Wendy Carlos
Secrets of Synthesis
Label ©  Unknown
Release Year  1987
Length  52:14
Genre  Electronic
Personal Star Rating [1-5]  
  Ref#  W-0012
Bitrate  ~144 Kbps
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    Track Listing:
      1.  
      Introduction  
       2:06  
      2.  
      Examples Of Analog Timbres  
       3:45  
      3.  
      Choral Tone, Vibrato, Articulation  
       2:55  
      4.  
      Vocal Synthesis  
       6:51  
      5.  
      Performance Values  
       4:31  
      6.  
      Simple Orchestration  
       2:22  
      7.  
      Electronic Pointillism & Hocketing  
       3:35  
      8.  
      For Spatial Motion  
       1:11  
      9.  
      Ensemble Performance Via Click-Tracks  
       2:30  
      10.  
      Imitative Synthesis  
       0:59  
      11.  
      Musique Concrete Plus Synthesizer  
       2:21  
      12.  
      Orchestra With Synthesizer  
       0:52  
      13.  
      Digital Synthesis  
       5:46  
      14.  
      Digital vs. Analog  
       5:58  
      15.  
      Hybrid Timbres  
       3:08  
      16.  
      Alternative Tunings - The Future  
       3:24  
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      More than just a demonstration disc on electronic music — the examples are original creations from her own works, from the best-selling "Switched-On Bach" to "Digital Moonscapes," and contain extremely interesting theories and a new procedure for harmonic synthesis that results in sounds never heard before. (There's an interesting article on this with a floppy disc demo in Keyboard magazine for November, 1986.) — "Blue" Gene Tyranny
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