Wendy Carlos | Women In Electronic Music

[@djambrosia]

I grew up in the 80s with synth music being hugely influential. Kraftwerk and Ultravox were my first experiences of electronic music along with the seminal Tron soundtrack. Wendy was a true trailblazer is so many ways and we owe much to her for the music that came after.

[@SoundsGoodChannel]

hey everyone! due to a recent wave of transphobic comments, there is now a Sounds Good mod team. if you see a transphobic or inappropriate comment, smash that report button so we can get it off of here as quickly as possible. thanks to all the non-trolls for your very nice comments! they're much appreciated.

[@jeffreye.cahhal1838]

It’s sick what the world has turned into pre, and especially post~Moron Trump. I am glad that music is something that everyone can participate in no matter of gender or choice there after!

[@lonelyfireband7758]

Hey, don't forget Eliane Radigue. She is the first one ever

[@Geopholus]

@@lonelyfireband7758 , Yes great work from Elaine !

[@cutseencinematics]

Yeah because that’s the true way to start dialogue!

[@jellorelic]

Sorry you're having to deal with those numbnuts, glad you're getting a hand with it and not letting them ruin our picnic!

[@robertsyrett1992]

5:50 I would cut Brian Eno some slack. From his perspective he got hit by a car and suffered a hallucinatory state while hospitalized where painkillers merged the classical music playing in the background merged together and he had an epiphany about the conceptual framework of ambient music. I think that anecdote might have more to do with why he is credited with the creation than any plot against Wendy Carlos. Also, Erik Satie had the same conceptual epiphany with his "Furniture Music" thesis in 1917, so I wouldn't say the genesis for ambient music really started with Carlos anyways. Sonic Seasonings is a masterpiece regardless, it's really grown on me over the years and it does not need to be the first of anything to be intrinsically wonderful.

[@SoundsGoodChannel]

Absolutely agree! My cheeky comment was meant to be more a tease than a serious commentary. I do feel that Carlos deserves more credit than she's gotten, but not that Eno has gotten any more than he deserves. And yes, a genre pretty much never starts with a single person (and I love Satie, a true freak in the best way).

[@dellmibbler244]

My 'History of Electronic Music' professor showed this video for class! Great channel!

[@SoundsGoodChannel]

Way too cool, I love that! Thanks so much ☺️

[@moogfooger]

Well your "history" professor is bogus. This is Walter Carlos and anybody who says it isn't has a political agenda. Too bad you paid all that money for a bogus education. Cheers

[@therealmerryjest]

Wendy Carlos is a goddamned legend! I'm glad to see videos made about her.

[@moogfooger]

you would be right but you deadnamed him. This is Walter Carlos

[@sola_is_chilling]

@@moogfooger wrong way around bud

[@moogfooger]

calling me "bud" implies that you are my friend! Also a very sexist remark. No ,deadnaming is calling him by a name that is NOT on his record.s If you can read, then it is plain to see. But plain is probably very difficult for you. Cheers@@sola_is_chilling

[@Hifuutorian]

@@moogfooger Wendy Carlos is her name, you have no idea what you're talking about. Even if we went with your absolutely ridiculous definition of 'deadnaming' what is on her record has been 'Wendy Carlos' for 60 years.

[@richeymeister]

The first copy of S-OB I purchased in vinyl listed it by Walter Carlos. "He" was featured in an article in a scholastic books article in my clessroom in the mid 60s. That is how much Wendy has been a part of my musical life. I am always upset when other pieces about influential Trans individuals completely ignore Ms. Carlos. I am a cis man whose life was enriched by this amazing woman. Thank you for such a wonderful piece grounded in her technical and musical contributions, rather than her gender.

[@moogfooger]

It is actually the trans bunch that are so into Walter Carlos's gender. Just look at all the comments here! Ever wonder why Carlos has not endorsed the transvestite community? Cause he does not want anything to do with you all. Cheers

[@Sunfell]

The first LP I bought as a teen was the Switched-on Bach album. What I noticed with the few videos of her talking about her work is the ease of language she uses to describe the things she does to change and refine sound. No pomposity, no coy mystique- just plain language, very easy to grasp. She did a lot to launch my own interest in electronics, and although my career went in a different direction, her work has often been in the background of my studies. Thank you for this overview of her incredible genius.

[@moogfooger]

My Switched on Bach album quite clearly says Walter Carlos.

[@IrkenZim123]

@@moogfoogerI have both versions and I’m so glad it was rereleased crediting her proper name 🤩

[@moogfooger]

@@IrkenZim123 well thats because you are a brainwashed individual who can't think for yourself. But, thanks for replying. cheers

[@hatzegopteryx.sounds3637]

Finally, someone making a video about her. There aren't many of them on KZbin, unfortunately. Great video. Her great infuence on other artists is also overlook. Jean-Michel Jarre once said that her Clockwork Orange soundtrack was one of the most important things in his life, shaping his views on music and we know how JMJ popularized electronic music with his Oxygene album.

[@SoundsGoodChannel]

thanks!

[@PaulJonesy]

Thanks, didn’t know that about JMJ, I shall re-listen to the soundtrack.

[@mr.wahhlambda6622]

This is for strong people.

[@w.harrison7277]

OMG this is such a sad joke. That this nobody is trying to attach itself to Wendy Carlos and fool the YT communitiy into thinking its somebody.

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

@@w.harrison7277 What is your issue?

[@MacCekko]

Thank you for your video. I "knew" Wendy Carlos back in 1982, I was a teen ager (I am from 1968), when I watched TRON at the theater. In time I might have forgotten most of the movie itself, but not the soundtrack. After a few decades, I managed to rerun the movie many times, and of course, listen to her awesome soundtrack countless times, thanks to computers in our homes. So, again, thank you for this video. Be well.

[@MetaverseAdventures]

I have not seen it mentioned here, but for those who have sat on the warm evening pavement at Disneyland (later World) and enjoyed the Main Street Electrical Parade, you can also thank Wendy Carlos for that epic music. Such a masterpeice that made the parade what it was.

[@coosoorlog]

Wendy is such an important figure in the development of western music yet she's relatively unknown to general audiences. She isn't even mentioned in many courses on 20th century music or even electronic music(!). Thank you for also talking about her transgender identity, which has meant a great deal for awareness.

[@Geopholus]

Part of the problem was that the academic types in University in the 70's, 1st looked at her commercial success and decided she just reproduced Bach, (like it was just a commercial formula) and wasn't a serious composer, because she wasn't inscrutably inaccessible enough.

[@DigitalEelRich]

This is primarily due to 1) her being in total seclusion for 20 years, and 2) the fact that her entire catalog of her own music, post 1985, has been out of print for 20 years as well.

[@moogfooger]

how do you know, were you there?@@Geopholus

[@moogfooger]

this is Walter Carlos and you are in dreamland if you think he is not well known!

[@Hifuutorian]

@@moogfooger Wendy Carlos, you smoothbrain.

[@brentcurtis5066]

Excellent work, Sarah. Well produced and exceptionally informative.

[@bornagainbornagain6697]

I got interested in synths from ELP first, then all the rock bands including the Beatles, and then finally late bumped into Wendy. That was the pinnacle and still is. This vid left out Vlads contribution of the envelope control. Now that was a marvelous manipulation of a note, Attack, Decay, Sustain, and Release. That is where Wendy shines. Along with the colors and timbre. I could care less what Wendy does to her body her mind is sharp and she is free to live with all of us screwed up people and just fit in no matter where she fits in on the mess of humanity. Everyone is OK in my eyes unless you are a murderer. She is intelligent and a great composer from the discs and vinyl that I was lucky to aquire. And sorry Wendy but I did get more into baroque music after hearing Scarlatti and the rest. Thanks for the painstaking work with the monophonic synth. Impeccable results are appreciated.

[@mcolville]

Wendy Carlos, legend. Great video!

[@SoundsGoodChannel]

thank you! :)

[@blue-cn8hc]

glad she's getting some of the recognition she deserves, in my opinion she's the greatest producer of all time.

[@blue-cn8hc]

@@CulturedThugPoster bruh if you don't care about gender then keep your ignorant opinions about her gender to yourself.

[@ninjaxhayabusa]

No way!!! My favorite dungeon master is also a synth nerd?!?!?! Too awesome.

[@ArjanDuijs]

Amen to that

[@Greg-om2hb]

I bought SOB many years ago and have listened to it countless times, but I learned a lot about Wendy through your excellent video. Thank you.

[@BorkBork94]

Great informative video, enjoyed it a whole lot! Subscribed!

[@TDRKB]

Thanks for this video. I have been a fan since SOB and have a vinyl copy with "Walter Carlos" as the artist.When I saw Clockwork Orange at the Cinema when it came out I was disappointed that only part of her compositions were included, but I have that on vinyl, too. I never really understood the emphasis on gender as I was so in awe of her music (although I don't share her love of cats :-( ). The joy of getting the remastered boxed set in 2001 I'll never forget. It is so precious and hearing her explanation of the many techniques used are fascinating. I think her contribution to music is understated and its probably that most of the people she influenced have passed (too many drugs) there remains an audience for her music. I cant say how many times I have listened to SOB and the remastered version is staggerringly awesome. It would have been tedious to make but to me is a masterpiece. Thanks for this video. I learnt a lot. I am let's say "old school" and don't focus on gender like so many. I respect that you have had many struggles, but like Wendy, be your self and produce awesome music or entertainment. I enjoyed this video and particularly appreciate your respect for one of the icons of electronic music.

[@musamor75]

Glad to read the words of a soulmate. I'm going to be looking out for that box set you mentioned. I still have the cassette of Switched on Bach- bought in 1984. I just wonder what the remastered version sounds like. I'm glad I came here; there's always so much to learn.

[@TDRKB]

@@musamor75 I am not sure it is available. I bought from Amazon back in the day but now you have to go to Wendy's website.www.wendycarlos.com/discs.html

[@bricaaron3978]

What does it mean to focus on gender?

[@eenkjet]

@@bricaaron3978 The title of the YT video focuses on gender "Wendy Carlos | Women In Electronic Music". Which is a bit ironic when citing historical accomplishments of particular genders.

[@bricaaron3978]

@@eenkjet Well, yes... I agree that this is obvious.

[@bigdebbie6265]

Thank you so much! It's insane how under appreciated Wendy Carlos STILL is. For some reason non of her music is online. And why hasn't the older albums been reissued. And more importantly, where are those hours and hours of music, that weren't used by Kubrick in C.O. and Shining. I pray that the world won't get robbed of that hidden treasure and one day we all will be able to enjoy it.

[@thenumbdave]

the Shining and Tron soundtracks are on amazon music, but not much else, which is crazy really

[@bigdebbie6265]

@@thenumbdave thank you for the reply. The thing is, apparently Wendy Carlos recorded hours and hours of music. Yet, like only 1% of it ended up in the movies "The Shining" and "Clockwork Orange". In this video, she briefly mentions this and some kind of rights dispute. It's so frustrating that not only was this music not used, but it's been shelved away for over 40 years now and no one has access to it.

[@thenumbdave]

@@bigdebbie6265 it gets worse, I found out when I listened afterwards that The Shining soundtrack only has two tracks!

[@bigdebbie6265]

@@thenumbdave That's exactly what I'm saying! And the sad thing is that, sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who's even asking these questions. It's surprising, because Wendy Carlos is arguably the most important electronic musician of the 20th Century (at least in US) and .... argh. At least, this show kind of implies on it.

[@moogfooger]

Walter Carlos hides out cause he doesn' want to be associated with the insane transvestite community that has stolen His identity

[@amusicment4829]

I love this video… great information and presentation about the truly incredible creative musical genius, Wendy Carlos. Thank you!

[@skmerti]

Sarah you are wonderful speaker, what a gift, thank you, great info flow, super velvet smooth.

[@tomservojr]

Thanks for recommending "Beauty in the Beast"-I was able to find an iffy digital copy and had ordered the vinyl from Discogs before the second track had ended!

[@MusicByRyder]

GREAT video, and i mean GREAT video. Very well researched and very well told.

[@mvmmotovlogmusic2815]

Fantastic video. I remember when Switched on Bach came out. I was in High School then and it was a major breakthrough. Keep on Rockin in the free work. Thank You for this video. mVm

[@bluemonster65]

Excellent video! As an undergrad, Carlos was very inspirational with her compositional/instrumental stylings. Thank you for sharing this.

[@theauntiechrist]

I first heard oxygene and equinox when I was about 12-13. I'm now 48. I've been into electronic music all the way since then, although my horizons have broadened to rock from zeppelin through to clutch, and the djent style of Meshuggah. Tonight is the first night I heard of Wendy Carlos. Thanks.

[@0netom]

I'm also big fan of Jean Michel, Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd, since I was 8-10 years old. I'm 45 now and it was also the first time I heard about Wendy Carlos! It's ridiculous! I'm baffled. Of course I've seen Clockwork Orange and probably the original Tron too, but somehow very few film soundtracks were popularized back then in Hungary. Jesus Christ Superstar was one, which I've listened to the most, auntie. :) Thank you, @SoundsGood for this wonderful video and all the research behind it!

[@moogfooger]

Look up Walter Calos. That is the real icon of electronic music.

[@MAC_ACK_ACK_ACK_ACK]

Never heard the name Wendy Carlos until today - the video of her demonstrating the Moog synthesizer. I admit it was those mutton chops that caught my eye 😄, but then I saw this video recommended, and wow: Clockwork, Shining AND Tron. I had no idea. Quite the pleasant discovery, and thank you for the video essay into her contributions, her creations, her struggles, and her right to be recognized.

[@jfv65]

Same for me. I was a teenager during the early 80's, i had heard about Wendy but had no idea she was so very influencial! Great video!

[@StopWars420]

She would wear those chops and a wig before she came out fearing a backlash.

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

Yeah, it was the style at the time for women to grow mutton chops. The hipper women had full beards.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

@@TheKitchenerLeslieFunny!

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

Same here. Just heard of her though YT. Also, I lived near the MOOG factory and would ride my bike to the factory and look through their dumpsters for their electronics waste. And yes, those mutton chops were striking. MOOG was related to the founder of MOOG aerospace which is still thriving in the Western Ny area.

[@n7kron692]

Hi friend, I use the translator. Telling all around about Wendy, it was really a discovery for me, I discovered her out of love for another performer "desert sand feels warm at night" I like it to crazy, and in his comments someone compared him with Wendy, so I found out, your video by the way is the only thing you can find about her on youtube, at least from Russia.

[@NathanaelBray]

This was an amazing video! Brava!!! I learned so much and appreciate the effort you took to present Wendy Carlos in such a concise and eloquent manner. I came across your video doing research on women pioneers in electronic music. It is a pleasure to share this video, since Wendy Carlos was not in the course material presented. Thank you.

[@Fairfaxcitymusic]

Excellent interview. Thank you for sharing this video

[@philreeves2404]

Switched on Bach was / is amazing. As a youngster my Dad was good enough to explain to me what we were hearing and how those sounds were made. Sounds that are old hat nowadays were new and captivating then. Big kudos and respect to Wendy Carlos.

[@SynthoidSounds]

Thanks for posting this. In the late 70s to mid 80s, I was immersed in designing and constructing my own analog synth engine modules, causing audio mayhem, and even some recording . . . much inspired by Wendy and other early pioneers into this musical terrain.

[@alfredogoyburu1129]

Taking note of this excellent video on the ocassion of Wendy Carlos' 84th birthday (born 14 November 1939)! It is interesting that you note her frustration with the prospect of seeing her earlier work and gender identity overshadow her later work.

[@thelaboratoryofspacerecord5239]

Thank you for making these videos.

[@KURTZ192]

Merci beaucoup pour cette magnifique vidéo . Superbe chaîne

[@MacLamar]

Excellent Video, thank you for taking the time to make it and all the work you put into it. Hope to meet you someday.

[@Cayres9]

Genius she was and the pioneer of synthesised music ❤

[@leizzysaadane3315]

I just found your Channel. Keep going it is so good

[@oakpal]

I took Electronic Music Composition at the Univ of Utah in the early 70’s with Vladimir Ussevchevsky. It was a great time, Bob Moog visited once as he was working on the Moog Envelope Generator with Vladimir. We saw the prototype modules in the music lab. Splicing tape on Ampex 440’s to create “Music Concrete” was interesting.

[@Geopholus]

Vladimir was a great teacher. He had tons of enthusiasm, and a very clear and direct presentation.

[@oakpal]

@@Geopholus I took the class because I was in electrical engineering and was interested in music synthesizers. I didn’t realize how involved the class was. Many late nights in the Univ of Utah music building.. it was the toughest B grade I ever achieved.

[@Geopholus]

@@oakpal Have you continued with interest in electronic music and synthesizers? Or the immersive experience was enough to emerge from? My brother and i went to see Vladimir Ussachevsky give a lecture at University of Bridgeport in the early 1960's and got hooked when we were still kids. i was thankful, that at that time the process was laborious but pretty straightforward... well sorta hahahaha. No synthesizers available , but i built a simple Morse code oscillator or 6.

[@lindigj]

Hey, just ended up here looking in to Wendy Carlos and wanted to say I loved everything about your video. Keep it up

[@RouxMartin]

I came here jus for this one video but it was so good I have now subscribed and will be diving through everything else on here!

[@_fig.8]

a complex topic presented with clarity, care and insight. thank you

[@f115Recs]

fantastic. I think this was encapsulated really well. thank you + subbed!

[@JoeLennonmusic]

great video!! super informative, thanks so much x

[@smguy7]

Funny, I was listening to Wendy Carlos's Timesteps (the complete version) and Country Lane again the other day. As an electronic music maker myself, I have been fascinated by Wendy's work all my life. Of course, I love her interpretations of Baroque music - her Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 is very powerful - particularly the third movement. However, where Wendy's genius really shines is in her own music. I listened to Timesteps and Country Lane and I was awestruck by the variety of timbres, musical ideas, melodies, daring harmonies and rhythms (particularly in Timesteps) her music. No-one has made music like this before or since to my knowledge. The equipment I use now is vastly more sophisticated, but I could never hope to reach the dizzying heights Wendy Carlos reached her music. Wendy Carlos's music sounds like nothing else, although many have tried! Long live Wendy Carlos!!!

[@neiljvoice1603]

A really and informative video. Ive been a huge fan of Wendys music since the early 80s when I first heard the music of Tron and Clockwork Orange.

[@moogfooger]

My copy of Clockwork Orange clearly says Walter Carlos.

[@HowievYT]

Thanks heaps for pulling all this info together, and presenting it so cogently. I've no doubt that Wendy's place in history will come to be better known. She absolutely shaped decades of sound past, and yet to come. One huge contribution she makes is accessibility - all of us brought up with tinny casiotone keyboards would never have had the experience without her brilliance of invention behind it. And on gender - well people just be people. I hope the world keeps getting easier for everyone who lives with a difference from the majority. Those I know who live true to their own integrity have had to endure such hurdles; real heros!

[@joannerevill9592]

Wendy Carlos is a genius and a legend. Her visions and inventions complete changed the music landscape and without her, music would be very different today.

[@moogfooger]

That was Walter Caarlos who is the legend.

[@ddemulling9722]

Wendy* Carlos* Are you drunk?

[@ebezz8818]

I've been a fan of electronic music since 1976 and now I stumble upon this video. Great introduction to this wonderful music by this wonderful person. Thx!

[@brunandre]

Just found out about Wendy and your channel! I am amazed! Subscribed.

[@technoloverish]

I know this is an old video now, but I just wanted to say that Carlos is definitely a favorite of mine. Mostly because she pioneered a of the techno music that we here today

[@plaztik767]

Tron soundtrack changed my life musically. I had never heard such ethereal, other worldly, dream like music. A pioneer

[@fredges]

Listening to "Switched On Bach" when I was a kid in the early 70's in the back of my dad's VW bus as we travelled to hike in the mountains of the PNW... Thank you, Wendy!

[@jonserkspawn7776]

Great video. Definitely shared. Exposing a young co worker to the music that has shaped me. Switched On Bach and the soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange are definitely among them.

[@TheAngelOlguin]

Wow great video! Subscribed

[@ibiza09putitthisway]

Amazing video! Thanks so much!

[@Kkidzz]

I fantasize about Wendy listening to a few early SOPHIE tracks and hearing her comment about the sounds and tones….sort of a look at where production has evolved to. Would be sooo fascinating.

[@__________________________7981]

Same, i wish they both met while she was still alive

[@ThatOpalGuy]

Thanks for making this. It's always good to learn something new.

[@fleafunkponce]

Amazing job 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 thanks for the content

[@wado1942]

"Beauty in the Beast" is definitely my favorite WC album. It's so intricate and alien, but seems strangely natural. We had a couple of brief but interesting correspondences a few years ago about how synth tech seems to have gone backwards in more recent years, as well as surround sound in the modern era; a very cool person indeed.

[@jamesbunch8932]

I adore your videos! Thanks for what you do!

[@makeperceive]

Really enjoyed this - I have my prized possession of "The Well Tempered Synthesizer" in my car's CD player currently (the only CD player I have), and I've spent a number of enjoyable hours driving across the country on the way to gigs immersed in the world of synth meets counterpoint. Her talks at the end of it are very illuminating, about rationale for the choice of timbres and where the parts sit in the frequency spectrum.

[@clusternest1704]

this is what i call high quality content. 1000 infos in 1 min. i love 4 seasonings, aurora borealis.

[@schack]

Thanks for this great video - Wendy Carlos is pure legend.

[@mySelf-yx4hw]

I bought switched on Bach when I was about 12 it was simply brilliant along with Tomita, I didn't see a clockwork orange as I was far too young at the time but I could instantly here the sound of Carloss when Tron arrived, the makers were Disney so I wouldn't have bothered but the soundtrack was instantly recognisable and just makes the film Wendy is always someone that I would love to meet and say thanks for pushing electronic music 🙂

[@njones420]

Tomita Firebird was one of my first albums I owned, along with the Tron soundtrack ... I was an 80s kid, so I blame my parents for having good taste.

[@brentwadden_]

Thank you! and please keep up the great work you are doing!

[@danamcc221]

Thank you for this! As others have said, not enough people (in or out of the music industry) are really aware of how important her contributions have been! One historical note about the early Moog modular she used: as the article I've linked to here correctly states, the expressiveness of the keyboard she developed with Moog was a result of velocity sensing (how fast the key went down), as opposed to pressure sensing, which would have been much more complicated to implement. In later synthesizers, "pressure" was often used as a synonym for "aftertouch", which involves variations in pressure AFTER a key has already been pressed all the way down into the key bed, and it allows for variations in volume, timbre, or vibrato (typically) as a note sustains. Velocity, on the other hand, usually controls the overall volume of a note at the time the note is first played, although it can also be linked to other parameters in most current synthesizers. reverb.com/news/wendy-carlos-pioneering-moog-synthesis-switched-on-bach

[@mrake1000]

Great video thanks. In 1982 i was at the EMS studio in Stockholm with an American teacher in electronic music. That was great fun, but also a bit strange world. The composers was not intrested to make electronic music popular, it was fun we had no computers, but we had old taperecorders, and a grandpiano out of tune 🙂 My first synth was a Minimog, thanks Bob. Wendy Carlos is an inspiration and Brian Eno to.

[@ivana1755]

I just discovered this channel, subbed immediately, there are some interesting stuff here!!

[@moogfooger]

sorry to hear you are into disimformation. You should get that checked out. It may become terminal.

[@biggestnerdalive8476]

She did amazing in writing music that really added to the horrific nature of the shining, but the music she wrote for Tron is probably one of the most beautiful soundtracks I’ve heard

[@maryfield9730]

“Basically all the parts of music that people like.” 😆 THANK YOU!

[@robertsyrett1992]

Very cool overview, I hope Wendy receives this with all the love with which it was intended.

[@SoundsGoodChannel]

thank you!

[@darienhigh]

My parents as artists weren't very keen in music. Not like I am now. Their record collection was pretty minute, I would go thru them all trying to find stuff I liked. I remember finding Switched on Bach and loving it at a very young age maybe 7 or 8?? Also the Hooked on Classics that had the disco version of Beethoven's 5th. I saw Clockwork Orange when I was 10 and totally lived that soundtrack as warm but I didn't know the connection of Walter/Wendy Carlos. She was Walter then but in the 80s she was known as Wendy on the record releases at the time. I also saw the Shining at a young age around that time too, creating an early fondness for electronic music before I even knew what electronic music was, I was always drawn to that sound. Thanks for this viddy, I learned a lot!!

[@halifaxskater]

This video was so fun and informative! and also very inspiring. Love your channel

[@isabellam1936]

Wendy is a true master and legend. She’s 83 now but I’d love if someone could find her and do and interview. So many legend are still alive but won’t be for very long.

[@josemiguelmaciasvocar2690]

"this turned out to be a pretty good business model" lmao

[@phonetic808]

Such a great video and thank you . As a kid I found a tape that my dad had of sonic seasonings and though it was the most amazing sounds ever, a few years back managed to pick up an old copy of SOB shame her catalog isn’t on iTunes

[@moogfooger]

ya, a fantastic album. groundbreaking. My copy says quite clearly Walter Carlos.

[@adamnoble587]

Stumbled upon Wendy Carlos tonight. This was the second video to watch. Thank you !!! Well produced - informative. And I'll need to dedicate more time to her work. Annoyed that with her influence that to me this was news :-(.

[@mikeciul8599]

Just found this channel on Nebula! So excited to discover more!

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Wendy Carlos, Delia Derbyshire, Suzanne Ciani, Laurie Spiegel, Daphne Oram, Clara Rockmore and Bebe Barron are some of the most important women in electronic music. Without their work, their effort, their patience and passion we would not be where we are now. And we, who make electronic music, really stand on their shoulders. I sometimes wonder if Wendy, Suzanne or Laurie secretly watches videos on youtube and reads the comments? At least Laurie Spiegel has her own YT channel :) So it'd be amazing to imagine Wendy being here too.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

Add Jill Fraser to the list

[@huhummmmmmm]

@@tsitracommunications2884 And Éliane Radigue

[@notquiteagoat]

This is such a great video. Thanks for making this.

[@ElecDashTronDotOrg]

YES! Thankyou, officially a patron now, just signed up! Love your content, keep it coming!

[@SoundsGoodChannel]

👏love! 👏it! thank you so much!

[@a.534]

Good work! =) Future suggestions for this series: Éliane Radigue, Laurie Spiegel, Daphne Oram, Delia Derbyshire, Pauline Oliveros

[@tsitracommunications2884]

And Jill Fraser

[@johnhricko8212]

YOU! are wonderful! (and I only met you 14 minutes ago!...) I've been interested in electronic music since.... the 70s. Had to go to university to get your hands on one. My first computer was a Commodore 64! So keep doing what you're doing! You do it well! And let young women (and others!) know they can learn more about electronic music production by using Open Source Software. It has finally matured enough to recommend it to anyone wanting to explore what's "out there"... .....SOOOooo.... YOU GO!

[@moogfooger]

Ya but Walter Carlos is not a woman, and the person running this site is probably not either. deep voice and big adams apple. But maybe thats your thing.

[@zoey_cairns]

Brilliant video, you've earned a new subscriber :) The synth queen has been an influence in many ways, I love her web pages about Surround Sound as I'm more of a tech geek than composer ;P

[@mspysu79]

Her surround articles are great. The earlier articles railing against "Matrix quad" and the SQ system specifically, which was the pet of her record company CBS/Columbia are brilliant.

[@sunflowerbadger]

That tune from a clockwork orange has to be my favourite piece of synth yet.

[@OneDarkMartian]

Wendy Carlos is iconic! An absolute legend!

[@simonwinwood]

❤ great video. great channel. cheers from england/uk x

[@sawsquaresinetube]

I just wanted to say great work! If it wasn’t for Wendy I might not have gotten into synthesis! 👏👏👏

[@Metzae]

Wendy's collaboration with "Weird Al" changed my life. And no, I'm not exaggerating. But this video taught me more than I ever knew about her and her legacy. Thank you so much for putting this together.

[@anstef1485]

Thank you for this very informative video about Wendy Carlos, an unsung hero of the electronic era, and a incredible precursor on so many levels!

[@getacluelou]

I love that you went in depth about her music outside of SOB and her work in film composition! I feel like her New Age albums are where we really get to hear her voice and personal compositional techniques. I also love the inclusion of trans women voicing her :) thank you for such an informative and thoughtful video on a woman that has done more to progress electronic music in the 20th century than any other composer!!

[@moogfooger]

The trans fat thing is what I hate about this. This is Walter Carlos. Famous electronic pioneer. Have more respect for the true genius.

[@robotummy]

thanks so much for making this video (: wendy has been a deep musical love of mine since high school. i loved your choice to have different transfemme voices represent her. "beauty in the beast" is such a singular and complexly beautiful album

[@SoundsGoodChannel]

hey Dylan! so glad you enjoyed the video

[@robotummy]

@@SoundsGoodChannel i just love those moments when wildly disparate interests overlap - wendy carlos composing gamelan is a huge one for me. philip glass composing for a yukio mishima film is another. i'm gonna watch your video on just intonation because i've read several things about it and still can't seem to wrap my head around the concept fully haha

[@musamor75]

"Beauty IN the Beast"? Very interesting slip there. It's actually Beaty AND the Beast. Or am I wrong? It was originally a "fantastic" 19th century novel by the French Gilles Perrault- made into a film by Jean Cocteau. The title definitely used "and" (La Belle et la Bête). But Wendy was a genius.

[@robotummy]

@@musamor75 wendy certainly is known for making interesting slips: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_in_the_Beast (:

[@loreleij1130]

Thank you for making this!!

[@andrewwilliams9599]

Comprehensive and more detailed than other profiles I've seen on KZbin. I'd never heard the story of how Wendy Carlos and Robert Moog met--talk about awakening the magician!

[@SynthieFlowers]

Keep up these amazing videos! Can't wait to see where your channel goes!

[@SoundsGoodChannel]

thanks so much! :)

[@astrorad2000]

Thank you. This was wonderful.

[@StevenRayMorris]

I’m so glad I found your channel

[@deb2499]

I loved this video, it helped me find some inspiration

[@triciayates8413]

Love this video, love Wendy Carlos! I was looking for more information about Carlos for an article I wrote last year about queer composers, and this is such a well-researched and well-organised video. I thank you!

[@steveg219]

Great information and presentation. Thanks!