Re: synth history?
quote: | Originally posted by LoveHate
i thought this would be a neat thread...post up people in time who have made a great impact on the development...of synths and stuff like that...or were innovative with using them... (people like wendy carlos etc)
ill start it off with

she basically started off in the 60s using modular synths and by the 70s was working with companys like coke..to create sound effects for commercials and stuff |
She also debuted, via Stanly Kubric and Bob Moog, the first vocoder, on the score for Clockwork Orange.
May be someone can help me out, I remember reading up on this guy years ago but can^t find him now. In the early fifties, he was basically one of, if not the very first person to make entire songs and albums from just purely electronic sounds. His "synths" took up like an entire room and his music was quite minimal. He made money from making childrens music and I think one of them was called "music for children to sleep to". There's this great black and white photo of him alone in this big room with giant tape machines and electronic equipment lining the walls.
He basically died penniless from ever diminishing royalty checks and only got recoginsed years later.
I don't think it's Dave Haack as he was quite successful in his career.
Anyone got any ideas?
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