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Synth Evolution on BBC National Radio!

A quick humble brag from me to say that I was on BBC 5Live Drive Time last week, as part of their ‘Synthpop September’ celebrations (Synthtember?). I was asked to give a brief history of the synth o

Click the image below to listen!

It’s a very brief interview of only a couple of minutes, but was great to be asked - I do know a thing or two about the synth, after all!

And yes, it was a classic case of I needed to be somewhere that night, so it was done from the back of a cab en route. So very glamorous! (Except I made us late for our destination as we had to pull over for the duration of the interview and a good few minutes beforehand, so both travelling companion and cab driver were pretty cross with me! All worth it in the name of Synth Fact Dissemination!

Me on da radio!

Click to hear me covering synth history in brief!

Videos

EMS Synthi 100 - IN ACTION!

Nice archive film here of Roger Limb of the BBC Radiophonic workshop giving an introduction to synthesis using an Electonic Music Studio (EMS) Synthi 100 - a huge 12 oscillator machine five foot wide and five foot high.

https://www.facebook.com/BBCArchive/videos/482177565488612

Sorry it's a Facebook link - couldn't find the video existing outside of it.

There's some nice sounds in it though - lovely filters and I enjoyed his detuned harmonics and calm 70s presenation style.