Synthesized Bach in W. Carlos Style - Stereo

Here are some experiments I did in trying to mimic the style of W. Carlos' synthesizer technique and style of timbres. Carlos was using a 1960's era patchable modular Moog synthesizer with a different architecture than that of the Alesis Andromeda synthesizer. Each one has some advantages and disadvantages over the other but both use analog circuitry.

This video includes excerpts from 3 different Bach pieces. All are played by hand on a velocity sensitive keyboard, most of it one monophonic passage at a time, and overdubbed onto multi-track.

Be sure to check out other related videos in my synthesizer series, and check back now and then as I will be posting more in the near future.

After Youtube went through their recent video formant conversion process, they converted the high quality stereo audio in my videos to muffled, lo-fi mono garbage. I need to figure what to do, but in the time being, below are links to the original audio files.

http://cid-642528f1bd8958cc.office.live.com/self.aspx/synth/A6_Bach_Fast.mp3
http://cid-642528f1bd8958cc.office.live.com/self.aspx/synth/A6_Bach_Slow.mp3
http://cid-642528f1bd8958cc.office.live.com/self.aspx/synth/A6_Bach_Gavotte.mp3
http://cid-642528f1bd8958cc.office.live.com/self.aspx/synth/A6_Scarlatti.mp3

Category:

Music

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• synthesizer
• synthesis
• synth
• alesis
• andromeda
• a6
• analog
• bach
• walter
• wendy
• carlos
• concerto
• baroque

[pinwizz69]

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.

[Elhardt]

@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.

[kellyssa3]

Hello. Can you re upload? the links are dead. Thanks ;-)

[Elhardt]

@kellyssa3 Okay, I updated the out of date links.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.

[lordofzeapes]

more vid on "alesis andromeda and bach" pleeeaaasse, who is playing?

Powerful.

[Elhardt]

@lordofzeapes Thanks for your comment. I'm the one playing, which is mentioned in my video info section.

[Elhardt]

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.

[rosethewriter3]

Genius piece done geniusly!!

[ackzer98]

exelente

[saganigena2011]

Does anybody know where can I get some w c music, I had an old cassette but I lost it!

[GeorgiosZaimis]

Bach genius music will be listened for all time! I really liked the video!

[MurphyMonster]

dumpert

[moogyboy6]

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]

@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]

@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.

[EEPENI961]

Magnificent rendition.

[johnyprestige]

absolutely beautiful. I love Bach. I love electronic Bach as well. there is not enough of it around. thanks for the upload:)

[hawaiidispenser]

Just amazing...