The New Sound Of Music 1979 (part 3)

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The New Sound of Music is a fascinating BBC historical documentary from the year 1979. It charts the development of recorded music from the first barrel organs, pianolas, the phonograph, the magnetic tape recorder and onto the concepts of musique concrete and electronic music development with voltage-controlled oscillators making up the analogue synthesizers of the day. EMS Synthesizers and equipment are a heavily featured technology resource in this film, with the show's host, Michael Rodd, demonstrating the EMS VCS3 synthesizer and it's waveform output. Other EMS products include the incredible Synthi 100 modular console system, the EMS AKS, the Poly Synthi and the EMS Vocoder. Most of the location shots are filmed within the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop studios as they were in 1979. Malcolm Clarke demonstrates the Synthi 100, also known as the "Delaware", Michael Rodd demonstrates musique concrete by tape splicing and manipulation and Paddy Kingsland demonstrates tape recorder delay techniques (also known as "Frippertronics"). The Yamaha CS-80 analogue synthesizer is demonstrated by both Peter Howell and Roger Limb. The EMS Vocoder is also expertly put to use by Peter Howell on his classic "Greenwich Chorus" for the television series "The Body in Question". Dick Mills works on sound effects for Doctor Who using a VCS3 unit, and Elizabeth Parker uses bubble sounds to create music for an academic film on particle physics. Peter Zinovieff is featured using his computer music studio and DEC PDP8 computer to produce electronic variations on classic vintage scores. David Vorhaus is featured using his invention, the MANIAC (Multiphasic ANalog Inter-Active Chromataphonic (sequencer)), and playing his other invention, the Kaleidophon -- which uses lengths of magnetic tape as velocity-sensitive ribbon controllers. The New Sound of Music is a fascinating insight into the birth of the world of recorded and electronic music and features some very classic British analogue synthesizers creating the electronic sounds in this film. The prime location for these demonstrations is the BBC Radiophonic Workshop where much creativity and invention took place during the period the workshop was in operation in the latter part of the twentieth century. Electronic music today is used everywhere, and many musicians gain inspiration from the past, as well as delving into the realms of sonic structures and theories made possible by the widespread use of computers to manipulate sounds for the creation of all kinds of musical forms.

Oh, man... 0:00 - 4:28 ...I discovered a new form of sleeping aid. Ahh. Back when playing the sax was cool. Maybe so, but much of that old equipment is quite heavy. I'm pretty sure it would crush the thumb drive. 2:22 oh my god, it's "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury! that yamaha synth is so expensive  HAHAH what a legend Yeah,you are right. One other thing that really bothers me is that analog electronic( vacuum tubes, transistors, and large scale integrated circuits) and electromechanical organs of the 1930's through the 1970's are completely disregarded by the organ education community. Nobody is trying to duplicate these beautiful organs digitally, but instead the quest is to produce ONLY pipe sounding organs. Kids today have 3 options- learn to love the pipe organ, or rebuild older analog organs.New B3 sux. Most? I think you have been drinking too much already. Malcolm Clarke, sadly, died suddenly in 2003, aged about 60. I don't know what of. The Radiophonic workshop was wound up in 1994, as it was virtually pointless by this time due to small studios and powerful software. 04:39 K9! LOL So that's the famous EMS Synthi known as the Delaware synthesizer? Which was what the unused 1972 version (a.k.a. the "Nio-o-oi" version) of the Doctor Who theme? This is probably the best documentary I've seen about the fundamentals of sound synthesis. This should be shown to kids at the START of of every music program.You have to understand sound before you can really understand music. The problem is most school music professors or teachers are still have a bullshit bigoted attitude towards electronically generated music. That sax + vocoder bit is ridiculous! 7:20 this is an flippin incredible documentary. one day i WILL own a CS80.... and everything else in this film haha THANK YOU :D I'll check out for that CD release! It's available on the Radiophonic Workshop: A Retrospective CD release which came out a few years ago and is still in print I believe. 02:18 over and over. thats the sound of the mouse disappearing back into it's burrow! Love the song he created! Ya - It did sound a little purple to me... drool -cs80!! does anybody know if this version of the theme for "the body in question" was released somehow? Maybe as a vinyl? Cause it sounds terrific! British mod! love it  are you ready john? ready when you are