects of their being still remain, like ripples from a stone. Don't worry about being great. That's a pop culture fad. Just be good. That is an accomplishment you can achieve, and it is actually the more important one.

[@kkenny]

@@natfoote4967 I don't know who you are, and I'm not the original poster, but this is exactly what I needed to hear today. Thank you for your kindness and wisdom.

[@natfoote4967]

@@kkenny I am here to serve, and it is my pleasure.

[@jacksonwalsh6900]

Holy shit they made fl studio into a real thing

[@arfansthename]

yes lol

[@kiddcarmine_]

Lmao

[@Arctic_silverstreak]

Lmao yeah

[@fulsame1]

Think about how miraculous digital synths and mixing software is that all of that ANALOG HARDWARE can be condensed into a microchip you can stick in your pocket.

[@flamencoprof]

Correction, FL Studio made the Moog into a digital thing. Let's give precedence to the correct source. Actually, I hope I didn't do a whoosh with your humour? It's hard to tell when someone's channel doesn't have any content.

[@keefsmiff]

As a sideburn, I encourage this type of behaviour

[@aliahxpiano]

the sideburns are fake and the hair is a wig lmao. the bbc wanted to make her look like a guy XD

[@davidswanson5669]

How does a woman grow such a thing? Looks fake.

[@HeLLo_gUys_george_here]

Im no 100

[@keefsmiff]

@@HeLLo_gUys_george_here yaaaayyyy.....🤣

[@ShadyLurker16]

You would, nepotism is a huge problem in the sideburn community.

[@chameleonedm]

*makes the first wub* "A trombone quality, quite strange" 3:00 Don't worry Wendy, we found countless uses for the wubs - many thanks

[@thoyo]

wub step

[@KumaBean]

@thoyo 🤣 👌

[@mikuhatsunegoshujin]

Thank you for letting me know what the "wub" sounds similar to. Alter a Trumpet VST to make them.

[@ibanezgomezangeldavid9649]

I never thought sylenth 0.5 was so big

[@enijize1234]

How could you not timestamp that? 03:00

[@hatoline4731]

I like how she just casually demonstrates all this stuff about production when lots of people take exhaustive amounts of time explaining this.

[@MrSoso1050]

He*

[@KillTheJester]

It's one of the most concise ways I've heard someone talk about the basics of synthesis. She put it into words anyone could understand.

[@burnerdgaf5222]

Einstein said it best: “if you can’t explain it to a six year old you don’t understand it yourself.” She has a very deep knowledge of sound design, you can tell by the brief and concise description of a vast subject.

[@DavidVercettiMovies]

I learned more about meaning of filters and envelope here than when I was studying synths

[@sethmorris4767]

@@holidaycomplex who’s being transphobic? What are you talking about... calm down puss

[@cubdukat]

If you can find her album "Secrets of Synthesis," get it. She gives the most accurate description of additive synthesis I've ever heard: "The good news about additive synthesis is that you can control every aspect of a sound, the bad news is that you must control every aspect of a sound."

[@leatherandtactel]

Her? She?

[@sapphire6293]

@@leatherandtactel Yes.

[@theswissmiss69]

@@leatherandtactel yos.

[@leatherandtactel]

This person has sideburns, how is that possible?

[@theswissmiss69]

@@leatherandtactel she’s a trans woman.

[@daytube]

The GOAT! This clip never gets old.. seen it dozens of times. Wendy Carlos is simply amazing.

[@OmeedNOuhadi]

Thank you guys for sharing! Wendy is 82 in 2022, but I hear is refusing interviews. Thank you so much for doing the Tron (1982) soundtrack. I've seen it over 600 times, but your soundtrack really helps to capture the digital to analog interface of the film from the audio to the video.

[@TanukiOfficial]

3:29 Of course Wendy would give us *A Clockwork Orange* sounds. The movie could not exist without her soundtrack. They are so one and the same to me.

[@eddiekalista3222]

This is the first time I’ve actually understood the concepts of old synth systems.

[@neonraytracer8846]

These are the concepts of any synthesizer! Also software ones

[@superultrathanksmom3845]

@@neonraytracer8846 Not any synthesizer, this is an example of subtractive synthesis. There's a lot more interesting forms of sound synthesis(Additive, Frequency Modulation, Granular, et cetera) Modern subtractive synths are also different als they have more complex sound generation (for example wavetable oscillators) and more complex filtering (for example comb filters) Sound synthesis and sound manipulation is a beautiful field and I fully encourage anyone interested in sound amd music to take the plunge and learn more about it! There is a great free and open-source synthesizer named "Surge" that is amazing. A quick google for "Surge open source synth" will find it for sure.

[@neonraytracer8846]

@@superultrathanksmom3845 Okay I perhaps should have phrased it as the basics of any subtractive synthesis... But I still think my comment is somewhat valid for modular synthesis. Thanks for clarifying for me, though.

[@EVILJAMARR]

I saw this video for the first time in my teens when I first wanted to play/make electronic music. Wendy taught me the basics and we've never met

[@Garionica]

this is unironically a very good starting tutorial on how to do subtractive sound synthesis, for anyone who wants to make their own sounds it's all there, in this four minute clip - the basic oscillators, the filters, and the envelopes for controlling all of these good stuff from a synth legend

[@JC20XX]

100% If anyone asks me how my synths work this is the first thing I'd show them

[@thechilledonion9313]

Agreed

[@ThatGuy-zw4le]

wow, thanks for the tip

[@wispa1a]

Absolutely she explains the basic waves. Day 1 synth work £20 saved

[@KCJbomberFTW]

Wait so why is she dressed like a guy?

[@the_neutral_container]

Imagine what it must have been like to hear this stuff without the baggage of 40-odd years of synth sounds being commonplace - let alone as a musician at a point in history when people were getting a bit bored by guitar-only pop music. You could create any sound you want from a bunch of lab hardware :-o. Let's also appreciate what a damn fine educator Wendy is here.

[@ArielArkenax]

As a child of the sixties her Switched On Bach album blew my and friends minds age 13/14 and completely steered my course in life toward synthesisers.

[@crominion6045]

I was born in '70 and had a similar experience in '76 when I first heard Ricochet by Tangerine Dream. My little 6-year-old mind was totally blown. I couldn't imagine what strange devices they were using to create those otherworldly sounds. The album actually scared me at the time, so I didn't start listening to it again until I was about 10 or 11. 😄 However, it would then go on to change my life and lead me to a lifelong love of electronic music. 👍

[@stolenname94]

I still think synths are super cool and will have a place for years to come

[@jakemertz2660]

I think about that a lot too... just imagining what it was like to be a person hearing a synth who had never heard a synth before... must’ve been magical.

[@stolenname94]

@@shinmadd3517 I would vote again!!

[@By_the_gods]

I can't imagine how different music would sound today if there weren't such very smart, creative, and capable people who came before us. Its probably corny and cliche but I absolutely marvel at shit like this. There's lifetimes worth of a life's work all around us, and fascinating people too. This is good weed, too.

[@audreyazwell]

You're not trippin imo, synthesizers really are an absolute modern marvel to behold to this day.

[@drioko]

Would be the same because creative people are not only on the past.

[@matrixate]

They spent less time using meaningless apps...like Tiktards today.

[@thepermman]

@@drioko we'd be in a different tech tree. Creative people only can focus on so many things at a time. Change someones day 50 years ago and we have a totally different world 50 years later.

[@SatansSimgma]

Are you being ironic? Or ha e you just not heard music in 20 years?

[@bradleyvantassal8328]

I've never been jealous in my whole life, 44+ years now, until today. Those sideburns. Hell I'd call em mutton chops. But in all seriousness this is what KZbin was meant for. The preservation of gems like this. Beautiful video. Very informative.

[@fredfrederickson]

They are not real unfortunately

[@toccandocreacanaleulterior176]

​@@fredfredericksoni hope so☠☠

[@SirPano85]

​@@fredfrederickson I thought they were made from her hairs...

[@Notanothercrayon]

​@@SirPano85Wendy is trans, was a guy at the time

[@smonson78]

@@Notanothercrayon no, she already transitioned well before this. She switched back to boy mode to avoid judgemental behaviour from people who didn't realise that she was trans.

[@hoonyfan2924]

I work as a welder for a living and find it incredibly fascinating to see how much of this technology I use on my welding machine. I can change my sign wave form from a crisp square wave to a soft square wave and into triangle wave. I also can adjust frequency from as low as 20Hz up to 180Hz. I have pulse settings as low as 0.1 pps up to 120 pulses per second. I can control the delay the wave balance from positive to negative and back. I wish I had the ability to plug and play like this to see what other effects I could generate and manipulate my arc while welding various types and thicknesses of aluminum. Now that I’m thinking of it, Moog should consider partnering with Miller or Lincoln and see what they could offer each other in both fields. I love technology.

[@Persun_McPersonson]

Wow, that's actually really neat!

[@qwopiretyu]

Musical welds

[@gatorbuilt]

Radio Frequency welding is a real technique.

[@golkor9879]

Everything is connected. That's some Tesla shit

[@selewachm]

I worked for a company that made valves. Big ones. Like huge sheets of steel welding together then cut apart into bodies for the internal valve parts. Those welders were awesome!

[@axeman3d]

The amount of hardware involved in making and recording early synth work is impressive. The minute the piece starts playing I think we're all right back to the 70's and BBC dramas and sci-fi with the Radiophonic Workshop.

[@MS-Patriot2]

Absolutely, check out Isao Tomita if you want to see some serious multitracked Moog.

[@stevearkwright]

Exactly - with *Delia Derbyshire*, the wonderful wizardess of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop!

[@sicks6six]

I stayed in maidavale near the BBC workshop.

[@HighlanderNorth1]

☑️ Yeah, and by the late 80s you could do all ^that and more with a keyboard and maybe 1 or 2 small components, each about the size of a standard AM/FM stereo receiver. My friend nearly died in a catastrophic car accident, but ended up getting the first of a 2 part settlement in 1989, my friend spent about $2,000 - -$2,500 of a near-death personal injury settlement on a basic, but good quality musical studio setup for his home. It was pretty much all Yamaha branded. It included a Yamaha keyboard, and a Yamaha digital effects processor, Yamaha drum machine, and a Yamaha 4-track recorder, along with the requisite (Yamaha)studio reference speakers. The combination of the keyboard and the effects processor provided the digitally sampled sounds of a myriad of different orchestral instruments, along with many of the same synthesizer sounds you'd expect to hear from ^these classic rock era synthesizers. Once you figured out how to competently operate that 4 piece home studio system, you could singlehandedly cobble together and record what would sound like 3, or 10, or 15 or 25+ separate musical instruments being played by just as many different musicians, but all by yourself! Now you can do much of that with just a computer with sound processing software installed! Until I'd first seen how recording studio equipment works, I wasn't aware how easy it was(is) for a big record company to 'manufacture' music. By that, I mean they can take any untalented person and make him or her(or ze or zir) sound like an ultra talented musician! In order to record songs with these multi-track recorders, you don't have to teach the person to play entire parts of a song at once. They can literally play and record just 1 note at a time, then cobble it all together into what sounds like an organic melody! It's why some "artists" sound talented on their albums, but they suck live! 🥴

[@christopherconnors9258]

agreed, being a synth musician/operator in the 60's and 70's might as well have been a trade haha

[@MrG9002]

also a legendary total eclipse photographer. The things that some people can fit into a life is staggering....and inspiring.

[@mizuko6132]

A time before internet. People used to have deep fascinations and hobbies.

[@quantumblur_3145]

​@@mizuko6132some folks still manage, but I know I don't

[@pbxkreal]

​@@mizuko6132💀

[@scobeymeister1]

​@@mizuko6132Nah she's transgender and autistic. We're still here and we still do this. The furry community (which is overwhelmingly queer and neurodivergent) built and continues to maintain our digital infrastructure. It's so universal that there are in-jokes that you get your hormone replacement prescription and your computer science degree as a set. It's not the phones! She's literally just built different. Signed, a transgender and autistic person with deep hobbies

[@user-to1su2iy4d]

​@@mizuko6132 Projection to feel better about oneself is definitely a take

[@AndyB1286]

I remembered a lot of this information from Delia Derbyshire's video about the different sound waves. You can clearly hear some of the precursors to post-1980s electronic music here. These folks were ahead of their time.

[@paulseale8409]

Did Wendy explain these Moog Synthesizers were hand built one of a kind electronic wonders? I listened to these in the 70's. They are incredible!!!!!!

[@Praetoria113-zm3no]

Correct, in 2012 I got to be on stage with the number "1 Moog built right after Moog died. Tribute at a musical festival in Pennsylvania in Gettysburg.

[@francoisejohnson5492]

You pretty much needed an electronic expert to calibrate those old 901 oscillators. Moog was a genius!

[@cathiwalker3852]

I remember when our band Dillinger got the first one. Our sound man, Jim was a genius.

[@dw2971]

Her voice is so soothing to me

[@kal9728]

it is I love listening to it

[@Frip36]

you like it thin and high, yes?

[@georgepierson4920]

So, you like guys who think that they are girls, huh?

[@kal9728]

@@georgepierson4920 get out of here, man

[@Frip36]

@@georgepierson4920 We're all pretty much him.

[@crominion6045]

Wendy: "Okay, we're in tune." Moog Modular (to self): "At least in this octave..." 😄

[@Boysoundtechniques]

lol could you explain?

[@crominion6045]

@@Boysoundtechniques ​ On an analog synth, particularly an older one, when you tune the VCOs they will be in tune in the part of the keyboard where you tuned from, but have a tendency to get progressively out of tune the further away you get from that point. Let's say you do a standard tuning of the first A above Middle C to 440 (A440). Your keys surrounding that A key will be in tune, but as you move up or down the keyboard from that point the notes will start to drift slightly out of tune. There are ways manufacturers use to alleviate this as much as they can (tracking), but these adjustments can drift over time as well and need to be recalibrated by opening up the unit.

[@yellowmustard7482]

Underated comment

[@Boysoundtechniques]

@@crominion6045 I get it. Something like that used to happen to me with a Pianica

[@bojangprodoktschns5428]

@Cro Minion: The Moog modular was built until 1980 and she also was Bob's assistant, so it is quite possible that the one she is playing here is brand new. Of course that still doesn't mean that it can't go out of tune.

[@madmeister407]

The first time I heard switched on Bach I was 14-15 years old, I'm 66 now and have been a fan ever since. She was a little different in those days but fuck me she knows how how to play a Moog. I still play her LP's today ( I have them all on Vinyl) and marvel at the sound and the fact that my foundations are beginning to crumble as the bottom end is so magnificent. I just wish, hope and pray she would do just one more masterpiece on vinyl so we can relish in her magic and talent that's so unique and wonderful.

[@HaloInverse]

Start of video: can't unsee the sideburns A few minutes later: the sideburns are _irrelevant,_ this is brilliance

[@CamelBlue777]

Hahahaha my thoughts exactly!!

[@jarzantarzanful]

Legend has it those sideburns were reused as pubic hair.

[@themav3ricm3thodd91]

those are legit lambchopz

[@abracadab1497]

Pretty sure she is wearing a wig over her real hair and put the chops on to be eclectic and cool which she succeeded in doing completely

[@thomascarcary9408]

I agree

[@CaptainMyCaptain33]

Fucking awesome. She is so brilliant. That machine scored two of my favorite Kubrick films and her music was soooo good, moody and way ahead of it’s time which really helped create the mood of those two films.

[@dmj7180]

she?

[@saigey]

@@dmj7180 yup

[@Piespys]

@@sonnyplourde90 transitioned

[@derelictgbdavidlovo107]

@@sonnyplourde90she’s a trans woman, this was filmed before she was out

[@SVENY]

@@sonnyplourde90She is a trans woman, and your comment is very disrespectful lmao

[@jaimehudson7623]

'Switched On Bach' is an amazing album. Thank-You! Wendy for your musical genius.

[@Mardy-old-Bstard]

It's like watching Bob Ross of the synth world.

[@dont.ripfuller6587]

Noice

[@troyc4841]

Bobbi Ross

[@jadedandbitter]

@@troyc4841 nah he was still Walter back then

[@seyyednaqvi6760]

Why is everyone the Bob Ross of everything?

[@Minihood31770]

@@jadedandbitter generally it's considered polite to refer to someone as how they identify now, even when talking about before they came out publicly.

[@rogerb5615]

All of us who sit before a digital board in the control room should bow to this woman. We punch a few buttons, move a few sliders, and key in some presets from our libraries. Wendy meanwhile was stringing patch cords, multitracking, overdubbing, and hoping the music didn't disappear in analog noise.

[@jgil1966]

This is a guy

[@meelsky]

Jonathan Gil Santillan No it isn’t, she’s a woman.

[@meneerlagerwaard2047]

Not to mention she's doing all of this on TAPE removing yet another factor of assumed luxury like distortion, changing your mind on the levels of any single little part of a drum kit, punch ins, and altogether stable playback rates, clock synchronization, and with both, pitch. What an absolute feat this synth revolution was. Incredible.

[@naysayerck5971]

​@@jgil1966no it is not

[@richinoable]

​@@jgil1966triiiiiiggerrrrrrrrrrrd fwad

[@eikopoppy29]

Because of records like this, future generations hundreds of years from now will be able to look back on "ancient" technology in the context of when it was cutting edge. Imagine being able to watch Orville Wright explain how to fly an airplane, or Sir Francis Drake commanding a sailing ship.

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

Yes! Although I'm unsure that Drake invented sailing :P

[@Tjalve70]

@@ellenorbjornsdottir1166 Eiko never said Drake invented sailing. He just said sailing was cutting edge technology. There is a lot of technology that has vanished, because it's not of use anymore.

[@juanmarcelo589]

Wright brothers explaining how to use a catapult to put a plane on air meanwhile Santos Dumont explaining how to make a airplane fly by itselt

[@tedmerr]

on an episode of ALF he describes electronic music as "Ancient history" when working on making a rock video for Lynn

[@botmw7241]

deez nuts

[@acidxero]

This fundamentally changed my understanding of the moog synth. Thank you, Wendy.

[@harrybarrow6222]

When Wendy made “Switched-On Bach” there was no digital editing and no digital music. It was all analog, so editing was by cutting and splicing mag tape. It must have taken hundreds of hours of work to make her albums. An amazing creative woman. Dedication and genius. Her music helped me through university, almost 60 years ago now.

[@tangyorange6509]

Tape

[@cartoonhanks1708]

Trans woman? Or regular woman with fake facial hair? I an genuinely perplexed.

[@mariuspoppFM]

@@cartoonhanks1708 Technically she was still a male here but her androginy was rather impressive already.

[@fredschmitt456]

@@cartoonhanks1708 "Her" real name is Walter Carlos. And that's what his name was, when this was filmed, and when he composed the score for 'A Clockwork Orange'. Simple sex change late 70s, no big fuss. I used to own a record still labeled "Walter Carlos" - my oh my, why did I not keep it? Would probably be worth a bunch today.

[@montseservin1306]

@@fredschmitt456 ok so she's a woman. Got it. Thanks

[@Wisselink87]

They way she's able to explain her craft in such a simple way is only testimony to her remarkable talent. What an absolute genius and treasure Wendy is!

[@harkerroland9750]

Wait... she????

[@hrdwrd2570]

@@harkerroland9750 She's transgender. Had not fully transitioned yet at that time I believe.

[@christiensebastien2442]

Look, I'm not saying she's not a marvel, but that was the most basic explanation of analog synthesis. No mastering of the craft required.

[@Wisselink87]

@@christiensebastien2442 That's the whole point, it may look basic to us now but don't forget this interview is over half a century old. The visionairy aspect of her work lies in grasping the potential of what was then alien to most people and using it to create and recreate works of art.

[@nervousprophets6879]

@@hrdwrd2570 medically wise, she was pretty far in at the time. Hence, the fake sideburns

[@ruffastoast8570]

She just explained everything I've ever wondered about the plugins I'm trying to use.

[@Neko.Virtual]

it's a he

[@tensevo]

wut?

[@gandalf8216]

@@Neko.Virtual It's a woman. Don't let the sideburns fool you.

[@Neko.Virtual]

@@gandalf8216 it's a dude

[@gandalf8216]

@@Neko.Virtual Was born a dude, but however little I think of transsexuals in general, I'm giving her the pass for giving us the Moog synths. Same as with William Shatner, he gets the pass of being a narcissistic asshole because he was Captain Kirk.

[@IMAComedy]

I just started learning to track scores. This was an incredible explanation that I had been missing out on.

[@the_local_bigamist]

Just seen a comment which revealed to me that Carlos composed the theme for A Clockwork Orange, the amazing synth rendition of Purcell's 'Funeral for Queen Mary'. Still sends chills down my spine. What a legend this person is! I find synths hard enough to programme in this day and age, with all the ease that digital audio workstations give us, and that is nothing compared to the complexity displayed here - and displayed with such ease, whilst explained so clearly! Wendy Carlos was truly a pioneer of music technology.

[@blast3613]

"Purcell's 'Funeral for Queen Mary'" I saw a photo-slideshow of Bernado and Homulka , the serial killers, on YT with that as the backing track. Truly Haunting.

[@luminousfractal420]

it was a lot more hands on then though. theyd probably built 100 small devices themselves over the years, theyd understand every component and buy these synths based on that knowledge. these days we just get presented with all the options. we almost have to reverse engineer everything we use or just fall to accepting ignorance of it.

[@MichaelBrewick]

@@luminousfractal420 you may get a chance to build instruments from scratch again - solar storm coming our way now ; )

[@Leon-cd4ne]

Exactly my thoughts too 👍

[@ibexdnb2879]

For real? That is sick.

[@chrizzle30]

As a child of the 80s, these sounds were iconic and normalized. Now they just sound creepy... And I love it.

[@privateprivate1865]

I couldn't agree more. I'm actually really interested in '70s and '80s synth soundtracks. I got tired of all the crappy music nowadays and bored with listening to the same old favorites from the '80s that I started looking into some of my favorite horror movie soundtracks. One of my favorites is near dark from Tangerine dream. I like the soundtrack from creep show I like soundtrack from Dawn of the Dead. If you have any you could recommend I'm all ears.

[@dirt420]

@@privateprivate1865 youre not looking enough if you think todays music is crappy, look up domi, jd beck, puma blue, spill tab, tyler the creator, isaiah sharkey i could go on and on.

[@Dogvinity]

Were you ever into Michael Iceberg (Iseberg). He headlined Tomorrowland in Disney in the 70s and 80s. A 20+ minute clip is even on KZbin of an entire concert and him explaining the machine he built (but not in such detail as this video). Man, that video gets the feels moving for me. :-)

[@The_Touring_Jedi]

I remember that synth sound when I heard first time Sweet Dreams from Eurythmics in 1985 my mother was listening...woow that sound was amazing...

[@brianregan75]

The 70s was a creepy, dark decade overall. So these medieval synth sounds suit it just perfectly :)

[@echoesrecordingstudio586]

It’s quite hard to express in words what a absolute genius and wonderful human being that Wendy is.

[@skottcoucill8343]

Lol. Gay.

[@uv23baby]

Is this a guy or a girl ?

[@lukassheridan5271]

@@uv23babyI'm pretty sure she's a trans woman

[@mariuspoppFM]

@@uv23baby A guy with strong female features some years before her transition operation

[@molybdenumrose]

@@uv23baby She is a trans woman

[@northprime_unlimited]

WOW I have NEVER seen her this early in her career! No disrespect but it’s as if she was meant to be a woman. Even with the most manliest of sideburns the woman in her really punches through. Much respect to one of the pioneers in electronic music. I’ll ALWAYS love her music.

[@spartan1347981]

Tbf, this is 2 years after she started hormones and the sideburns are stuck on, and it's a wig too I believe

[@northprime_unlimited]

@@spartan1347981 ok that makes a lot of sense now.

[@jwardbass4452]

It takes great intellect to not only use complex synthesizers to create music, but to also be able to effortlessly explain the fundamentals of how the damn thing works. Much respect to Ms. Carlos.

[@ariesdane5876]

They say there's a fine line between genius and insanity. I do love how she dressed like Bach though, and this whole video reminds me of the synthesized Beethoven soundtrack used in the movie A Clockwork Orange. Just goes to show that people in the 70's had access to way better drugs.

[@sleebysyd]

@@ariesdane5876 I may be remembering wrong, but I believe she did the soundtrack for A Clockwork Orange!

[@tommyboy7598]

i diont think it takes much intellect, but people say im a genius so i might be the guy who can do these things

[@Sabre_Wulf1]

I still feel kubrick gets all the credit where clockwork orange would be less than half the film it is without Wendy's iconic score. Its left a lasting impression on my entire life.

[@Marcus-nt8yx]

So the actors don’t count? How about Beethoven?

[@pearz420]

You're giving her credit right now...

[@violenceisfun991]

The music in the film is great, but i think the camera work and the colour schemes are the most memorable part of the film

[@Marcus-nt8yx]

@@violenceisfun991 i agree

[@jasonjacoby]

I could say the same thing about Tron! 💜

[@sonatine3266]

Imagine travelling back from the future and showing her Psy-Trance, Dubstep, Wave, Future Garage and Hardstyle. I bet she'd go crazy!

[@fungustheclown666]

Shes still alive so she has the chance to hear those. Though she definitely would have had a different reaction back then!

[@WhereisWalashek]

Got an urge to watch clockwork orange towards the end and only realized why after. That was somewhere deep in the back of my mind from like 20 years ago.

[@samadams1988]

She is a goddamn legend. And what a teacher. She explains things so clearly and succinctly, I feel like I learned a lot in just under 4 minutes

[@Warriorwithin09]

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@cobracommander1700]

This is a boy

[@tyrekecantrell5941]

@@cobracommander1700 Shut up

[@cobracommander1700]

@@tyrekecantrell5941 Has sideburns wth?

[@hika5251]

@@cobracommander1700 so?

[@Tronicate]

Producers: Synthesis is too complicated to be explained in a simplified way. Wendy: Hold my patch cable!

[@RizzlaBeatz]

More like “hold my sideburns” lol

[@jordanb.4514]

insert generic template comment

[@rrock2025]

Me: ok

[@WhatssupAlly]

@@RizzlaBeatz well this vid is about music not her sideburns lol

[@Widderic]

First thing I thought of was clockwork orange and boom just realized she did the score.

[@hiphopefx]

And The Shining.

[@akirafan28]

Cool to know ^_^

[@wininspn]

I was looking for this comment! Same with me.

[@starmc26]

He, did the score.

[@Widderic]

@@starmc26 What?

[@taylorsukoshi6126]

I didn't expect the president of Argentina to sound like this

[@acemanhomer1]

Dude......was just on my way to leave this comment 🤣

[@The_Establishment_Is_Satanic]

@taylorsukoshi6126 😆

[@okarowarrior]

funny. tho dont even dare to compare our darling Wendy with the nefasto hijoderemilput as del duende

[@fd7231]

It's not very often that a genius is also such a fantastic, articulate, engaging teacher. I could listen to Wendy Carlos explain analog synth patches all day long and never yawn once...!!

[@johnedwards1685]

Our music teacher played the class “Switched On Bach” in 1970. We were 11 years old and blessed with a young music teacher at his first job who is still loved today, still revered by thousands of pupils over his long career and still plays at our weddings, Christenings and of course funerals. I was spellbound, mesmerised by those Bach Moog arrangements. I still am., a lifetime later.

[@null_bite]

wth .. lolll .. these terminologies: filters, oscillators, envelopes; these were all mystery to me before this video. What they did to the sound itself was enigmatic. I don't know how I got here, but man, this was a masterclass. Not even 5 minutes. And this synthesizer cabinet is lit!

[@MyPalJimbo]

One thing I learned is that these are very useful sounds

[@tula__]

If you study electronics these are basics. But ofcourse you won't hear music.

[@anthonypatterson8796]

Basic synth terms, relax

[@kyleharrison2286]

how she get better sideburns than me? The universe truly is a cruel mistress

[@spartan1347981]

They're stuck on lol, you can get the same ones probably!

[@Marvin-ut4xs]

That's a man

[@kyleharrison2286]

@@Marvin-ut4xs sure bud 👍

[@spartan1347981]

@@Marvin-ut4xs incorrect

[@Reverend_Salem]

they are fake. she put them on for this interview.

[@IamSpacedad]

I wish there was more readily available footage of Wendy Carlos giving lectures on how to use electronic music equipment.

[@surgicalglitch3265]

Wendy Carlos is by far one of the most influential people in music and sound design that I can name.

[@benrosn8154]

She is such a genius what are phenomenal thinker? Honestly, this woman is a national treasure, and she should be put in the history books.

[@stevejobs3895]

He.

[@cicerospizzaa]

​@@stevejobs3895 get a life

[@OwenGebhard]

@@stevejobs3895 both objectively incorrect and also disrespectful toward an incredibly important historical figure. If you’ve ever used or listened to a synthesizer in your life, you have her and likely many other trans ppl to thank for their innovations. You’ve done a great job of making yourself look like an idiot if that was your intention though

[@stevejobs3895]

@@OwenGebhard Google the Definition of “Objectively”. Because “Objectively” he is a man.

[@Piespys]

@@stevejobs3895 steve jobs died of ligma

[@moogyboy6]

The secret of Wendy is that unlike 90% of KZbin modular fans, she came from tne world of academia rather than the EDM scene. Even in 1970 she was not only a boss expert on this new field but had the college-bred credentials to teach it, and that distinctive engaging style of hers was already present. Today she would be an amazing TEDtalk presenter, if only she could be coaxed out of wherever she hides herself. (Let's run through a partial resume: Degrees in both music and physics, studied at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, worked as a professional engineer at a NYC recording studio, designed and built her own customized Ampex 8-track tape machine from spare parts, set up a state-of-the-art home recording studio when such a thing was unheard of, helped Bob Moog design several of the early Moog modules, jury rigged the first modern vocoder, pioneered ambient electronica, early adopter of digital synthesizers and other computer-based tools for non-avant garde music, advocate for alternate keyboard tunings...)

[@Cola.Cube.]

@Yongo Bazuk you should know alright, Lmfao.

[@moogyboy6]

@Yongo Bazuk It's not Wendy's fault that you didnt make the cut for the Barnum & Bailey's pinhead audition. Try biting off live chicken heads or eating light bulbs next time, son.

[@customsongmaker]

Yes it's rare for a woman to be so obsessed with technology. Most people like this are men.

[@hamishmacdonald8593]

Her brilliance isn’t an indictment on the “modular community” it’s just the facts of her life

[@richmoreno9938]

Basically she’s GOD.

[@hubbsllc]

When I was a kid listening to Wendy's Bach etc. recordings, it would take me years to fully appreciate how exacting and intricate her work was and what the process was like developing an aesthetic hand-in-hand with manipulating the technology. What a giant she was and remains.

[@tonyr.4778]

That album is by Walter Carlos. Wendy Carlos started 4 years later.

[@hubbsllc]

@@tonyr.4778 Wendy has written that she prefers to be referred to and thought of as Wendy for all time; I'm content to honor her preference.

[@tonyr.4778]

@@hubbsllc cool.

[@tortinwall]

I bought Switched On Bach decades ago and still play it occasionally. This video is a real eye-opener and completely blows my preconceptions.

[@mymusicaljesus]

She did the Main Street Electrical Parade @ Disneyland. I loved watching it at the end of a day there growing up in SoCal in the 80's & 90's.

[@The_Establishment_Is_Satanic]

*he

[@KeksimusMaximus]

​@@The_Establishment_Is_Satanicthat's a crossdressing woman with fake sideburns, dude She has ovaries, haha

[@josephreynolds1220]

Bet that was great.

[@0DTEVIXCALLS]

He*

[@sillyabluble_]

​@@The_Establishment_Is_Satanic no

[@sham_wow_guy]

This is by far the simplest explanation I've ever heard on how synthesizers work.

[@KhalDrogo76]

Synth legend, bridging classical music to modern electronic instruments was no easy task that had previous examples to follow....trailblazing work, i've been listening to Wendy for 30 years; never ceases to amaze

[@dannygjk]

People today don't realize how much painstaking work went into creating a Moog machine music track. With today's hardware and software almost anyone can do it in an hour.

[@nobodycares5981]

how so

[@dannygjk]

@@nobodycares5981 I mean a person with music training and/or experience composing of course not someone with zero training or experience. I've watched people in KZbin videos do things quickly using software on a modern piece of equipment and/or a computer. Using the Moog machine vs what is available today is like night and day. Many things have become easier due to computer's hardware and software. Another example is creating animation - cartoons for example.

[@xenasBS]

It's amazing, isn't it? The democratization of art! That said I'd still love to play around with a Moog someday. Analogue equipment always has a quality you just can't capture with the software equivelents I'm used to.

[@MirekFe]

@@xenasBS m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXfKpZJ3p7yibNU

[@MirekFe]

@@xenasBS _Analogue equipment always has a quality you just can't capture with the software equivelents...._ The Yamaha Reface CS, begs to differ. ↑↑↑

[@darkboticus.maximus]

Absolute pioneering genius with the ability to relate that to others and teach them!! Plus those cuff links looked sweet!

[@SynthoidSounds]

She was so far ahead of her time. In the late 70s into mid 80s, I was designing and building my own experimental analog synth modules (and sometimes terrifying the neighbors with mysterious sounds in the pre-dawn hours) . . . and being inspired by Wendy's ideas.

[@sillonazo5754]

@@rabarebra no

[@emmettbrown3463]

@@rabarebra one could be ahead of their time in the past and not in the future

[@emmettbrown3463]

@@rabarebra wasn't sure if constructed the sentence right, but whatever, my point was - she could be ahead of her time in the past, something that she has done was new and stuff, but now this "something" isn't new anymore, therefore she isn't ahead of her time, so she only *was* ahead of her time

[@sillonazo5754]

@@rabarebra she *was* ahead of her time then, she isn't anymore because that time has already finished

[@sillonazo5754]

@@rabarebra hmm okay but to say "she is so ahead of her time" doesn't sound right

[@ghostcoffee5112]

the sideburns are a goddamn power move edit: I just liked the sideburns...

[@TemenosL]

She actually wasn't ready to come out, so wore a 'disguise' here.

[@caveiradacaverna6713]

Wish I looked half this cool with sideburns

[@Ana_crusis]

@@TemenosL she wasn't gay, she was/is transgender

[@candelacandela41]

@@Ana_crusis you can "come out" as trans too

[@MiyaAhmed]

@@candelacandela41 I think that's what they meant?

[@Tesla_Death_Ray]

Hard to overstate her significance to electronic music

[@DominusOminous]

Impossible to overstate.

[@otakumangastudios3617]

Can someone please explain how she has sideburns?

[@digiquo8143]

@@otakumangastudios3617 he's a dude

[@otakumangastudios3617]

@@digiquo8143 you know they literally called the person wendy, right? I've never heard of a man named Wendy

[@digiquo8143]

@@otakumangastudios3617 "born Walter Carlos" from Wikipedia

[@eggusbreadus]

cant lie, she got skills. she invented skills

[@troutymctrouttrout3809]

What a genius. The score from Clockwork Orange is where I really grew to appreciate Wendy Carlos but seeing this contraption and how the sounds were actually made is mind blowing.

[@mvmmotovlogmusic2815]

When I was in High School..Wendy had just released an album of classical music performed on a synth. It was big news with the music geeks like me.

[@Sparky1002]

That Would be ?? Switched On Bach ??

[@eileenf7991]

@@Sparky1002 I really want to listen to it tbh

[@cosmicraysshotsintothelight]

Ever heard of Larry Fast and "Synergy"?

[@otakumangastudios3617]

Can someone explain why she's wearing adhesive sideburns? I asked my mom who lived in the 70s, and she doesn't understand why either

[@eileenf7991]

@@otakumangastudios3617 easy, she was trans MtF. Except during the 60s and 70s, she didn't want anyone knowing that she was undergoing HRT and had her sex changed. So she had to basically hide the fact that she was going through that stuff and refer to herself by her birthname, Walter. In fact on her first album she is credited as Walter. it wasnt until I believe the late 1970s that she finally came out, which surprisingly received indifference from her fans and everyone. She's appeared as Wendy ever since. As for the sideburns, that's another thing she did to hide, use sideburns so no one would be suspicious of the fact she was going through HRT.

[@KCJazzKeys]

And in just a few short minutes, you have the basic understanding of how a synthesizer works. Such a clear and articulate explanation/demonstration of the basics.

[@musicobsessive123]

love you wendy, thank you for your work in the tech and audio field 💜

[@tt__ooo__4613]

I wish this was longer than just under 4 minutes. "Switched On Bach" was the first ever electronic album I bought. Inspirational musician.

[@davidannett3322]

Switched On Bach is awesome!!

[@Sunfell]

Mine, too! I still have the first edition LP with her deadname. And here she is MAKING it.

[@tt__ooo__4613]

@@Sunfell I love "deadname" - haven't heard that term before and it's just so apt. Thank you!

[@tizzlekizzle]

Can you imagine having that entire room in your laptop it's unbelievably amazing

[@masonmorgan4]

nigga please..that room is can fit in my pocket now

[@tizzlekizzle]

@@masonmorgan4 Thanks for sharing.

[@efisgpr]

@@tizzlekizzle LMAO

[@efisgpr]

@@Akronkangaroo So true! Also: movie theater, language lab...and, accounting for delivery -- grocery store, restaurant, store (Amazon, post mates). Even a gym class, tutoring appointment, job interview, college course, etc. can happen via cell. Truly amazing. Don't need a TV or radio either, of course.

[@el34glo59]

Crazy

[@urphakeandgey6308]

Crazy to think a gadget that fits in your pocket could easily simulate that synth like it's nothing, but back in 1970, it would've been extremely expensive and state-of-the-art. Well, and analogue, but you get the point.

[@saintsataniko2116]

That didn't occur to you years ago with your cell phone? They literally had supercomputers that took up the whole floor of a building that had less computing power than your iPhone.

[@FreezyPop]

@@saintsataniko2116 what does that have to so with the fact you can use a synth on your phone?

[@Osamailyas]

its impossible to produce analogue wave sound on your cell phone or even a computer

[@muskidarko]

No it can’t produce the same sound. Not even close. Modular synthesizer are still cutting edge technology

[@geovani60624]

@@muskidarko no

[@morsine]

This isn't just art, it's an engineering masterpiece.

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

This a legit good breakdown for anyone learning how use a synth. I wish my music production tech course showed us this.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

This is absolutely sweet! I love this VERY rare bit of old Wendy Carlos interviews & demonstrations :) 1970 hm? SO this was around the time she recorded "The well tempered Synthesizer" then.

[@Gort58]

...and around the time she was preparing her music for A Clockwork Orange? I have the vinyl of her soundtrack. Brilliant!

[@pancudowny]

I thought I heard this track on that album! ;D

[@willo7734]

She actually did make it sound more simple, even though it’s obviously massively complicated.

[@dean6816]

That ain't no she!

[@Regular_Decorated_Emergency]

@dean6816What are you on about?

[@g3n3sis50]

@@Regular_Decorated_Emergencythis is My Uncle’s Aunt and She was born a man. I am not joking when I say that she is my Uncle’s Aunt and she is about 84 now

[@Regular_Decorated_Emergency]

@@g3n3sis50 Oh she's trans. But whatever? I'll still call her a woman.

[@interestinglyinterested7972]

I studied Music Tech at uni and did interactive sound design (synthesisers, basically) and I was baffled the whole way through that module. I wish this explanation was available at the very beginning of the course, it would have made a year of my life much easier.

[@LorenzoKamp]

why? :)

[@tonypena5324]

What was that like I’m interested in learning music tech

[@carbon4267]

Make dubstep for 5 years and you will see this as extremely basic, post processing is also very useful 👌

[@stagger9660]

@@carbon4267 can't learn calculus without first learning algebra

[@plaztik767]

“TRON” the music she composed changed my life, and got me into electronic music..

[@davidv8504]

Did not realize she composed music for Tron, thanks for that!

[@hank1519]

I saw her perform with the Moog at the Guggenheim Museum. Quite a thrill!

[@sidderssidley1163]

@@davidv8504 never knew that either! Many thanks 😁

[@davidannett3322]

me too! you said it right, life changing!

[@plaztik767]

@@davidannett3322 Love the CLU avatar pic David 👍🏻

[@andrewhawes2114]

She explains this so clearly and with so much love and passion for her art

[@Synthonica_the_groovebot]

I hate the comment section in this video. Why the hell are you pointing that she's "a man" and calling her transphobic slurs. Pay attention to what this woman has done in the music industry. (And how she's playing this monster of a machine)

[@MATasaltatore]

Because transphobes whould rather cry wolf at the smallest show of human decency, rather than appreciate the talent of one of if not the most important figure in synth music. To all people with some decency she’ll always be a great artist.

[@SprinkCalSA]

​@@MATasaltatore As someone who thinks the trans stuff has gotten a bit silly the last few years, I can't help but admire how knowledgeable she is and how well she can explain what's happening.

[@sendai77]

It's not an understatement to say that Wendy changed my life. Ever since I bought a Moog Modular plug-in for my (insert trendy DAW of choice here), I have felt like I finally own what was unattainable in my childhood/teenhood: my very own System 55. My frustration: I lack Wendy's genius. Wendy, if you should ever read this: you are a treasure, a pioneer, a true hero.

[@am74343]

And that, my friends, is where 99.9% of the sounds you hear in modern pop music, came from. And those Ampex tape machines are absolutely exquisite, by the way...

[@christiantaylor1495]

Sorry but that's not true at all. The square wave, sawtooth, and sine wave are quite common, but wavetable synths are really common now and use other waveforms.

[@RebornAudio]

An absolute marvel to music. After finding Wendy after Clockwork Orange, I've never looked back. Incredible talent.

[@Flashback_Jack]

Wendy's work on Tron was stellar, for sure.

[@RaptureMusicOfficial]

Most KZbinrs nowadays explain such things in very condescending arrogant ways, as if they know everything. I miss the humbleness and modesty in many humans nowadays. Wendy explains it so perfectly and simple, because it IS simple.

[@batchrocketproject4720]

Wow! It's rare to find a 4 minute explanation that crystallises half-grabbed concepts into understanding as well as this does. It takes a unique talent to do this. Thanks to Wendy, the BBC, and soup for posting.

[@ToysintheStatic]

Never wanna be without white noise. It’s so true, and so many people don’t consider it colorful, but there is so much going on there to utilize.

[@brandoncarey541]

I would say that it's the MOST colorful or "that little extra" like a cherry on top or a sprinkle of cheese - noise is the cherry on top of pads/supersaws to accentuate the top and the sprinkle of cheese you put on moody keys that works to compliment the main ingredient. Do you need that last spoonful of parmesan on your pasta? Nope. Is the pasta better because of it? Yep.

[@geraldfriend256]

Who is the Japanese composer who took white noise and turned it into an almost piccalo like sine wave?He did a famous version of Claire de Lune if I am not mistaken.Edit: Tomita is the name..used a narrow parametric eq dimed out til internal feedback..then sampled that.

[@giddycadet]

isn't white noise the cornerstone of subtractive synthesis?

[@arvidlystnur4827]

Nothing more musical than a jazz drummer, accompanying a ballad with brushes instead of sticks. White noise.

[@geraldfriend256]

@@arvidlystnur4827 Yeah I've thought about crudely automating jazz brushes and sizzle cymbals as background drones..for gigs and shizzles..and some kind of marble randomly dropping to make a loud snare hit where it doesn't belong.Now you can fire the jazz drummer too.