.. Funny, one of the most far-fetched predictions was the one that actually happened. That by the end of the 80's every home would have a computer in it. Seemed like a crazy prediction, when a computer was the size of a room with tape drives, complete with two technicians with clipboards and pocket protectors. No hover cars or trips to the moon though. 
Check these links out. The pioneers of Sci-Fi electronic music. Before synths, they made synth sounds from tape manipulation, like the original Dr. Who theme, which sounds like an ARP or something, but just tapes.superd2112 wrote:Very good work! Ever notice how most of your great sci-fi themes have at least some, if not a great deal, of synth in there? It could very well be that my love of sci-fi TV during my childhood led to my love of analog synthesis later in life. Come to think of it, thats probably why I have been thinking for a while now of adding a theremin to the musical toolbox!
Yeah...there was also the RCA Mark I in the 1950's...sort of a tube synth. Before that, the theremin. Before that, the Telharmonium...before that, the pipe organ. Basically, there are several ways to create different sounds that no one has heard before. The BBC wasn't the first, but they were probably the first famous name to have developed a system for creating strange sounds.Unfiltered wrote:
Check these links out. The pioneers of Sci-Fi electronic music. Before synths, they made synth sounds from tape manipulation, like the original Dr. Who theme, which sounds like an ARP or something, but just tapes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKPGzX5kZd0
Oh, yeah! I forgot that one! That thing is awesome!Unfiltered wrote:Arguably the first real modern synth with any kind of exposure was the Hammond novachord. If you havent, take a listen, very crazy stuff on vacuum tube synthesizer.
My personal favorite is the Telharmonium...just for its sheer size and electromechanical workings rather than tubes...which it pre-dated.
