The Broken Scales Of Wendy Carlos (Patreon)

The Broken Scales Of Wendy Carlos

It's Wendy Carlos's birthday this week, so we're paying tribute to one of the most important figures in the history of electronic music. Her work is complex and varied, and her influence runs deep in modern music, but I'm a sucker for a good tuning system, and Wendy Carlos may have invented one of the coolest ones ever. She dared to ask a question most theorists hadn't even considered: Is the octave actually that big a deal? What can we do if we just... get rid of it? It turns out removing the octave gives you absurdly pure, beautiful sounds and, whether or not the trade-off is worth it, I think it's awesome that she even thought to ask. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Merchandise Store: http://12tonevideos.storenvy.com/ Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/bCTDaj Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/12tonevideos Twitter: https://twitter.com/12tonevideos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/12tonevideos/ Email: 12tonevideos@gmail.com Last: https://youtu.be/keY3Dk3RC70 The Listener's Guide on Wendy Carlos: https:/youtu.be/D5uEWrot0gg EDO Sytems video: https://youtu.be/ZOLRvbPURXQ Conlon Nancarrow video: https://youtu.be/-2mrXoQCVsM Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kjvR8OnohTGogeYQ844KjSeI4hf3NlUrmY0_iCudZYQ/edit?usp=sharing SOURCES: http://www.wendycarlos.com/biog.html http://www.wendycarlos.com/resources/pitch.html http://www.wendycarlos.com/+bitb.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5uEWrot0gg Huge thanks to our gold-level Patreon supporters: Susan Jones Jill Jones Ron Jones Howard Levine Elaine Pratt Ken Arnold Gabi Ghita Kaylor Hodges Nicholas Kehonen Mark Yachnin Dialup Salesman Joe Mensor Irvine Garrett Brian Etheredge William (Bill) Boston Nicolas Mendoza Justin Donnell: https://www.youtube.com/user/jsterj1 Khristofor Saraga Jeff Hook And thanks as well to Henry Reich, Logan Jones, Eugene Bulkin, Abram Thiessen, Oliver, Anna Work, Jc Bq, Adam Neely, Jon I, nico, David Zahara, Harold Gonzales, Lucas van Loomis, Michael Fieseler, Rick Lees, Ben LaRose, Marc Himmelberger, Chris Borland, jason black, Dutreuilh Olivier, Nick Olman, Joey Strandquist, Daniel Gilchrist, billy roberts, Davis Sprague, Miles Strand, PlayTheMind, Greg Borenstein, Tim S., David Tocknell, Elliot Burke, Elias Simon, Alex Atanasyan, Gargron, Jordan Nelson, Dakota Williams, Christopher Wright, Sportlunch, and David Conrad! Your support helps make 12tone even better! Also, thanks to Jareth Arnold for proofreading the script to make sure this all makes sense hopefully!