Her voice is hypnotic. I could listen to the tone and timbre of her voice all day.

Never delete this video, please.

One of the reasons I loved this as a kid -- and this is probably true of most PBS shows -- is that it was smart people being very patient and kind to the kids watching.

I've never heard a better explanation of synthesis for the uninitiated! So in depth, yet so concise! I don't think I could answer any of those questions that well

I could listen to that all day.

Her voice is so soothing

I appreciate that she speaks so simply about the circuitry and so eloquently about the music. I actually believe her when she says she plays the thing like a cellist. You're welcome dubsteppers.

Both the content and sounds in this are absolute pure gold...

Thanks to Sesame Workshop and its wonderful programs, I developed a lifelong interest in electronic music and sound design. I remember this clip so well and always waited for it when the first season of “3-2-1 Contact” kept repeating. Peace.

prime sample material here!

1980 was the Oberheim OB-X and SCI Prophet -5 brand new :D Love the backflash. :)

Suzanne has been nominated for five Grammys over the course of her career. Looks like she's still working. Glad to hear that. She seemed so nice in this.

Those instruments (syntheizers,oscilloscope, and working with them, can get you mesmerized. And you feel a mixture between playing, and dicovering something new when you're experimenting, and fiddling around. And it doesn't matter if it's 1980 or today. I just love those electronic sounds....

I almost certainly saw this as a kid in 1980. 3-2-1 Contact was one of my fave shows.

Great video. They ask simple questions because its for children's tv show. Besides, most people who shit on synthesizer music don't even have the knowledge a child would after watching this segment.

Fantastic classic synth music. This is the sound of my childhood.

She sounded calm, elegant, intelligent and composed; a high level of consciousness. It is both unfair and unlikely that she was stoned. Highly creative people don't need to get stoned. Frank Zappa, in his book mentioned that he never got stoned, despite his reputation. The passion to create burns bright in some people. I also appreciate the avant-garde feel of early electronic music. Electronic music offers infinite possibilities, but today it's mostly relegated to a few simple beats.

Love it! I used to watch 3-2-1-Contact as a kid, and I really don't remember this one...too bad! Suzanne you're still amazing, and I have all your albums from this period... :)

1:26 " What is sound ? " I love this video !!! These people were far ahead of their time.

All thanks, and praises to the great internet, for bringing this to me! I loved synths back when this was made, but had not access to it. Now all these years later, I finally am able to see it, on KZfaq. Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

Man i remember watching this one I was 9 years old and it had such an impact on me that as of today i have A Moog modular system, other modulars, oberheims etc synthesizers and compose music. all because of that episode of Contact 321. I cannot believe I found it on youtube.

Ciani is pure genius. I bet those 2 did it.

That was wonderful.Two beautiful women enjoying dreamy analogue gear.

She has a ASMR voice.

We're gonna fire one up near the end of this. I remember seeing this on TV when it aired!

This was one of my favorite shows as a kid.

The theme to 321 Contact still pops into my head from time to time. . .one of my favorite shows as a wee one.

Blissed out! Love the engineer saying "one more time?'

two angels in electronic music heavan

A true quality like rare document with suzanne Ciani, a specialist of the Buchla, and one of the first girl sound pionier for sure.Thanks

nothing but love for this video!

Kudos to the Buchla Music Easel actually staying in tune during the performance. ;)

I imagine both our hands touching the same patch cable and we fall in love, smoke weed, and put on some mort garrison

i wish i could find the full episodes of the older version of this show like this episode on KZfaq. thats the one i used to watch.

The music in this episode is SICK. I need to finish up the time machine so I can go back and live in a perpetual 1980. I would live in that studio if I could... I love those colors.

The best video ever

Thanks for sharing this great footage :)

I LOVE Suzanne Ciani. And yeah, ole girl is blazed out of her miiiind. I would be too if I was surrounded by all of those synths in 1980. *drool*

4:41 It's a fantastic live sound demonstration and these women are too. Thanks for posting ;)

Love this classic!

amazing clip

On a serious note. LOADS of great gear in that room.

80's TV !! education for kids... synthesizers !!!!

oh how i love this! just beautiful

Imagine being there when those synths were all brand new!! Ha ha, "can you play guitar?" And she says yes and then 'one pluck'. Well played ;0)

cool; love these older videos on synthesizers

She sounds like Shelley Duvall in The Shining.

❤ Brilliant! I will share it ~ thanks for posting this ❤

I have lots of respect for Pbs now that I am 30 years old now and why can they bring this back on the show, cause I really did pay attrition when I was young

Her Voice though..... SHE. IS. STONED. !! awesome video though.

Wow beautiful!

i have a crush on Suzanne Ciani circa 1980

I saw this a kid. I forgot about it until just now when I watched it. I really like synthesizers now. I wonder if this had anything to do with it.

This music speaks to me.

this is very smart and very sexy...on many levels. ...and pitches.

Suzanne's Seven Waves is out of this world while still on this world.웃ツ

I always knew I loved synths because of educational videos. it's the sound of a future pasy

Wonderful!

Ms Ciani looks and sounds SOOOOOO stoned!

*That* must be why I loved this programme so much, but was too young to understand why.

I think I'm in love with her

Sound @ 6.47 is amazing!

i LOVE HER

These two seem like they just blazed a doobie.

Vern's hair is magnificent.

I like Lisa's comment about the Buchla, "This looks like a big toy". Actually, it DOES kind of look like a big toy, with the brightly coloured knobs and patchcords.

Suz and Lisa have some sexual tension here. I suspect this session ended in some snogging.

There are some lines obviously put in there for the kiddies ("What is sound? What's pitch?), but overall, this is still a pretty good intro to analog synthesizers. And I want that studio with all those instruments!

-3-3-3 Very attractive analog stuff initiation... So early 80's atmospheres... With two beautifull women and a lucky sound ingeneer !! :-) It s speaking to me :-)

My kind of 'girls' talk'! :)

Look at the Oberheim OB-X synthesizer.

Wow, she was even on an early Letterman show -- watch?v=fZscRHkLMt0. And she was involved in a Star Wars disco record (Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk), which I was definitely familiar with as a kid and just happened to hear a few days ago for the first time in years. Crazy coincidences.

very cool

Very Euphoric

so eloquent!

sexy synth sounds...and sexy senoritas... can it get any better than this...priceless

I think I'm in love ...... with Verne the sound technician

And a Buchla modular synth with what looks like 100 and 200 series modules.

damn. suzanne looks high as a kite

@Syntox It's a toy for adults who want to have some good clean fun. :-) Seriously, I've thought that if I ever get the money to put together a modular synth, I want to have the front panels painted bright colours to make it look more festive and child-like.

Es una nueva realidad musical

70's and 80's women are so fine.

Yaaay!

Definitely Jade East, from 'Up in Smoke'. Love the dude's hairdo - like the Jack of Diamonds. Them dang hippies and their new-fangled gizmos! Looks like an old operator's switchboard. the only sexual tension in the video was between me and Lisa.

this is so beautiful

I'm just going to say it- Suzanne Ciani was hot back in the day, Also, I strongly recommend her album Velocity of Love.

Cool!

I am in love

Jeez i need another spliff after watching this....

Snow sounds...or birds....or...What were the skies like when you were growing up..."Blue Skies" ORB totally in this. That woman's face at the beginning she's on something..like...wheeeee...

I was in love of yellow haired girl is really beauty

@RivaProductions (Riva Freifield): This segment you produced and directed is fantastic! Thank you for sharing it. Is there any better quality version still existing? If there isn't one digitized yet, I hope you do so soon.

Teachin' em kids about arpcore. Boards probably watched this as kids, ROYGBIV sounds like the opening theme.

I'm sure she knows more than it looks like she knows. Remember they were doing a show for elementary school students who wouldn't know any of this stuff.

@Oldworldman Yeah, that bird is gone with the wind.

The voice of "Xenon" pinball.

Suzanne Ciani has a Wikipedia entry and a KZfaq channel!

I really wish to have a Buchla analog synthesiser...

@vboy13 hahaha yeah a real nice "comb over" and "half long" on the sides hahaha

Vern's hairdo..........classic cut above the rest!!!