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[Closed] If you only watch one video of an analogue synth in the BBC Proms today

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make it this one.

(is there even such a thing as an analogue synth? It certain looks less than digital...)

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Image taken at 27 minutes but the whole concert is worth a listen - celebrating women in early electronic music through to the present day.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bcmbws/bbc-proms-2018-pioneers-of-sound


 
Posted : 30/07/2018 11:14 am
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another view

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Posted : 30/07/2018 11:16 am
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Yes there are things as analogue synths - what you have there is a 'modular' synth - as the name suggests, it's made up of individual (analogue or digital) components that plug together to create a unique one-off synth.

(Similar to picking all your bike components separately, if that above doesn't make sense)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurorack

Affectionally known as 'Eurocrack' as it can be a endless N+1 pursuit to build the perfect synth.


 
Posted : 30/07/2018 11:27 am
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Cheers - I hadn't realised until the end it was an improvised piece (and in Quadrophonic although that's rather lost on the radio) - fascinating to watch her work.


 
Posted : 30/07/2018 11:30 am
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That’s a Buchla modular system.


 
Posted : 30/07/2018 12:06 pm
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a 200e apparently. Here's just the piece she did on it.

Ciani says "Having performed on the Buchla 200 from the late 1960s for a decade, and in recognition of the resurgence of interest in modular electronic instuments today, I am again performing live Buchla, this time on the 200e system, a modern variant of the original modular from the day. In honour of the earlier techniques, that I developed for live performance, I'm referencing the same raw material that I played then.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p06fnqp0/bbc-proms-2018-suzanne-ciani-improvisation-on-four-sequences-from-1975-prom-13


 
Posted : 30/07/2018 12:09 pm
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I assume all those cables are uni-directional gold, even if they look like they came out of the RS catalogue


 
Posted : 30/07/2018 12:10 pm
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I missed this and I love Susanne Ciani so thanks to the original poster.

I have a small Eurorack setup.  I can't afford a Buchla! đŸ™‚


 
Posted : 30/07/2018 12:15 pm
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Ooh nice. I saw the London Contemporary Orchestra live with Actress a month or so ago. Was an unexpected marvel of a gig.


 
Posted : 30/07/2018 12:30 pm

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