Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson 7: Original Soundtrack

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Synthesizing with Moog

"The soundtrack from the seventh and final episode of Synthesizing with Moog carries the lesson as we zoom out from the discreet moment of the note and look at how the synthesizer creates patterns and musical phrases.

We hope you enjoy this music created by Moog electronic musical instrument experts Max Ravitz ( / patriciaaa ) and Gunnar Haslam ( ‪@lasynthesehumaine6932‬ ).

0:00 - Babylon Real Estate / Gunnar Haslam
3:42 - Apfel Schorle / Max Ravitz
7:38 - Donna / Max Ravitz
9:23 - Bob's Theme / Max Ravitz
12:30 - End Credits / Gunnar Haslam
14:28 - Bonus Track / Max Ravitz"

Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson 7: Patterns

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Synthesizing with Moog

"'Synthesizing with Moog' invites you on an enlightening journey that answers a complex question: how exactly do synthesizers work?

In the seventh and final episode of Synthesizing with Moog, we zoom out from the discreet moment of the note and look at how the synthesizer creates patterns and musical phrases. The sequencer was initially created by Don Buchla as a rudimentary preset storage system, sending preset voltage values to various parameters of the synthesizer. When a square wave oscillator (or clock) signal is used to address the stages of the sequencer, melodies begin to emerge, bringing us back to the fluidity of time.

Written, hosted, filmed, and produced by our team of electronic musical instrument experts, this new seven-part educational video series makes learning the fundamentals of synthesis accessible, engaging, and inspiring for anyone curious about science, music, and how the two worlds converge. We set out to create a series that brings you as much technical knowledge as it does entertainment and joy as you watch each episode!

We invite you to follow along with us at home with a printable worksheet corresponding to the contents of each weekly episode. https://inmusic.to/bdhnff3m

Creator, writer, and host: Chris Miller
Director and editor: Paul Shaver
Producers: Max Ravitz and Chris Miller
Director of Photography: Paul Shaver
Music: Max Ravitz and Gunnar Haslam
Graphics and Animations: Ryan Ford
Special thanks to Ana Rome
Filmed on location at Schneidersladen Apotheke, Berlin"

Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson 6: Original Soundtrack

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Synthesizing with Moog

"The soundtrack from the sixth episode of Synthesizing with Moog carries the lesson as we look at how to create harmonics using basic waveshapes through processes such as Frequency Modulation (FM), Amplitude Modulation (AM), and distortion effects like saturation and wavefolding.

We hope you enjoy this music created by Moog electronic musical instrument experts Max Ravitz ( / patriciaaa ) and Gunnar Haslam ( @lasynthesehumaine6932 ).

0:00 - Ops and Algos / Max Ravitz
3:13 - Sum and Difference / Max Ravitz
7:37 - Winds / Max Ravitz
12:22 - Music for Pharmacies / Gunnar Haslam
15:07 - Speculative Histories / Gunnar Haslam"

Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson 6: Carrier

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Synthesizing with Moog

"In the 1970s, composer John Chowning used early computers to experiment with extreme vibrato effects. Modulating the pitch of a sound with an LFO gives a nice vibrato, but raise the frequency of the LFO into the audio rate and all of a sudden dense new textures are created. In this episode we look at how to create harmonics using basic waveshapes through processes such as Frequency Modulation (FM), Amplitude Modulation (AM), and distortion effects like saturation and wavefolding.

Written, hosted, filmed, and produced by our team of electronic musical instrument experts, this new seven-part educational video series makes learning the fundamentals of synthesis accessible, engaging, and inspiring for anyone curious about science, music, and how the two worlds converge. We set out to create a series that brings you as much technical knowledge as it does entertainment and joy as you watch each episode!

We invite you to follow along with us at home with a printable worksheet corresponding to the contents of each weekly episode. https://inmusic.to/bdhnff3m

Creator, writer, and host: Chris Miller
Director and editor: Paul Shaver
Producers: Max Ravitz and Chris Miller
Director of Photography: Paul Shaver
Music: Max Ravitz and Gunnar Haslam
Graphics and Animations: Ryan Ford
Special thanks to Ana Rome
Filmed on location at Schneidersladen Apotheke, Berlin"

Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson 5: Original Soundtrack

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Synthesizing with Moog

"The soundtrack from the fifth episode of Synthesizing with Moog invites you to dive deep into the basics of modulation, using Low Frequency Oscillators (LFOs) and envelopes to modulate pitch, timbre, and amplitude, and harnessing the power of randomness to add unpredictable elements to our sounds.

We hope you enjoy this music created by Moog electronic musical instrument experts Max Ravitz ( / patriciaaa ) and Gunnar Haslam ( @lasynthesehumaine6932 ).

0:00 - Balearic Winds / Gunnar Haslam
4:30 - Circuits In Order / Max Ravitz
7:58 - Not Land / Max Ravitz
12:08 - Sus VHS / Gunnar Haslam
14:20 - Terl's Turmoil / Max Ravitz"

Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson 5: Modulation

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Synthesizing with Moog

"Composer Morton Subotnick once said that the sonic palette of a synthesizer is determined not by the number of components it contains but the ways in which they can modulate each other. Modulation allows us to take static sounds and add movement to them – to create expressive motion like vibrato and tremolo, or to create new and novel textures. In this lesson we explore the basics of modulation, using Low Frequency Oscillators (LFOs) and envelopes to modulate pitch, timbre, and amplitude, and harnessing the power of randomness to add unpredictable elements to our sounds.

Written, hosted, filmed, and produced by our team of electronic musical instrument experts, this new seven-part educational video series makes learning the fundamentals of synthesis accessible, engaging, and inspiring for anyone curious about science, music, and how the two worlds converge. We set out to create a series that brings you as much technical knowledge as it does entertainment and joy as you watch each episode!

We invite you to follow along with us at home with a printable worksheet corresponding to the contents of each weekly episode. https://inmusic.to/bdhnff3m

Creator, writer, and host: Chris Miller
Director and editor: Paul Shaver
Producers: Max Ravitz and Chris Miller
Director of Photography: Paul Shaver
Music: Max Ravitz and Gunnar Haslam
Graphics and Animations: Ryan Ford
Special thanks to Ana Rome
Filmed on location at Schneidersladen Apotheke, Berlin"

Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson 4: Original Soundtrack

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Synthesizing with Moog

"The soundtrack from the fourth episode of Synthesizing with Moog invites you to dive deep into one of the synthesizers signature components, the Voltage-Controlled Filter. While different oscillator shapes could create a bed of tone and harmonics, the Voltage-Controlled Filter allowed musicians to sculpt a distinct sound out of all those harmonics and even shape that sound over time.

We hope you enjoy this music created by Moog electronic musical instrument experts Max Ravitz ( / patriciaaa ) and Gunnar Haslam ( @lasynthesehumaine6932 ).

0:00 - Giles Goes to the Movies / Gunnar Haslam
1:58 - Clare / Gunnar Haslam
11:52 - Thomas Elroy / Max Ravitz
15:06 - Broken Traces / Max Ravitz"

Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson 3: Original Soundtrack

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"The soundtrack from the third episode of Synthesizing with Moog invites you to dive deep into 'Vibrations' and their the source on the synthesizer – the oscillator. We also dive into the topics of harmonics, looking at how the shape of oscillation creates distinct tones with different harmonic characteristics.

0:00 - Cosmicmantova / Gunnar Haslam
3:32 - Looking Through a Glass Table / Gunnar Haslam
9:12 - See Ess / Max Ravitz
13:04 - Enola / Max Ravitz
17:12 - Dusk on Karl Marx Strasse / Gunnar Haslam"

Synthesizing with Moog | Lessons

Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson 4: Resonance

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Synthesizing with Moog

"In 1964 the modular synthesizer was born, and one of its signature components was the Voltage-Controlled Filter. While different oscillator shapes could create a bed of tone and harmonics, the Voltage-Controlled Filter allowed musicians to sculpt a distinct sound out of all those harmonics and even shape that sound over time. A key component in synthesizing existing sounds, the Voltage-Controlled Filter was also capable of creating sounds no one had ever heard before, giving birth to whole new genres of music and defining the sound of electronic music to this day."

You can find additional Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson posts here.

Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson 3: Vibrations

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Synthesizing with Moog

"Sound is a phenomenon of vibrations in the air. In this episode, we look at the source of vibrations on the synthesizer – the oscillator. We investigate how to tune the oscillator to a particular note and how to add oscillators together. We also dive into the topics of harmonics, looking at how the shape of oscillation creates distinct tones with different harmonic characteristics.

Written, hosted, filmed, and produced by our team of electronic musical instrument experts, this new seven-part educational video series makes learning the fundamentals of synthesis accessible, engaging, and inspiring for anyone curious about science, music, and how the two worlds converge. We set out to create a series that brings you as much technical knowledge as it does entertainment and joy as you watch each episode!

We invite you to follow along with us at home with a printable worksheet corresponding to the contents of each weekly episode. https://inmusic.to/bdhnff3m

Creator, writer, and host: Chris Miller
Director and editor: Paul Shaver
Producers: Max Ravitz and Chris Miller
Director of Photography: Paul Shaver
Music: Max Ravitz and Gunnar Haslam
Graphics and Animations: Ryan Ford
Special thanks to Ana Rome
Filmed on location at Schneidersladen Apotheke, Berlin"

Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson 2: Original Soundtrack

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Synthesizing with Moog

"The soundtrack from the second episode of Synthesizing with Moog invites you to dive deep into 'Dynamics' to understand how a synthesizer creates individual notes and how you can articulate them.

We hope you enjoy this music created by Moog electronic musical instrument experts Max Ravitz ( / patriciaaa ) and Gunnar Haslam (‪@lasynthesehumaine6932‬ )."

0:00 - Tsutomu and Tadashi / Max Ravitz
3:01 - Trumansburg Assembly / Max Ravitz
6:38 - Tcherepnin's Theme / Max Ravitz
10:51 - Peaks and Slopes / Max Ravitz
14:05 - A Raketenstadt of the Mind / Gunnar Haslam

Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson 2: Dynamics

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Synthesizing with Moog

"In the second episode of Synthesizing with Moog we dive deep into this question to understand how a synthesizer creates individual notes and how you can articulate them. We look at circuits like the Voltage-Controlled Amplifier and Envelope Generator and explore further dimensions of expression. What makes an instrument an instrument? Is it in the tactile control you have as you play the instrument and the ways you can articulate its sound?

Written, hosted, filmed, and produced by our team of electronic musical instrument experts, this new seven-part educational video series makes learning the fundamentals of synthesis accessible, engaging, and inspiring for anyone curious about science, music, and how the two worlds converge. We set out to create a series that brings you as much technical knowledge as it does entertainment and joy as you watch each episode!

We invite you to follow along with us at home with a printable worksheet corresponding to the contents of each weekly episode. https://inmusic.to/bdhnff3m

Creator, writer, and host: Chris Miller
Director and editor: Paul Shaver
Producers: Max Ravitz and Chris Miller
Director of Photography: Paul Shaver
Music: Max Ravitz and Gunnar Haslam
Graphics and Animations: Ryan Ford
Special thanks to Ana Rome
Filmed on location at Schneidersladen Apotheke, Berlin"

Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson 1: Original Soundtrack

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Synthesizing with Moog

"The soundtrack from the first episode of Synthesizing with Moog [posted here] invites you to revisit the analog textures, tones, and spaces that shaped the conversation around 'Listening'.

We hope you enjoy this music created by Moog electronic musical instrument experts Max Ravitz ( / patriciaaa ) and Gunnar Haslam (‪@lasynthesehumaine6932‬).

0:00 - Synthesizing with Moog Theme / Max Ravitz
0:37 - Chutes & Ladders / Max Ravitz
3:35 - Ikutaro's Theme / Max Ravitz
8:11 - Red Panels / Max Ravitz
12:09 - Swim Enthusiast / Max Ravitz
16:40 - World On A Wire / Gunnar Haslam
18:06 - Kein Institut Vereichnet / Gunnar Haslam"

Synthesizing with Moog | Lesson 1: Listening

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Synthesizing with Moog

"'Synthesizing with Moog' invites you on an enlightening journey that answers a complex question: how exactly do synthesizers work? https://inmusic.to/bdhnff3m

In this first episode we go back into twentieth century history to understand the origins of electronic music, discussing concepts like modular design and voltage control to learn how they combined to make the synthesizer instrument we know and love today. We then pose some questions to try and understand how listening works. How is sound created in the air? What does a speaker do and how does a synthesizer control it? How does the ear work? And finally, how do our brains perceive the sound around us? Listening, after all, is the foundation of any musical practice.

Written, hosted, filmed, and produced by our team of electronic musical instrument experts, this new seven-part educational video series makes learning the fundamentals of synthesis accessible, engaging, and inspiring for anyone curious about science, music, and how the two worlds converge. We set out to create a series that brings you as much technical knowledge as it does entertainment and joy as you watch each episode!

We invite you to follow along with us at home with a printable worksheet corresponding to the contents of each weekly episode. https://inmusic.to/bdhnff3m

Creator, writer, and host: Chris Miller
Director and editor: Paul Shaver
Producers: Max Ravitz and Chris Miller
Director of Photography: Paul Shaver
Music: Max Ravitz and Gunnar Haslam
Graphics and Animations: Ryan Ford
Special thanks to Ana Rome
Filmed on location at Schneidersladen Apotheke, Berlin"