By the way, I love this, you really nailed the classic Carlos sound, and proved that you don't need a monstrous vintage modular synth to get those tones. You just need a monstrous modern analog polysynth. :-)
Are these tracks different from the ones on Wendy's albums or re-playing the same sounds? If they are new pieces that Wendy never played, all the more reason to load up on my iPod. Thank you.
I loved this, and it reminded me of one of my favourite bands The Enid, who play a kind of orchestral/rock music with synthesisers, so I'm going to have to go on a youtube trek for them now!
There was an early Moog synth work titled the 4 seasons. It was 2 LPs(ooops, showing my age!) and each side was a season. It was great music to trance to. Anyone know who did it and if there,s any copies on the Ytube ? Thanks.
@pinwizz69 It sounds like you're referring to Walter Carlos' (now Wendy Carlos') Sonic Seasonings. It was two LP set with Moog synthesizer and environmental sounds. It's been remastered and is currently available on CD from major online stores that sell CDs.
Great to finally see an analog synth(or analog emulator) put to use making music, as opposed to noise accompanied by a 4/4 bass drum that drowns out the aforementioned noise.
Close to very good. Not quite as nuanced as W Carlos, and the pacing is a little halting at times. I enjoy many of your many timbres,.. lots of them sound similar to SOB. It must have taken many hours to find so many good and beautiful ones... Kepp working on your performances.
I was (am) a huge Wendy Carlos fan since the beginning (Walter days) and this is very, very right on as far as her interpretations, timbres and other voicings. Enjoyable beyond that!
@kellyssa3 Okay, I updated the out of date links. So the original MP3 files can be heard or downloaded. When damn ATT closed down their Worldnet severice and moved people to their other version, they didn't tell people all their files would go away. Took me awhile to find another file host. BTW, I just noticed that the audio in this video went back to relatively hi-fi stereo. Unfortunately my Scarlatti video hasn't been corrected. I hate youtube and their screw ups.
I was wondering if you've ever heard a Russian synthesizer lp from 1980 called "Metamorphoses" (definitely not Jarre). I think it rivals and in some instances even surpasses Carlos and Wurman. Check it out here at kmtr-kmtr dot blogspot dot com/2009/11/vinyl-rip-40-va-metamorphoses dot html (I am not the blogger). if you're interested, I have a slightly better rip which is better in spots.
perfect replica of switched on bach indeed. does anyone ever play around with the works of bach in the process of elite alteration? see what i mean with my piece: the devil's partita. which is a innovative approach to 774.
You just used the Alesis Andromeda A6 or used also a software that contains the sounds of the Moog Modular? You could prove your process of creation? If you can not reveal your process of creation I'll understand, because after you had much work to do it and... it be would not just pave the way for other musicians.
Anyway I give my congratulations to you and we will be waiting for other works to be able to listen to it with great pleasure!
Congratulations man! You used tones with tasteful! I really loved the end result of these works! I would suggest that you try to do the same with other works of Mozart & Beethoven. I think the result would be magnificent!
Sounds are pretty good, but need to work on the musicianship a tad with a metronome. Keep working on it and record a good album like the original Switched On Bach.
I certainly hear a big difference between the lo-fi mono YouTube video and the HQ stereo tracks. Well, there are some solutions, such as putting &fmt=18 in the URL, but better yet, since November 2009, 1080p HD support has been available. I hope that helps. Anyway, keep up the good work!
This is actually not bad for such a humble synth, operating alone. At first I thought, "meh" but was impressed later. Wendy did tons of tricks with multiple moogs and a crazy studio setup. Best not to be discouraged, compared to her.
I know Wendy Carlos used a Moog Modular for Switched on Bach, but are these sounds possible on a Minimoog? I've been trying to coax them out of my Arturia plug, but just can't seem to get anywhere :(
@pirahna1 Some of the more basic sounds you could approximate straight away on a Minimoog, but others would require functions that a Mini doesn't have, particularly extra envelope generators, VCAs, and low/band/hi-pass VCF; and especially a fixed filter bank (basically a graphic equalizer) to shape the tone further than the VCF alone can. You could probably slave another synth to the Mini to get close, since many of Carlos's sounds are basically composites of percussive and sustaining tones.
@moogyboy6 If you're working in a VSTi environment, you can simply try using two synth plug-ins simultaneously, one handling the sustaining portion, and the other the percussive portion.
I still love the andromeda if only i could afford one . i like this I just found the vinyl switched on to bach at a second hand store in Philly good stuff !
If you're referring to youtube's sound quality, you're correct. My videos used to have high quality stereo audio, then several months ago when youtube re-converted all videos to a new formant, the bumped the audio quality down to lo-fi monophonic audio. Stupid, since youtube is supposed to be supporting higher quality stereo now. They're a bunch of idiots, and now I have to figure out what to do about it. But I just put links to the original audio files in the video info box for now.
I know the Alesis Andromeda is supposed to be an analog synth, but damn it just doesn't sound analog to me... maybe its because of the digitally controlled oscillators?
The Andromeda oscillators are tuned digitally, but they're not DCOs. And the Andromeda sounds plenty analog. After Youtube trashed the audio quality of my videos because of their conversion a few months back, this video is not a good way to judge it's sound. I need to put links to the original MP3's in the info section.
algun tiempo atras vi por primera vez la pelicula la naranja mecanica y descubri a bethoveen y tambien descubri a wendy carlos y nunca mas he dejado de escucharlos conociendo practicamente toda su obra genial
Dang, I'm impressed. I think it's a bit looser with the vibrato than what Wendy would have done, but you've nailed some classic patches and the overall spirit of the thing!
Very good! And I know what i am talking about: I am a composer with traditionnal classical training, and specialised in fuge.
I heard Walter/Wendy Carlos in the 70' and of course it was an astounding musical experience.
Even though we don't need huge devices anymore like Wendy Carlos used in the 60' to achieve the same results, mixing and producing music with synthesized sounds remain difficult, it's a fine art demanding sensititvity and skill.
I've always been of fan of Switched On Bach, because I love to hear different takes and interpretations of pieces, unless your like my mother who is pretty much a purest, and isn't open to other interpretations of older songs. But oh well, In some ways, I think you may have actually surpassed Carlos. Beautiful work. God Bless.
Brilliant voicing and tembral manipulation....really captures the essense of the Moog IIIC. Well done. what a wonderful box of tricks the andomeda is !
Well, you sure nailed that Switched-On Bach sound...I mean, spot on nailed it! I keep waiting for Wendy to break in and explain how she and Rachel [Elkind] left these off the finished master for whatever reason, a'la the bonus tracks on the Switched-On boxed set.
WOW!! Does that ever bring back memories! I had the original LP of Switched on Bach and you have got it down to a 'T'. The audio quality is great even for YouTube. Gotta go check out the rest. Thanks a million for these. 5 stars. :))
You absolutely nailed the W. Carlos timbral style. The selection of sounds is really good and her style of hocketed orchestration is also there. Bravo. There seems to be a little bit of timing flux between some of the parts in your performance, but then again, I'm listening on crappy computer speakers at a low level at the moment. Now if only there were a few lines played on the Bahn Sage, it would be perfect... ;-)
To secoff: Thanks for your comments. I'm glad to find somebody that knows Carlos' style, as I'm getting a lot of comments from people who don't seem familiar with WC's work beyond the first S.O.B. or they confuse Carlos with somebody else. There shouldn't be any timing flux, as I've played these pieces quite accurately (some have said better than Carlos, but that's not true) yet not in a rigid robotic manner either. There's only one part in my Scarlatti video that I didn't get quite right.
I bought Switched-On Bach a few years ago, I know it's available. I believe it's the most purchased classical music piece ever, or nearly so. This may sound better than Switched-on Bach but you have an extra 40 yr technology advantage also.
To runewell: Thanks for your comment. But the more comments I read, the more it seems people have only heard WC's 1968 Switch-On Bach. My stuff is more in the sylte of SOB #2 and Well Tempered Synthesizer. Mine doesn't sound better than those, it just sounds similar.
It may be 40 years later, but I'm still using an analog synth, playing it by hand, and recording one note at a time. The only advantage I have is patch storage and I don't have to bounce tracks because I have more than 8 tracks.
I agree with RowsbydotCom - this is actually much better than WC due to the much more enjoyable selection of patches. Fantastic job. If you ever do full songs or an album, do tell. I'd boy that in a heartbeat.
To blackmuzzle: Thanks for the compliment. But I'm suspecting you may not have heard WC's baroque work after Switch-On Bach. Mine is done more in the style of SOB #2 and The Well Tempered Synthesizer, and thus it's not better than WC as I don't think it's possible to do better. I've always said that if I can get to within 70 to 80% of the quality of WC, then I'll be happy, and I will have gotten far closer than anybody else every has.
This is the most impressive re-creation of Wendy Carlo's work, pre GDS Synergy Era (TRON), that I've ever heard. It's even better than her last Bach album (Switched on Bach 2000), where the tuning and style of timbers changed too much to be enjoyable. Thanks for posting your experiments!
To RowsbydotCom: Thanks for the compliment. But just to clarify, it's not a re-creation of Carlos' work, but an imitation of Carlos' style. These are all new pieces, just in case there was any confusion. All of Carlos' early Moog stuff was better than her Synergy/GDS Bach stuff.
if you can find it get the CD Swtiched on Bach (where these pieces came from) by Wndy Carlos. The album was donein the 70s so you may have to search the essoteric record shops or eBay (which I did after losing my LP of this album)
as a bit of a side fact....this album took 2+ years of pre-processing and finding and writing down the sound and another year or so to record and produce it.
To narkosys: All of Carlos' albums are available on CD, so you don't need to go to ebay or some esoteric record shop. There's also Switched-On Bach #2, Well Tempered Synthesizer, and other Carlos CD's too. Seems too many people think Carlos only did Switched-On Bach #1 and then stopped.
And S.O.B. was done relatively fast and in Carlos' spare time outside a full time job. Carlos did a Bach piece in 1967 which led doing a whole album of Bach which came out in 1968.
To cheochivista: You can buy Bach synthesized pieces by buying Wendy Carlos' Switched-On Bach, Switched-On Bach #2, Well Tempered Synthesizer, and Switched-On Brandenburg Concertos. Or you could just buy the 4 CD Box Set. They can be bought at Amazon, Buy (dot) com, and other places. You don't need to look on ebay for some old 70's record as narkosys said.
good to know that there is a 4 CD set out now. when i was searching for a replacement for the LP which was giving up the ghost, i was forced to look on ebay at that time.
To NagualElias: I'm way behind in responding to my youtube comments. But I don't have more than what's in the video. That's all I did of the Bach concerto fugue.
This sounds better than Carlos's Switched On Bach. He made all the sounds just sound like... Harpsichords... hahaha. Pointless! I was expecting fat synth sounds (from WC, not you).
To alexatchley: Thanks for the comments. But your comment about Switched-On Bach makes no sense. S.O.B. was a colorful record where nothing sounded like harpsichords. I'm thinking you have your lines crossed. Your description seems to fit the album "Bach Busters" by Don Dorsey. The sounds in my video here are similar in style to Carlos' sounds on Switched On Bach #2, Well Tempered Synth, and to some extent, Switched On Bach #1.
Haha, this is great. Love the old-school electronic sound of my boyhood, and we were attracted to it because 70's guitar-and-longhairs music was BOOOOORING!
Very nice, a complete reminiscence of my early days listening to my dad's Walter(or Wendy I suppose) Carlos albums - 'Switched on Bach' and 'The Well Tempered Synthesizer'
To maisquisujie: The names of the pieces are shown on the red bar at the bottom of the video as they are playing. So the first piece would be Bach's Concerto for Two Keyboards and Strings BWV 1061. Thanks for listening.
Very very well made! Don Dorsey did something similar back in the 80s with a Synclavier synt. His Bach was good but his Beethoven Minuetes were amazing. Ever consider doing some Beethoven?
To Haroldesp: I've done part of Beethoven's 7th Symphony, but that is a synth emulating the sounds of a real orchestra. I was going to put that online (a different movement that what's already online), but Youtube is converting audio to mono now, so I need to figure what to do. As for Don Dorsey, I can't say that I remember anything special about his stuff. I'll have to pop Beethoven or Bust on again to refresh my memory though.
I would also like to add that your A6 sounds beautiful. Amazingly precise in comparison to Carlos patches. I own a Virus TI, but the Andromeda is a superb machine. Keep the good music comming!
To aminkor597. It only makes sense to put them onto a CD if/when I do a complete CD worth of finished pieces, in other words, a Switch-On Bach #3 CD. I still don't know if that will happen or not.
wow. can I download your music? I have been 8 years playing piano, really enjoy Classical music but also Extreme Metal; and I love synths. I have a Korg X50 myself and Im now exploring the analog synths. they have a special sound
To Cosmos135498. You can download the pieces in this video, plus the one in my Scarlatti video by going to the video info box in my Scarlatti synth video and looking for the mp3 links I've listed there. Since I EQ'd the ones in the videos to be a little brighter, the mp3's won't be quite as bright. Use your treble control if they sound too dull. None of them are complete pieces, but them same excerpts as heard in my videos since that's all I have of Carlos-style synth work.
To NagualElias. Several others have asked that question, and I've answered it in other posts. It basically involves converting to flv format AND keeping the total bandwidth below a certain value. I can't remember what that is, but you can look through the posts here. HOWEVER, recent info from some other people who uploaded stereo indicates Youtube is now checking for stereo files and converting them mono. So it may no longer be possible to upload stereo files.
To Contrapunctus1. Most of Art of Fugue is kind of boring. I want to do stuff that's more tuneful and marketable if I do more. If I put out a CD, I'll probably do lots of stuff from Bach's concerti as I like the complex polyphony of those. I'd probably do the Great Fugue too. Carlos already did the Little Fugue.
Carlos was so far ahead of it's time when it came out, it's hard to appreciate that this was before synthesizers were common. If I remember right, the notes said that they were only able to get many sounds to work for a short while. Very nice.
To tooooootall69, yes Carlos is still unmatched today at getting thousands of unheard of, colorful and beautiful sounds out of an analog synthesizer. As for getting sounds to work for only a short time, that had to do with the old Moog synths going out of tune easily. It required re-tuning before laying down almost every track.
I have never been taken out of my comfort zone so beautifully and so comfortably. Thanks, yet again, and please give us more. I think we have to credit the genius of Bach and Elhardt. Sir,your choice of colouring, (I think I mean the harmonics you employ) those other worldly sounds, are shimmering and in my opinion perfect for the second movement, the flower opens.
To edwinstar100, thanks for your kind words. In synthesis speak, we use the term timbre to describe the color of a sound. But since the harmonic makeup of a sound determines its timbre, you are correct. If I come up with more Bach, I'll put it up. I have other stuff I was going to upload, but found out a few days ago that damn Youtube seems to be looking for stereo files now and converting them to typical Youtube lo-fi mono. That's going to be a problem.
very good work. maybe i would have used another sound and played more legato for the violin in the second excerpt. but man, your sounds are amazing. 5 stars. i like your scarlatti too. cheers from italy
exelente
ackzer98 3 weeks ago
Does anybody know where can I get some w c music, I had an old cassette but I lost it!
saganigena2011 3 weeks ago
Bach genius music will be listened for all time! I really liked the video!
GeorgiosZaimis 2 months ago
dumpert
MurphyMonster 4 months ago
By the way, I love this, you really nailed the classic Carlos sound, and proved that you don't need a monstrous vintage modular synth to get those tones. You just need a monstrous modern analog polysynth. :-)
moogyboy6 4 months ago
Magnificent rendition.
EEPENI961 4 months ago
absolutely beautiful. I love Bach. I love electronic Bach as well. there is not enough of it around. thanks for the upload:)
johnyprestige 7 months ago
Just amazing...
hawaiidispenser 7 months ago
Very good! : )
quibix 8 months ago
beautiful! remember me Perry on start
denislrn 8 months ago
Are these tracks different from the ones on Wendy's albums or re-playing the same sounds? If they are new pieces that Wendy never played, all the more reason to load up on my iPod. Thank you.
shitmandood 9 months ago
*sex-change*
monkee444 9 months ago
Bach is the one Composer who sounds heavenly no matter the interpretation. especially when the style chosen is well executed!
NORTHERNKONFLIKT 10 months ago
I loved this, and it reminded me of one of my favourite bands The Enid, who play a kind of orchestral/rock music with synthesisers, so I'm going to have to go on a youtube trek for them now!
BackToTheBlues 1 year ago
This really sounds like it could have been a track on S-OB. Great work!
ScrollingMusic 1 year ago
There was an early Moog synth work titled the 4 seasons. It was 2 LPs(ooops, showing my age!) and each side was a season. It was great music to trance to. Anyone know who did it and if there,s any copies on the Ytube ? Thanks.
pinwizz69 1 year ago
@pinwizz69 It sounds like you're referring to Walter Carlos' (now Wendy Carlos') Sonic Seasonings. It was two LP set with Moog synthesizer and environmental sounds. It's been remastered and is currently available on CD from major online stores that sell CDs.
Elhardt 1 year ago
Wow, that is a lot of work , almost a study to play the sounds like Wendy, Walter Carlos, choosing a sound for each instrument.
Keep up the good work ! .... the andromeda is incredible !
ElektronicCricket 11 months ago
Great to finally see an analog synth(or analog emulator) put to use making music, as opposed to noise accompanied by a 4/4 bass drum that drowns out the aforementioned noise.
AbsoluteMonarchist 1 year ago 3
Close to very good. Not quite as nuanced as W Carlos, and the pacing is a little halting at times. I enjoy many of your many timbres,.. lots of them sound similar to SOB. It must have taken many hours to find so many good and beautiful ones... Kepp working on your performances.
Geopholus 1 year ago
I was (am) a huge Wendy Carlos fan since the beginning (Walter days) and this is very, very right on as far as her interpretations, timbres and other voicings. Enjoyable beyond that!
dmaRules 1 year ago
most analoguously absolutely astronomically fine
radiootoo 1 year ago
Great!! Bach is genius!
moon000child 1 year ago
Hello. Can you re upload? the links are dead. Thanks ;-)
kellyssa3 1 year ago
@kellyssa3 Okay, I updated the out of date links. So the original MP3 files can be heard or downloaded. When damn ATT closed down their Worldnet severice and moved people to their other version, they didn't tell people all their files would go away. Took me awhile to find another file host. BTW, I just noticed that the audio in this video went back to relatively hi-fi stereo. Unfortunately my Scarlatti video hasn't been corrected. I hate youtube and their screw ups.
Elhardt 1 year ago
@Elhardt Thank you, thank you very much. Your interpretation is delicious
kellyssa3 1 year ago
Wow, I love Bach........ we used to play Bach chorales in band.....it's great to teach intonation between chord transitions.
campguy 1 year ago
The low end on these devices... particularly, just absolutely, stunning. What a beautifully toned instrument. Wish I had one!!!!!!!!!
VodKamills 1 year ago
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peggymount 1 year ago
more vid on "alesis andromeda and bach" pleeeaaasse, who is playing?
Powerful.
lordofzeapes 1 year ago
@lordofzeapes Thanks for your comment. I'm the one playing, which is mentioned in my video info section.
Elhardt 1 year ago
This is magnificent! <3
quibix 1 year ago
I really love your style - did you do whole pieces? If so, can you post them? If not, can you create them?
mrlungsballs 1 year ago
Amazing... sounds like the real synth sounds of Mrs. Carlos's Moog. Perfect in every way!
OldMusicOnVinyl1 1 year ago
I just want to cry. It's beautiful. Thanks for sharing your work ;-)
kellyssa3 1 year ago
wow, really cool surprise to hear d minor double violin largo
bumice911 1 year ago
That timpani patch is awesome!
Envergure 1 year ago
Excellent work- absolute nailed the sound.
socalsynths 1 year ago
Reminds me of "A Clockwork Orange" a lot. :)
azrael1982PL 1 year ago
Wow, you really caught the style!
I'd believe this was Carlos his/herself!
Excellent!
Thanks.
clydesight 1 year ago
this is very clockwork orange
hirokikuriyama 1 year ago
I've listened to Carlos for what must be close to 40 years, You have him/her down.
Thanks for the tunes.
RCWorks 1 year ago 3
It's fantastic! Is there a way to get the full pieces? Your links aren't working at the moment... but really, this is an impressive work!
SOPM2007 1 year ago
There's one track from the lp on youtube (but not one of the best ones, IMHO). Title 'John Bull's "Why Aske Now?" ', user 'Itslikeabird'.
JimC 1 year ago
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I was wondering if you've ever heard a Russian synthesizer lp from 1980 called "Metamorphoses" (definitely not Jarre). I think it rivals and in some instances even surpasses Carlos and Wurman. Check it out here at kmtr-kmtr dot blogspot dot com/2009/11/vinyl-rip-40-va-metamorphoses dot html (I am not the blogger). if you're interested, I have a slightly better rip which is better in spots.
JimC 1 year ago
perfect replica of switched on bach indeed. does anyone ever play around with the works of bach in the process of elite alteration? see what i mean with my piece: the devil's partita. which is a innovative approach to 774.
Dachion 1 year ago
Happy birthday Bach!
wookie72 1 year ago
I am amazed at how much the same this sounds as Carlos' music.
This could be right from the Switched on Back album.
choctaw111 1 year ago
Now I have a doubt ...
You just used the Alesis Andromeda A6 or used also a software that contains the sounds of the Moog Modular? You could prove your process of creation? If you can not reveal your process of creation I'll understand, because after you had much work to do it and... it be would not just pave the way for other musicians.
Anyway I give my congratulations to you and we will be waiting for other works to be able to listen to it with great pleasure!
carlosromero5 1 year ago
Congratulations man! You used tones with tasteful! I really loved the end result of these works! I would suggest that you try to do the same with other works of Mozart & Beethoven. I think the result would be magnificent!
carlosromero5 1 year ago
Genius piece done geniusly!!
rosethewriter3 1 year ago 5
Sounds are pretty good, but need to work on the musicianship a tad with a metronome. Keep working on it and record a good album like the original Switched On Bach.
Wuznotbornyesterday 1 year ago
I certainly hear a big difference between the lo-fi mono YouTube video and the HQ stereo tracks. Well, there are some solutions, such as putting &fmt=18 in the URL, but better yet, since November 2009, 1080p HD support has been available. I hope that helps. Anyway, keep up the good work!
CrazyCheeseMagee 1 year ago
Fabulastic! = )
quibix 1 year ago
Your original audio files sound fabulous! Bravo! Hopefully you will find a remedy for your videos on youtube. Keep up the great work!
SynthBabe 1 year ago
Great works ! Keep doing it.
vuthipon 2 years ago
Awesome as always, sir!
JohnLRice 2 years ago
This is actually not bad for such a humble synth, operating alone. At first I thought, "meh" but was impressed later. Wendy did tons of tricks with multiple moogs and a crazy studio setup. Best not to be discouraged, compared to her.
belovedconsole 2 years ago
I know Wendy Carlos used a Moog Modular for Switched on Bach, but are these sounds possible on a Minimoog? I've been trying to coax them out of my Arturia plug, but just can't seem to get anywhere :(
pirahna1 2 years ago 3
@pirahna1 Some of the more basic sounds you could approximate straight away on a Minimoog, but others would require functions that a Mini doesn't have, particularly extra envelope generators, VCAs, and low/band/hi-pass VCF; and especially a fixed filter bank (basically a graphic equalizer) to shape the tone further than the VCF alone can. You could probably slave another synth to the Mini to get close, since many of Carlos's sounds are basically composites of percussive and sustaining tones.
moogyboy6 4 months ago
@moogyboy6 If you're working in a VSTi environment, you can simply try using two synth plug-ins simultaneously, one handling the sustaining portion, and the other the percussive portion.
moogyboy6 4 months ago
That was very, very good!!
Sumer61 2 years ago
really great, nicely done.
audibleobsession 2 years ago
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This shit ruins Bach.
TanteKrissi 2 years ago
Such a square!
rattu123 2 years ago
I still love the andromeda if only i could afford one . i like this I just found the vinyl switched on to bach at a second hand store in Philly good stuff !
butheadVSbevus 2 years ago
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the sound it's terrible
rIkItHeBeStTt 2 years ago
If you're referring to youtube's sound quality, you're correct. My videos used to have high quality stereo audio, then several months ago when youtube re-converted all videos to a new formant, the bumped the audio quality down to lo-fi monophonic audio. Stupid, since youtube is supposed to be supporting higher quality stereo now. They're a bunch of idiots, and now I have to figure out what to do about it. But I just put links to the original audio files in the video info box for now.
Elhardt 2 years ago 9
Molto bello
decimaquinta69 2 years ago
I know the Alesis Andromeda is supposed to be an analog synth, but damn it just doesn't sound analog to me... maybe its because of the digitally controlled oscillators?
rabidmongoose51 2 years ago
The Andromeda oscillators are tuned digitally, but they're not DCOs. And the Andromeda sounds plenty analog. After Youtube trashed the audio quality of my videos because of their conversion a few months back, this video is not a good way to judge it's sound. I need to put links to the original MP3's in the info section.
Elhardt 2 years ago 3
Please do. I like this music.
trr321321 2 years ago 3
Great !
DESMYTTER 2 years ago 3
awesome
walkandlookup 2 years ago 2
Isn't the BWV 1043 in D minor? I could be wrong...
tricofilms 2 years ago
Please do more of these!! You are fantastic!!
tricofilms 2 years ago 2
Brilliant Work:) Warm Wishes - Denise
MissDeniseHewitt 2 years ago
Nice work!
drummerguy1956 2 years ago
A complete privilege listening to your
synthesized renditions .
indigoblue555 2 years ago 3
That's great stuff, a worthy comparison to Walter Carlos (later Wendy Carlos).
Dracopol 2 years ago 2
Magnificent.
Billyothon 2 years ago
algun tiempo atras vi por primera vez la pelicula la naranja mecanica y descubri a bethoveen y tambien descubri a wendy carlos y nunca mas he dejado de escucharlos conociendo practicamente toda su obra genial
alejano2009 2 years ago
Lovely!!
maxqubit 2 years ago
Walter Carlos
pasakari 2 years ago
I believe Wendy Carlos is a trans-gender individual.
bassackward360 2 years ago
Correct. Composer Wendy Carlos was once Walter Carlos. A few surgeries took care of that.
AnarchyIncProduction 2 years ago
which year ? i thot they cudnt do these surgeries before yr 2000 :-p
allizgud 2 years ago
This happened back in 1972..... Why do you think they couldn't do it before 2000?
AnarchyIncProduction 2 years ago
never heard of it before :-d
allizgud 2 years ago
What do you mean Waltey/Wendy?
wakclips 2 years ago
he had a sex change
venisfurs 2 years ago
yes
darkoon2008 2 years ago
Thank you so very much for your work in producing a delightful lisenint experience, a la W Carolos.
schmutzgreiffer 2 years ago
Dang, I'm impressed. I think it's a bit looser with the vibrato than what Wendy would have done, but you've nailed some classic patches and the overall spirit of the thing!
rhubarbcub 2 years ago
Very good! And I know what i am talking about: I am a composer with traditionnal classical training, and specialised in fuge.
I heard Walter/Wendy Carlos in the 70' and of course it was an astounding musical experience.
Even though we don't need huge devices anymore like Wendy Carlos used in the 60' to achieve the same results, mixing and producing music with synthesized sounds remain difficult, it's a fine art demanding sensititvity and skill.
Congratulations!
Meinaufeldt 2 years ago 3
I've always been of fan of Switched On Bach, because I love to hear different takes and interpretations of pieces, unless your like my mother who is pretty much a purest, and isn't open to other interpretations of older songs. But oh well, In some ways, I think you may have actually surpassed Carlos. Beautiful work. God Bless.
dartanyon77 2 years ago 6
Brilliant voicing and tembral manipulation....really captures the essense of the Moog IIIC. Well done. what a wonderful box of tricks the andomeda is !
LeonardRockstein 2 years ago
I have the original "Switch on Bach" with Carlos but all scratched.
Now, I found you. Yesssss real pleasure.
clarification007 2 years ago
Well, you sure nailed that Switched-On Bach sound...I mean, spot on nailed it! I keep waiting for Wendy to break in and explain how she and Rachel [Elkind] left these off the finished master for whatever reason, a'la the bonus tracks on the Switched-On boxed set.
moogyboy6 2 years ago 4
wonder what wuld happen if I bought this back in a time machine to show bach.
luigi2999 2 years ago
As someone who's been listening to Wendy Carlos's music since I was an infant, I can say you've produced something very special there indeed.
howlingwooolf 2 years ago 12
Beautifully observed and realized - and I'm sure Carlos would approve!
traxcontrols 3 years ago
I love this peice and this makes me love it all the more! Thanks, now get back to work and do all of it...Oh please!
edwinstar100 3 years ago
My Dad was a musician when I was growing up... I don't ever remember him getting excited, like he did when 'Switched On Bach' was released...
louswire 3 years ago
I assume Glenn Gould himself would be pleasently listening to you Elhard.
Good job indeed,thx.for sharing.
indigoblue555 3 years ago
was the synthesized voice also synthesized on the alesis andromeda analog thing? it sez all sounds soooo.... lulz
amerthil 3 years ago
This is wonderful. Please try for an entire Bach piece which W. Carlos hasn't done.
kcak123 3 years ago 3
WOW WOW WOW dude thats cooooooooooool
Xemnas1323 3 years ago
Superb, takes me back to the start of the 80's when i used to play my dads vinyl, very very cool !
robotwun 3 years ago
WOW!! Does that ever bring back memories! I had the original LP of Switched on Bach and you have got it down to a 'T'. The audio quality is great even for YouTube. Gotta go check out the rest. Thanks a million for these. 5 stars. :))
lrover03 3 years ago 2
That it the NUTS!!!!!!! superb i want to hear more of it plzzzzzzzzzz
stuio74 3 years ago
Really great job, you did capture thy escence of Walter, congratulatios
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DCKREAM 3 years ago
eminem lose yourself that song sucks really ,the music of this video is much better
TunnelAllstars 3 years ago 2
Apples and oranges.
pkScary 3 years ago
Better than Carlos
Make an album now
I can't get enough of yours videos
I'm really drunk and really high and this is the coolest shit I've ever heard. I like Scarlatti even more.
Neyowolf 3 years ago
Really Very good!
gabbid182 3 years ago
this just blew my mind.. whoa.
LetTechnologyWork4U2 3 years ago
Analogue equipment FTW!
frostythesasquatch 3 years ago
You absolutely nailed the W. Carlos timbral style. The selection of sounds is really good and her style of hocketed orchestration is also there. Bravo. There seems to be a little bit of timing flux between some of the parts in your performance, but then again, I'm listening on crappy computer speakers at a low level at the moment. Now if only there were a few lines played on the Bahn Sage, it would be perfect... ;-)
secoff 3 years ago 2
To secoff: Thanks for your comments. I'm glad to find somebody that knows Carlos' style, as I'm getting a lot of comments from people who don't seem familiar with WC's work beyond the first S.O.B. or they confuse Carlos with somebody else. There shouldn't be any timing flux, as I've played these pieces quite accurately (some have said better than Carlos, but that's not true) yet not in a rigid robotic manner either. There's only one part in my Scarlatti video that I didn't get quite right.
Elhardt 3 years ago
Ken, wonderful stuff. Keep it coming!
BigCJ1982 3 years ago
I bought Switched-On Bach a few years ago, I know it's available. I believe it's the most purchased classical music piece ever, or nearly so. This may sound better than Switched-on Bach but you have an extra 40 yr technology advantage also.
runewell 3 years ago
To runewell: Thanks for your comment. But the more comments I read, the more it seems people have only heard WC's 1968 Switch-On Bach. My stuff is more in the sylte of SOB #2 and Well Tempered Synthesizer. Mine doesn't sound better than those, it just sounds similar.
It may be 40 years later, but I'm still using an analog synth, playing it by hand, and recording one note at a time. The only advantage I have is patch storage and I don't have to bounce tracks because I have more than 8 tracks.
Elhardt 3 years ago
modulars
Neyowolf 3 years ago
This is better than W.C. in my opinion
RichyEinstein 3 years ago
I agree with RowsbydotCom - this is actually much better than WC due to the much more enjoyable selection of patches. Fantastic job. If you ever do full songs or an album, do tell. I'd boy that in a heartbeat.
blackmuzzle 3 years ago
To blackmuzzle: Thanks for the compliment. But I'm suspecting you may not have heard WC's baroque work after Switch-On Bach. Mine is done more in the style of SOB #2 and The Well Tempered Synthesizer, and thus it's not better than WC as I don't think it's possible to do better. I've always said that if I can get to within 70 to 80% of the quality of WC, then I'll be happy, and I will have gotten far closer than anybody else every has.
Elhardt 3 years ago
dam you nailed that shit sounds freakin awsome
randal655321 3 years ago
This is the most impressive re-creation of Wendy Carlo's work, pre GDS Synergy Era (TRON), that I've ever heard. It's even better than her last Bach album (Switched on Bach 2000), where the tuning and style of timbers changed too much to be enjoyable. Thanks for posting your experiments!
RowsbydotCom 3 years ago
To RowsbydotCom: Thanks for the compliment. But just to clarify, it's not a re-creation of Carlos' work, but an imitation of Carlos' style. These are all new pieces, just in case there was any confusion. All of Carlos' early Moog stuff was better than her Synergy/GDS Bach stuff.
Elhardt 3 years ago
No confusion, just poor word choice on my part. Keep up the excellent work. :)
RowsbydotCom 3 years ago
Bravo!Well done!
sextus 3 years ago
Another excellent video! Awesome
bleorg2000 3 years ago
Great!
moz8elo8 3 years ago
Fantastic!! I would buy this!!
gatomjp 3 years ago
Quite brilliant, and one of the best uploads for audio quality on youtube.
nibbles1421 3 years ago 2
Great work!! 5/5:)
MrBlake82 3 years ago
Very nice work. Im shure that if Bach where here this is the kind of music he like.
raulbecerravaca 3 years ago 2
i have the original switched bach on vinyl
tehm0dul4r 3 years ago
Beautiful... I wanna hear
Ravel87 3 years ago
Fantastic, brilliant, inspiring! -Thanks
Synthomania 3 years ago
do you have any full mp3's of these???? I especially like the bach concerto fugue.
NagualElias 3 years ago
mp3 please!
or can you recommend me a cd with bach synthesized pieces?
cheochivista 3 years ago
if you can find it get the CD Swtiched on Bach (where these pieces came from) by Wndy Carlos. The album was donein the 70s so you may have to search the essoteric record shops or eBay (which I did after losing my LP of this album)
as a bit of a side fact....this album took 2+ years of pre-processing and finding and writing down the sound and another year or so to record and produce it.
overall a great album that i recomend highly
narkosys 3 years ago
To narkosys: All of Carlos' albums are available on CD, so you don't need to go to ebay or some esoteric record shop. There's also Switched-On Bach #2, Well Tempered Synthesizer, and other Carlos CD's too. Seems too many people think Carlos only did Switched-On Bach #1 and then stopped.
And S.O.B. was done relatively fast and in Carlos' spare time outside a full time job. Carlos did a Bach piece in 1967 which led doing a whole album of Bach which came out in 1968.
Elhardt 3 years ago
To cheochivista: You can buy Bach synthesized pieces by buying Wendy Carlos' Switched-On Bach, Switched-On Bach #2, Well Tempered Synthesizer, and Switched-On Brandenburg Concertos. Or you could just buy the 4 CD Box Set. They can be bought at Amazon, Buy (dot) com, and other places. You don't need to look on ebay for some old 70's record as narkosys said.
Elhardt 3 years ago
good to know that there is a 4 CD set out now. when i was searching for a replacement for the LP which was giving up the ghost, i was forced to look on ebay at that time.
narkosys 3 years ago
To NagualElias: I'm way behind in responding to my youtube comments. But I don't have more than what's in the video. That's all I did of the Bach concerto fugue.
Elhardt 3 years ago
This sounds better than Carlos's Switched On Bach. He made all the sounds just sound like... Harpsichords... hahaha. Pointless! I was expecting fat synth sounds (from WC, not you).
alexatchley 3 years ago
To alexatchley: Thanks for the comments. But your comment about Switched-On Bach makes no sense. S.O.B. was a colorful record where nothing sounded like harpsichords. I'm thinking you have your lines crossed. Your description seems to fit the album "Bach Busters" by Don Dorsey. The sounds in my video here are similar in style to Carlos' sounds on Switched On Bach #2, Well Tempered Synth, and to some extent, Switched On Bach #1.
Elhardt 3 years ago
ohhhh wow :D
imadds 3 years ago
mad props
Hobbs360 3 years ago
Haha, this is great. Love the old-school electronic sound of my boyhood, and we were attracted to it because 70's guitar-and-longhairs music was BOOOOORING!
Dracopol 3 years ago 2
Incredible sound and what programming! The tympanis are just...wow.
fryingfish 3 years ago
Very nice, a complete reminiscence of my early days listening to my dad's Walter(or Wendy I suppose) Carlos albums - 'Switched on Bach' and 'The Well Tempered Synthesizer'
Wonderful.
slartibartfast68 3 years ago
very great !!! strange and ireal sound... what' s the name of the first piece of the videio ?
maisquisuije 3 years ago
To maisquisujie: The names of the pieces are shown on the red bar at the bottom of the video as they are playing. So the first piece would be Bach's Concerto for Two Keyboards and Strings BWV 1061. Thanks for listening.
Elhardt 3 years ago
Superb!Thank you for these heavenly sounds. An oasis in the middle of all the rubbish you find elsewhere.
hindsighter 3 years ago
Very very well made! Don Dorsey did something similar back in the 80s with a Synclavier synt. His Bach was good but his Beethoven Minuetes were amazing. Ever consider doing some Beethoven?
Haroldesp 3 years ago
To Haroldesp: I've done part of Beethoven's 7th Symphony, but that is a synth emulating the sounds of a real orchestra. I was going to put that online (a different movement that what's already online), but Youtube is converting audio to mono now, so I need to figure what to do. As for Don Dorsey, I can't say that I remember anything special about his stuff. I'll have to pop Beethoven or Bust on again to refresh my memory though.
Elhardt 3 years ago
I would also like to add that your A6 sounds beautiful. Amazingly precise in comparison to Carlos patches. I own a Virus TI, but the Andromeda is a superb machine. Keep the good music comming!
Haroldesp 3 years ago
Brilliant renditions, Elhardt. You ought to put them onto a CD!
aminkor597 3 years ago
To aminkor597. It only makes sense to put them onto a CD if/when I do a complete CD worth of finished pieces, in other words, a Switch-On Bach #3 CD. I still don't know if that will happen or not.
Elhardt 3 years ago
absolutely fantastic. Wendy Carlos rules!!
mhgvandemortel 3 years ago
Magnificent.
Billyothon 3 years ago
wow. can I download your music? I have been 8 years playing piano, really enjoy Classical music but also Extreme Metal; and I love synths. I have a Korg X50 myself and Im now exploring the analog synths. they have a special sound
Cosmos135498 3 years ago
To Cosmos135498. You can download the pieces in this video, plus the one in my Scarlatti video by going to the video info box in my Scarlatti synth video and looking for the mp3 links I've listed there. Since I EQ'd the ones in the videos to be a little brighter, the mp3's won't be quite as bright. Use your treble control if they sound too dull. None of them are complete pieces, but them same excerpts as heard in my videos since that's all I have of Carlos-style synth work.
Elhardt 3 years ago
how did you upload in stereo?
NagualElias 3 years ago
To NagualElias. Several others have asked that question, and I've answered it in other posts. It basically involves converting to flv format AND keeping the total bandwidth below a certain value. I can't remember what that is, but you can look through the posts here. HOWEVER, recent info from some other people who uploaded stereo indicates Youtube is now checking for stereo files and converting them mono. So it may no longer be possible to upload stereo files.
Elhardt 3 years ago
Good work, really nice use of the stereo field :)
patchbobbins 3 years ago
Superb playing and Sounds. You should do the ART OF FUGUE
that would be an amazing achievement.
Let me know if you do
Contrapunctus1 3 years ago
To Contrapunctus1. Most of Art of Fugue is kind of boring. I want to do stuff that's more tuneful and marketable if I do more. If I put out a CD, I'll probably do lots of stuff from Bach's concerti as I like the complex polyphony of those. I'd probably do the Great Fugue too. Carlos already did the Little Fugue.
Elhardt 3 years ago
i still prefer the modulare moog ;-)
soooooooo much fascinating!!
Anyway...great job!
Marvintriple 3 years ago
Carlos was so far ahead of it's time when it came out, it's hard to appreciate that this was before synthesizers were common. If I remember right, the notes said that they were only able to get many sounds to work for a short while. Very nice.
tooooootall69 3 years ago
To tooooootall69, yes Carlos is still unmatched today at getting thousands of unheard of, colorful and beautiful sounds out of an analog synthesizer. As for getting sounds to work for only a short time, that had to do with the old Moog synths going out of tune easily. It required re-tuning before laying down almost every track.
Elhardt 3 years ago
I have never been taken out of my comfort zone so beautifully and so comfortably. Thanks, yet again, and please give us more. I think we have to credit the genius of Bach and Elhardt. Sir,your choice of colouring, (I think I mean the harmonics you employ) those other worldly sounds, are shimmering and in my opinion perfect for the second movement, the flower opens.
edwinstar100 3 years ago
To edwinstar100, thanks for your kind words. In synthesis speak, we use the term timbre to describe the color of a sound. But since the harmonic makeup of a sound determines its timbre, you are correct. If I come up with more Bach, I'll put it up. I have other stuff I was going to upload, but found out a few days ago that damn Youtube seems to be looking for stereo files now and converting them to typical Youtube lo-fi mono. That's going to be a problem.
Elhardt 3 years ago
very good work. maybe i would have used another sound and played more legato for the violin in the second excerpt. but man, your sounds are amazing. 5 stars. i like your scarlatti too. cheers from italy
diopodio 3 years ago