Laurie Spiegel plays Alles synth - temporary replacement video free download


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Uploaded: 2009/04/27

This 1977 tape is one of the earliest examples of purely digital realtime audio synthesis. It manages to achieve an analog synth sounding quality, but it is entirely digital synthesis and signal processing.

The interactive software I wrote and am playing in this video recycles my keyboard input into an accompaniment to my continued playing, which is why I called it a "concerto generator". I use part of one of the keyboards for control data entry, and the small switches upper right to access pre-entered numerical patterns. The sliders are mainly pre-Yamaha FM synthesis parameter controls, for the number of harmonics and amplitude and frequency of the FM modulator and carrier that constituted each musical voice.

Until they restore the copy suffering from data corruption please look at this copy instead.

Comments can continue to be left on the original's page where there have been many views and comments views, here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4T3eT56GlA

Thanks for watching,

- Laurie

Comments

8 years ago

Gweilo

Hearing Laurie Spiegel's music around 1980 was one of my first encounters with computer music - it changed my life.

8 years ago

Michael Hunter

Every time I watch this, it never fails to stun.

8 years ago

setphaser

Totally amazing Laurie! It's odd to me how inspiring it is to see another female musician make something so out there and be such a musical role model. I guess it's extra special when it's a female, particularly as the field is so male dominated. I'm babbling, what I'm saying is, I admire your work greatly, somehow I feel like I should feel awkward for that, funny isn't it? Thank you! I hope I find more magic like this in my travels.

9 years ago

Pete Dako

Beautiful ~ thank you Laurie!

9 years ago

Seekthetruth3000

Beautiful sounds, thanks for the post!

9 years ago

Sth Chn

#LauriSpiegel 

9 years ago

Main Drain Studios

Hey is that Gilda Rander o'er there?!

9 years ago

Deepwatermusic

Awesome!

9 years ago

Alan Ranta

This video of Laurie Spiegel is the perfect thing to show your friend who only listens to guitar music. This is the Jimi Hendrix solo of synthesis.

9 years ago

Kristian Kriesel

Really nice highly recommended 

10 years ago

Loyd anonamous

This is an electronic music classic masterpiece.Pure genius.Thank you for sharing this with us Laurie.I sure wish you could go back to that old machine and create more masterpieces like this.

10 years ago

Rawclaw Piùuno

awesome 

10 years ago

A Culture Mind

So that's how that was done.... The rhythmic elements I like, but not the pulsing aspects. Never have, really, sounds cheesy. Sustaining pitches, a la Steve Roach, are way cooler.

10 years ago

Kristopher Bernard

Beautiful performance. The tones and textures are sublime. Thank you.

10 years ago

Shadowofsteel76

Best reply ever!

10 years ago

waterandwax

i like your shirt

10 years ago

feeeedyabrain

That's a good theory about music. After sought, tasted and loved all the music types & genres i finished on this conclusion : All the music types are good, you just have to find how to appreciate them there's just a state of mind that got the musician when he makes his music and if you want to appreciate it, you have to understand it. I'm fan of old synth and old rhythm-box that got their propper sound, and i don't pretend that i fully understand your music, but it sounds pretty good ! Respect

10 years ago

poddypoldi

Hi Laurie, great to have this. I bought the new edition of "The Expanding Universe" - it's breathtaking, really. And I truly love side B :-)

10 years ago

Adolf Hedgehog

Thanks for making your own page and making yourself available like this, i wish more musicians did the same! Have you ever heard of Spectral Serialism? There are some examples i made on my page!

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