ROCK SCHOOL - Series 2 - Episode 1 (part 3 of 3)

Taking over from where the first series left off, the second set of ROCKSCHOOL television programs focuses its attention on new technology and its implications for the musicians of the day.

Synthesisers, samplers, sequencers and drum machines are all covered, as are electronic drum systems, computer hardware and software (remember this is 1987 - so this is for retro-heads only) and synthesisers for guitar and bass. There are also tips on how to make the most of the human voice, and on songwriting and arrangement.


This series was shown on TV in the UK during 1987.

EPISODE ONE

KEYBOARDS
THE ACOUSTIC PIANO WITH THE COMMUNARDS ON "BREADLINE BRITAIN" AND HERBIE HANCOCK.

HISTORY OF THE SYNTHESISER
TOUCH SENSITIVITY, MODULAR SYNTHS, MINI MOOG, CLIP OF JAN HAMMER AND THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA IN 1972, CLIP OF RICK WAKEMAN, POLYPHONIC SYNTHS, MELLOTRON, TONY BANKS, SYNTHS WITH MEMORY SUCH AS THE PROPHET FIVE, CLIP OF JAPAN ON THE "OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST", RACK-MOUNTED EFFECTS.

HOW DOES A SYNTH WORK ?
WAVEFORMS, OSCILLATORS, HOW TO CREATE A SOUND, WHAT TO PLAY - CLIP OF THOMAS DOLBY.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• DEIRDRE
• CARTWRIGHT
• ALASTAIR
• GAVIN
• HENRY
• THOMAS
• GEOFF
• NICHOLLS

[ghostgirlv3]

oh hell yeah give me more of this

thank you thank you thank you for loading this

[tomstimemachine]

Thanks for subscribing - I'll be trying to put the next one on over the weekend.

[billtyfish]

I'm 17 and i've got my A level Music Tech exam tomorrow, this is an absolute lifesaver!!!

[brajtnerinjo]

@dvamateur Yes, I also always used saw on my older synths for strings. But recently I bought a microkorg and I was surprised that many strings patches (and good sounding ones too) use sq waves

[dvamateur]

@brajtnerinjo Exactly, I was going to say the same thing. The square wave would be more for woodwind sounds such as clarinet. He is simply playing another saw, slightly muted, and they show a square wave.  That was quite a bit incompetent.

[mistermafia9]

@brajtnerinjo pwm probably

[brajtnerinjo]

Square wave for strings, wtf?

[auxbla]

Great haircut on the guitarist.

[katakisLives]

Synth! even better than the real thing!

[trylonperisphere]

Filters are a wonderful thing, no? ;)

[golafs]

hm at ca 2.50, that string patch sounded more like a sawtooth wave, not square. and the brass patch more like created with pulse wave (with little bit of pwm). ?

[thatstidy]

You tube is the Granny we will never listen to, for our archive of history.

I don't remember Buddy Holly, or the Beatles first time around, I doremember the Sex Pistols, Grand Master Flash, Nivarna, Immortal Technique.

so please, every one, become a historian of music, ie, before Disney.