Five Days at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

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stigma2

11 жыл бұрын

Five Days at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop [COMPLETE]

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@douglasfreeman3229 5 ай бұрын

These guys were my "heroes" in the 1980s when I was going through shit at school. Thanks for the wonderful music, guys, which I still enjoy today thanks to Mark Ayres and Silva Screen records.

@dunebasher1971 7 жыл бұрын

This programme had an unusual genesis. It was originally conceived as a direct-to-video production called Opus 10259, about a week in the life of the Radiophonic Workshop. They did their filming in early 1985, but then for some reason - possibly cold feet over the commercial viability of such a tape - shelved the project. The footage stayed on the shelf for the next few years, and after some extra filming in early 1988 (which featured Richard Attree, a composer who wasn't with the Workshop in 1985), finally appeared as The Electric Music Machine, which was shown once and once only on BBC-2 at 3.05pm on the 29th March 1988.

@davidbull7210 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this info. I was wondering why Jonathan Gibbs was in this as he left in '86

@exa11762 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like real professionals are commenting. Wonderful. Just trying to understand how they did music in those days. Its amazes me.

@FossilisedFishooks 6 жыл бұрын

brilliant, I too had this on tape back in the 80s and thought it was lost forever

@macronencer 3 жыл бұрын

7:41 Pretty sure the effect "Fairy Dust" was used in the Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series, for the voice of Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz. "Now Earthlings, I present you with a simple choice: either die in the vacuum of space or... tell me how good you thought my poetry was." The idea that this was achieved with a thing called FAIRY DUST is absolutely hilarious!

@livvy94 6 жыл бұрын

7:29 the voice from the justice machines in the Doctor Who serial The Stones of Blood

@davidbull7210 2 жыл бұрын

She did some of the special sounds in this story but her only full score was Timelash.

@glenesis 4 жыл бұрын

Performer!!♥️

@DalekEnclave123 6 жыл бұрын

I noticed that Roger Limb is using a Yahama DX7 and Elka Synthex, while Peter also uses a elka synthex as well.

@simonsays335 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the ARP Odyssey at the top too!

@ClassicTVMan1981X 10 жыл бұрын

"The new sound of music, the new sound of music/The new sound of music, whoa, whoa, whoa..."

@gkeaoyrge 7 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't it be great if a modern day Radiophonic Workshop existed. An in-house team that used the latest equipment just like the original. Imagine what music could be produced today with the technology available using just a small team of people. The costs would no doubt be dramatically less than before but even then sadly the funds are just non-existent nowadays.

@LuciferXFallen290 7 жыл бұрын

kingofkeyboards the modern synthesizers require no skill. the old technology is more impressive

@stigma2 7 жыл бұрын

Actually BBC Radiophonic Workshop didn't use the "latest technology". They used whatever they have at hand and invented a lot of new techniques.

@gkeaoyrge 7 жыл бұрын

Actually, yes they did. In around 1970, the BBC purchased EMS VCS3 units and a Synthi 100 which was some of the latest technology available at the time. Same goes for the Fairlight seen in this documentary as well as the Apple Macintosh computers. Have you even watched this video you uploaded?

@Byronic19134 5 жыл бұрын

@@LuciferXFallen290 Modern synths are the same exact things tho as the old ones tho, oscillators, envelopes and filters. smh.

@LuciferXFallen290 5 жыл бұрын

@@Byronic19134 wow no they are not. Digital is not the same as analog.

@DanLoudShirts 10 күн бұрын

MacPLus with a tank mouse for the funky chicken dnace!

@stargazergirlst 9 жыл бұрын

Hello all synthesists! If you are interested in synthesis and are from the UK, please join the Facebook group UK Synthesizer Group. It's just been set up, and it would be lovely to have lots of members so we can organise events and pay homage to great synthesists, eg those that feature in this video! (sorry for semi-spam)

@johnnyhero4 10 жыл бұрын

I remember taping this when it first aired and didn't think I would ever see it again....till now ! Thank you :o) What interested me most, was the rack gear Johnathan Gibbs was demonstrating from time 5:36 ? The first bit of kit, the echo device and its ability to freeze a sound. Does anyone know or have an idea what the name is of the rack device he's using ? Pretty vague just to say echo device and the close ups do not show any make or model name either :(

@roasty80 9 жыл бұрын

Not sure but the effect is known as reverb. This can be manipulated in pc music production softwear or hardwear machines. Hardwear machines are very expensive these days

@tuftynuts 5 жыл бұрын

He demos a few rack-mounted FX units. The first I'm not sure, but the graphics look like an Eventide unit of some kind. He shows off an Eventide harmonizer too, and a Delta Lab EchoTron, which is a digital delay.

@icespittingfire 4 жыл бұрын

the reverb is a Quantec QRS, extremely high quality unit!

@johnnyhero4 4 жыл бұрын

@@icespittingfire A very HUGE THANK YOU!!! I didn't think I would ever get a reply to that question. That is indeed a serious piece of kit. Thank you so very much for taking the time and trouble to reply. Been searching for so many years lol

@johnnyhero4 4 жыл бұрын

@@tuftynuts Thank you kind sir for the reply

@inanesilence 5 жыл бұрын

Whais the first delay rack is he using in this video?

@macronencer 3 жыл бұрын

11:11 Needs more cowbell.

@turnerthemanc 3 жыл бұрын

Time is very strange. When people first watched this they said "Wow, how cutting edge is all this" and when we watch it now we say "Wow, how dated all this is"

@douglasfreeman3229 5 ай бұрын

You might have said that. I thought exactly what I thought years ago: "How wonderful".

@wtoad 2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know what synth he’s playing at 19:17? The smallest of the three synths, on the highest rack.

@wtoad 2 жыл бұрын

A comment below says the top, smallest synth may be an ARP Odyssey. Would be curious if others think this is correct or have a different guess.

@macronencer 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone know what those three synths are that Roger Limb was playing on the "Fat Man in the Kitchen" music? The one at the top looks like an ARP Odyssey and the one in the middle might be an Oberheim(?) but I've no idea what the one at the bottom is.

@WINSTANLEYOBXa 3 жыл бұрын

Middle DX7 Mk1 Lower Elka Synthex

@macronencer 3 жыл бұрын

@@WINSTANLEYOBXa Of course! I haven't seen a Synthex for ages and didn't recognise it. The DX7 should have been obvious - I guess the shadows threw me off. Thank you :)

@WINSTANLEYOBXa 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know what the ARP Odyssey has next to it . Possible mini sequencer?

@macronencer 3 жыл бұрын

@@WINSTANLEYOBXa yes, that one has me stumped as well. Perhaps it will turn out to be something entirely non-musical, like an intercom! :)

@macronencer 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm... there's one in the Music Arcade video with Peter Howell too, but in that video it's out in the middle of his floor with a broken phaser on top of it. Perhaps it's a remote control for recording?

@ronanhughes3861 9 жыл бұрын

What is the song called which Peter Howell made???????????

@ClassicTVMan1981X 7 жыл бұрын

Greenwich Chorus, from _The Body in Question_.

@ronanhughes3861 7 жыл бұрын

ClassicTVMan1981X No it ain't

@luapslev5826 10 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised they didn't mention Doctor Who

@wzp129 7 жыл бұрын

I think that happened about 20 years earlier

@leesherman5192 5 жыл бұрын

@@wzp129 This aired in 1988, so "Doctor Who" was still going on.

@autumnmatthews3179 4 жыл бұрын

If this was made in 1985 it could have been during the hiatus between both seasons Colin Baker did

@cleverhardy5230 4 жыл бұрын

If I recall correctly, the BBC stopped commissioning the Workshop when they made "Trial of the Time Lord." To save money, they hired freelancers instead: Dominic Glynn (for Trial of the Time Lord) and Keff McCulloch.

@ShamrockParticle 2 жыл бұрын

yeah. Elizabeth Parker did a Doctor Who score and Delia Derbyshire created the iconic and beat version of the theme!