Playing the first new Quadraphonic Vinyl Record in over 30 years
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5 жыл бұрынAs someone fascinated with physical music formats and HiFi oddities - it's been a privilege to receive a copy of the first new Quadraphonic Vinyl release in over thirty years.
With this limited edition set there’s no need to go hunting on ebay for a matching and functioning forty plus year old quad decoder as there’s a brand new one included inside the box.
LINKS:
Available to buy from here: www.cykik.com/quad/ciani
Wired Article: www.wired.com/story/suzanne-c...
Interview with the Record Producer KamranV : synthesemontreal.com/2018/06/...
Prosound News Article: www.prosoundnetwork.com/recor...
Suzanne Ciani:
Website: www.sevwave.com/bio
Documentary www.alifeinwaves.com
Live Concert: • Suzanne Ciani live | Loop
Presentation: • Suzanne Ciani on the B...
Note - This is not a paid promotion, no money has changed hands. None of these links are affiliated. Thanks to KamranV for sending me the free copy of this extraordinary release and I wish him the best of luck in bringing out more quad vinyl records in the future.
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@Techmoan 5 жыл бұрын
Errors/Updates 1) Moog is pronounced Moog not Moog....as in "This video does not feature the Moog" 2) It appears that the dad in the outro mis-remembered that his 1970s Ford Capri was a 2.8i when the 2.8i model only came out in the 1980s. However after a bit more pressing it turns out that he never had a Capri - he owned a Vauxhall Viva, he just said he had a Capri to sound cool.
@Ohverture 5 жыл бұрын
As the guy who designed the decoder and the co-designed the decode (and encode)- it's not just QS - it uses QS as the basis because the maths is wonderfully circular - but we have our own special sauce that helps improve the separation, the side images and also makes the stereo encode far less constricted than QS was (part of why they lost the format wars to SQ). Having said that, it's 100% QS compatible for that reason, and will decode just fine through existing QS decoders, just as any QS material decodes through that board. :) Also decodes other formats and does a great job of extracting surround information from most stereo sources.
@Tink-GB 5 жыл бұрын
Still cool cars. My uncle had a 3.0L MK1 Capri...purple paint with green fluffy interior...!.....I myself had a green L reg Vauxhall Viva...those metal pointed bumpers were lethal..!
@newcrusade101 5 жыл бұрын
Hahaha! That embellishment is fantastic!
@baronvonlimbourgh1716 5 жыл бұрын
I always thought it was Moog though.....
@tomleader7054 5 жыл бұрын
Should have given Ambisonics a go.
@rudeboysouljah1912 5 жыл бұрын
The Quadraphonic mix of Dark Side Of The Moon was phenomenal, also the only actual quad record I ever had. If you can find a copy, I highly recommend.
@as-tm7np Жыл бұрын
this comment triggered me to hunt down a copy of the quad mix of dark side of the moon. I ended up discovering Animals 2018 remix, which is amazing!
@JmieYoutube 22 күн бұрын
Is a decoder needed?
@rudeboysouljah1912 22 күн бұрын
@@JmieKZfaq yes. I used a quadrophonic turntable.
@MeatyController 5 жыл бұрын
Quadraphonic sound, a strobe light, and a water bed; gentlemen, say hello to the Second Base Mobile
@spencerhull8546 5 жыл бұрын
Wickeddddd
@countzero1136 5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the mirror ball :)
@waitwot1719 4 жыл бұрын
peggie
@lavernroerig4039 4 жыл бұрын
Laaaadddy Bird
@deathstrike 3 жыл бұрын
I'm curious what this sound experience looks like when attached to an oscilloscope?
@johnpenguin9188 5 жыл бұрын
Quadraphonic? Awesome! I’m listening to the video with a single earbud...
@imogen1 4 жыл бұрын
Techmoan's willingness to get outside his usual musical comfort zone for the sake of a new format experience is honestly the most wholesome thing on the net these days.
@DavidQvist 4 жыл бұрын
Couldn't have said it any better. 🙂
@f123raptor 3 жыл бұрын
I like that you called it “the net”. I miss those days...
@marleypumpkin4917 Жыл бұрын
You are easily amused fanboy.
@antoinep9733 5 жыл бұрын
“An alien landscape of noise.” - I thought you were talking about your shirt for a minute there Matt.
@yottaforce 5 жыл бұрын
I thought he talked about my ex-wife.
@TheSadButMadLad 5 жыл бұрын
You should see the shirts Curious Droid wears. They're from Madcap England. kzfaq.info/love/726J5A0LLFRxQ0SZqr2mYQ
@ramairgto72 5 жыл бұрын
lol @Sad Yea, but I keep getting distracted by his "Evil Genius" right eye wrinkles.
@ComblessMan 5 жыл бұрын
Hey, I like that shirt. :?
@saucerful4351 5 жыл бұрын
Matt ain't got nothing on David Grainger: photos.smugmug.com/Concours-dLeMons-082016/i-Cdj2kMn/0/31943369/XL/MCH-L-Lemons-0821-19-XL.jpg
@TySoVm 5 жыл бұрын
I actually have a Sansui QR-500 quadraphonic amplifier from 1973. Still works like a champ.
@PinsAndVids 5 жыл бұрын
Suzanne Ciani is also known for her work in creating one of the first composed soundtracks for a pinball machine. She did the soundtrack to the Bally game called Xenon. She has a lot of fans in the hobby.
@Schroefdoppie 5 жыл бұрын
"I used to have Quadraphonic sound in my Ford Capri" XD .. Brilliant ending. Thanks Mat!
@Takeshi357 5 жыл бұрын
Weird seeing the old puppet play the stupid role!
@franscartoons 5 жыл бұрын
"I'd probably like another listen to that." I hope they use that as a review quote on their website 😃
@colinjohnston8519 5 жыл бұрын
More than I would say. Just sounded like random nonsense noses to me. How the hell do these people get record deals?
@colinjohnston8519 5 жыл бұрын
@@fvefve12 not really that interesting or surprising. Firstly this is actually a vinyl record. 2. a streaming deal would sound stupid and be inaccurate since the deal will include at least a CD release and touring. 3 a record means a recording, not just a a vinyl recording. I hope this helps..
@jammypockets606 5 жыл бұрын
.... and the diplomatic 'well, that was an interesting experience' :)
@mrb692 5 жыл бұрын
Fred Versteeg It’s almost like the label and artist sign a deal to record songs
@greggv8 5 жыл бұрын
"Record" has gone from the noun use, the physical vinyl record, to the verb use, the act of recording. They're homographs, spelled the same but pronounced differently. Ree-cord is the act of recording, reh-cord is the physical or digital object that was ree-corded.
@HotspotsSoutheast 4 жыл бұрын
My aunt and uncle had a quadraphonic stereo and I remember listening to Switched on Bach and it was amazing. Electronic music is what got me interested in computers and here I am today a software engineer. I wish I could bring that experience back.
@Orcastruck 2 жыл бұрын
That's cool bro but can you set up arch Linux in 30 minutes
@AdamJDawkins 5 жыл бұрын
'i wouldn't even call it music...' Best review ever 🤣
@nakedbeekeeper9610 4 жыл бұрын
That was his most savage remark yet 😂
@CaptainJack406 5 жыл бұрын
You have more shirts than James May!
@Sharklops 5 жыл бұрын
that's crazy talk
@CardboardSliver 5 жыл бұрын
It must be a middle aged English man thing.
@deniskobozev3916 5 жыл бұрын
@@CardboardSliver I'm not English, but I already decided I'm going to wear floral shirts when my hair goes gray 😅
@casperguylkn 5 жыл бұрын
@@deniskobozev3916 It's a prerequisite.
@DanielBulyovcsity 5 жыл бұрын
Curious Droid has some mad collection
@AndersEngerJensen 5 жыл бұрын
Haha, love the ending! You can’t win with your dad! 😂
@BozowolfnHD 5 жыл бұрын
Anders what about it, is a quadraphonic release in your future?
@AndersEngerJensen 5 жыл бұрын
BozowolfnHD Hehe, well it seems that is a really expensive method so I’m not sure ot would be feasible to sell. Would you pay close to 300 quid for a record? 😉
@BozowolfnHD 5 жыл бұрын
A valid point for sure because, truthfully I rarely buy physical music these days. Plus 300 quid/dollars/euro could buy a couple of nice synths or in my own case, several VSTs. The recording technique seems easy from other videos I've looked at. Though, it's a very small market segment on the consumer side.
@Mister_Brown 5 жыл бұрын
maybe consider a 4 track quarter inch quad release instead
@greggv8 5 жыл бұрын
I assume releases that don't come with the decoder would be lower price.
@professorpatpending8731 4 жыл бұрын
I have Pink Floyd Dark Side of The Moon & Deep Purple - Machine Head albums recorded with the SQ Quadraphonic system.
@hobbybaschtler7896 4 жыл бұрын
and do you have the sound system to play it?
@psrjbr 4 жыл бұрын
Me too. DSoTM. But don't have the equip.
@AshenTechDotCom 4 жыл бұрын
@@hobbybaschtler7896 will 5.1 surround do the job?
@hobbybaschtler7896 4 жыл бұрын
@@AshenTechDotCom I'm no expert, but I think it won't, because in quadraphonic the 4 channels have same range and same function, whereas in 5.1 the speakers have different functions. But I'm not sure, probably you can somehow do it.
@trippmoore 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve got a vintage quad setup. Anyone selling their quad DSoTM copies?
@PaulLemars01 5 жыл бұрын
I love the art house shirt Matt, very appropriate. I'm now 63, for a time in the 70's and early 80's I had a business in Hammersmith configuring Quadraphonic listening rooms for people with loads of money and little taste. The problem with Quad was not only the competing formats but also the lack of media. People just got bored with listening to the few quad recordings that were in their particular format. What really made multi field systems worthwhile wasn't music at all but the rise of multi channel video. It always amazed me that you could get a Dolby 5.1 surround system to watch your favourite movie that sounded amazing but the picture was in crappy 720 by 480 on a relatively tiny screen. What was/is kind of sad is that very few music recordings take true advantage of a 5.1 or more system. Most recordings are nothing more than a stereo mix with a bit of field panning.
@greggv8 5 жыл бұрын
Good thing about a 5.1 setup is you can crank up the front center channel for movies like "Inception" where the audio "geniuses" have the dialog buried under a ton of "foreground music". That movie has the worst audio mix to ever win awards. Not having a 5.1 setup when I rented that movie, I had to watch it with subtitles because the stereo track's dialog was next to inaudible, and downmixing the 5.1 track to stereo resulted in the same buried dialog.
@wolvenar 5 жыл бұрын
I remember my uncle gave me a quadraphonic decoder with accompanying stereo/amps/speakers back in the 80s. I set it all up and was rather disappointed not fully understanding what it all was about. The little woodgrain box with a stainless front plate and chrome dials had a several settings including "quad" "matrix" "fake quad" and "cross" I believe. It sat at "fake quad" most of the time just to make all the speakers output sound not knowing any better. One day I noticed a record at a second hand store that said quadraphonic. Out of curiosity I nab it, set the setting on the decoder to "quad" and play the record. I have no idea what the record was now, but I was quite impressed. Then I noticed all the records we already had that had such a quadraphonic label :-). So so long ago, and I was so young.
@TheBrokenLife 5 жыл бұрын
I have an uncle that I believe, to this day, still has his original quad amp and speaker setup and still uses it (or at least it's plugged in). My Dad's stereo has always been vastly superior to that uncle's (his brother), but Dad always did get a little jealous of that quad amp... even in the day when he has a far better surround setup.
@utubehound69 5 жыл бұрын
Dark Side of the Moon was released in Quad wan't it?
@wolvenar 5 жыл бұрын
@@utubehound69 I think it was *initially* a German only special thing. Just from a quick Google search at least.
@LittleWhoreRecords 5 жыл бұрын
I hope we see more of these releases as it's a fantastic experience being totally immersed in the music.
@vegisaynom 5 жыл бұрын
Never did i expect modular synthesis to make its way to your channel! Great video as always!
@BradGryphonn 5 жыл бұрын
The first and last time I heard quadraphonic was in 1973, Dark Side of the Moon. I've often thought of searching for a copy of that album and something to play it on. The end was pure gold
@Techmoan 5 жыл бұрын
LINKS: Available to buy from here: www.cykik.com/quad/ciani Wired Article: www.wired.com/story/suzanne-ciani-live-quadraphonic Interview with the Record Producer KamranV : synthesemontreal.com/2018/06/15/interview-with-kamranv/ Prosound News Article: www.prosoundnetwork.com/recording/the-unlikely-return-of-quadraphonic-vinyl Suzanne Ciani: Website: www.sevwave.com/bio Documentary www.alifeinwaves.com Live Concert: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdJmhtJnyc21hYE.html Presentation: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eax0apWBvbXRqHU.html
@JuanAndresLanza 5 жыл бұрын
Techmoan how about renting a local Church Hall or something similar ? We do rent them every now and then for our kids birthday parties, they are not that expensive to rent, would probably recommend to make sure there are no other parties going at the same time as kids + Music can disturb your recording....
@JuanAndresLanza 5 жыл бұрын
I meant for recording stuff like the Quad audio...
@LacklusterFilms 5 жыл бұрын
I like how it says this comment was posted 2 days ago but the video was only posted hours ago
@skakdosmer 5 жыл бұрын
Lacklustre Films: The clock in your Ford Capri is two days off.
@commodoresixfour7478 5 жыл бұрын
I need this! :)
@BobEmrich 5 жыл бұрын
oh my god the puppets killed it here. such a hilarious ending!!
@richardm123uk 5 жыл бұрын
I didn't know about this! I'm UK based and own a Buchla 200e (her instrument... well she used a 200 back in the day) . I love Suzanne Ciani, saw her live earlier in the year (first time in the UK)
@volvo09 5 жыл бұрын
I just had to look up the instrument, super crazy... It looks difficult to learn.
@tracyscott3261 5 жыл бұрын
This was really fascinating! I'm glad you had fun with it. Very interesting but then I like all your videos. Thank you very much!
@fastfiatjamest6437 5 жыл бұрын
Day off work and a techmoan vid! That's my day made!
@pomonabill220 5 жыл бұрын
with the Muppets no less!!!
@Gabbro506 5 жыл бұрын
The album sounds pretty wicked, even in Stereo. I can only imagine what it sounds like with a quadraphonic setup.
@blueninjasix 5 жыл бұрын
My neighbour had a quadraphonic system in the 70s. He demonstrated it with the sound of a motorbike racing round and round the room. Was it John Lennon who said stereo was for boring people who only had two ears?
@psrjbr 4 жыл бұрын
I don't like multi channel systems! I thing the only porpose of them is for demonstrations. I have a pionner multi channel receiver and have just bought an onkyo stereo receiver. And that's just because I have only two ears. lol
@canaconn2388 4 жыл бұрын
@@psrjbr You wouldn't be saying that if you heard Pink Floyd's DSotM in surround
@HoudiniFontmeister 4 жыл бұрын
@@canaconn2388 Deadass. It's not often done but when the attention to detail is there you get an amazing experience. Far better than Stereo. Stereo is sufficient but it's definitely Not as good as a Good Surround Mix. Doesn't DSotM have a Quad mix as well ? I believe I heard about there being one back in the 70's that was impressive. I would imagine the 5.1 Surround mix is based on that. One day it would be nice to experience it in person.
@canaconn2388 4 жыл бұрын
@@HoudiniFontmeister I've never heard the quad mix myself, it's pretty mind blowing hearing the music "surround" you.
@ironmanmachine 4 жыл бұрын
@@psrjbr and here I'm setting up a 5.2.4 Dolby Atmos system (technically 10 channels, one being a sub channel split in two) so I can listen to Atmos music on Tidal. Really though, mono is where it's at because you only have one brain.
@joesalyers 5 жыл бұрын
Cars should adopt quadraphonic audio because they would be the perfect implementation of the format in my opinion. This would help bolster it’s appeal. With digital audio file formats like caf files being lossless and AAC lossy both able to render quad & stereo mix down files in a single file and decode them properly and instantly weather you are listening in quad or stereo. It is as simple as choosing the option at mixdown (render) in audio workstation software like Apple’s Logic Pro X, quad just seems like an obvious step in the right direction.
@martinmelucci4383 Жыл бұрын
A few cars did back in the day...my 1977 Continental Mark V Cartier has the factory quad 8 track player.
@onedeadsaint 5 жыл бұрын
just wanted to drop a nice comment and say that I just love your videos! also I rather enjoy the puppet endings!
@billyhatcher643 5 жыл бұрын
id also love to see more puppet endings im glad i see this video having a puppet ending
@markhesse2928 5 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I can recall seeing The Moans (don't know their proper names) segment where the son comes off as the rational one and the dad comes off as the daft one. Still funny either way.
@nutsnproud6932 5 жыл бұрын
'The Moans' sounds like a brilliant name for the family.
@Techmoan 5 жыл бұрын
That's what they're commonly know as. I say commonly - very few people know this.
@Elmaxo1989 5 жыл бұрын
"Come for the tech, stay for the Moans"
@BLY99 5 жыл бұрын
I thought they were called The Pedants.
@RodBeauvex 5 жыл бұрын
I think his dad was screwing with him.
@kenwinston2245 5 жыл бұрын
We had a late 70's ford thunderbird with a quad 8 track, which we always thought was the best thing about the car. Afew albums we really loved ,you might also enjoy. Ike and Tina Turner live at carnegie hall called what you hear is what you get . . . Very exciting excellent recorded performances at the top of their game. The ford quad demo was great too, with a varity of top acts from various genres. Santana had a great album out at the time as well. All were very engaging in the quadrophonic format. Happy hunting and thanks for the shows 😃
@RMoribayashi 5 жыл бұрын
The main difference between Buchla and Moog synths is one of approach not technology. Don Buchla was more interested in experimental music and his machines were full of odd controllers like capacitance pads. Bob Moog wanted to create an instrument applicable to any kind of music. The Moog had drum and ribbon controllers (think sliding your finger along a violin string) but it was mainly a keyboard instrument.
@InDreamsYourMine 5 жыл бұрын
You need to get a quadraphonic copy of Dark Side of the Moon.
@AtheistOrphan 5 жыл бұрын
InDreamsYourMine - And breathe in the air.
@5roundsrapid263 5 жыл бұрын
I have a DVD bootleg of the quad tape, and it sounds amazing. I also have the SACD, so I’m not a pirate...
@bengom68 5 жыл бұрын
Indeed !
@FarrellMcGovern 5 жыл бұрын
I am guessing that's the Alan Parson's quad mix "bootleg". Very nice!
@kentduggan8626 5 жыл бұрын
Oh yes !!
@shawnschwartz6884 5 жыл бұрын
You really should just integrate quadraphonic to your current 5.1 setup. If you have an analog 5.1 input on your Marantz, plug in your CD-4 demodulator or QS/SQ decoder and ignore the center and sub inputs.
@TheBrokenLife 5 жыл бұрын
Seems like you just need another dedicated stereo amp to use on your subs and a switch box to flip it back to 5.1 for movie sound tracks. I don't know what receiver you're running, but my Pioneers don't care if I turn the subwoofer feature in the menus on or off. The mains still seemingly play all of the mains frequencies. I think the on/off has more to due with how it handles the delays while decoding. I'm of the belief that mine hits the .1 channel just a touch later than the mains so you can't localize the sub as easily. So... You should be able to set that up on a pretty simple RCA cable switcher and not have to mess with amp settings all the time to go between quad and 5.1, should you desire. Basically you'd just be setting your subs to stereo L/R or mono .1 channel. Then again, this may all vary wildly by manufacturer and system. That's just how it seems my stuff works.
@HeadRush-yj4fy 5 жыл бұрын
Dude if quadrophonic vinyl comes back I'm gonna be so happy. Wicked video as always!
@j.combes1230 4 жыл бұрын
I've watched a lot of your videos and I don't think I've ever quite seen you as giddily excited as the beginning of this video
@alanknight2204 5 жыл бұрын
Hi I built my own SQ/QS decoder from the circuit diagrams published in Practical Wireless magazine here in the uk ( Oct 73 - Jan 74 ) . I purchased 2 records to play on the system from the US as no shop in Oxford had any at the time . Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield ( SQ ) and Music - Carole King ( QS ) . I killed my decoder after moving house ( Wrong Power Supply ! ) and have never got around to re-building it . I have not tried playing the records through my Pioneer VSX-D810S , infact I have not played a record for years . I don't expect that my turntable still works ! Thanks Alan
@novafawks 5 жыл бұрын
ALAN KNIGHT any chance you have / can find scans of how to build one? I'm very interested!
@alanknight2204 5 жыл бұрын
Hi I have the original mags in binders but I am lazy ! . If you go to www.americanradiohistory.com they have copies of lots of magazines including these 4 ( I just checked ) as PDF files . Good luck , its lots of Transistors , resistors and Op-Amps . Perhaps there is a chip which will do it all to save you all that work ? Alan
@mfbfreak 5 жыл бұрын
Here's an incredibly simple one: 1.bp.blogspot.com/-a99d5AHTZwk/Vmy8Yc_ywZI/AAAAAAAAF48/HwhhiOkFIx8/s1600/ETI-sq-decoder-lores.jpg Do not substitute component values - they are critical for attaining the correct phase shifts. There are also lots of old books that contain a SQ decoder circuit.
@Jakeneverwins 5 жыл бұрын
Any idea what transistors those are @@mfbfreak? Thanks for sharing this.
@mfbfreak 5 жыл бұрын
@@Jakeneverwins I don't know. Try searching for the title of the schematic, or for the watermark. I didn't check that out. Generally, if nothing is indicated in the circuit, a TUN or TUP would be used (Transistor Universal NPN (PNP). In this case, that could be BC547. Ideally go for the low noise version like the BC549. Of course there are many equivalents. The BC's are the most common type in Europe, but there are american 2n-types too and japanese 2sc's too.
@stevemorris187 5 жыл бұрын
Loved this! I believe Mike Oldfields first three albums were released on quad vinyl in a box set called 'boxed'...would be interesting to hear this played through your quad set-up.
@scottg6265 10 ай бұрын
For people with 4 ears.
@Lazored1 5 жыл бұрын
Loved the end sketch! Thank you for making such great content!
@OrigamiGuy15 5 жыл бұрын
I just picked up Suzanne Ciani's Buchla concerts on vinyl two days ago. To see her mentioned here is really cool.
@evilspoons 5 жыл бұрын
Regarding the Kanto vs Roth speakers sounding the same - I know Kanto is a Canadian company, they're in Coquitlam (part of the greater Vancouver area) and their stuff is designed there. I bought a Sub8 a few years back and was surprised at how fast it shipped to me in Edmonton - it came rail freight direct from Vancouver and shipping was basically free. Roth's other products don't resemble Kanto's enough to just be rebranded Kanto stuff. It was weird when they started actually selling Kanto in great quantities here in Edmonton, I can go out and buy GOOD powered speakers at like five different stores around town instead of being offered the usual Best Buy dreck (Bose/Klipsch/Sony).
@FarrellMcGovern 5 жыл бұрын
Nice to know that Kanto is Canadian!
@nutsnproud6932 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Mat. I'm not a purist audiophile. Your setup worked great for you and that's what counts. My friend Paul has a 1970's quad vinyl setup and he demonstrated it once with the famous Pink Floyd LP Dark Side Of The Moon. The record jacket had an explanation of how SQ worked. I guess there are photos of it on the internet or I can ask Paul if he can photogtaph them for you. Best wishes.
@Techmoan 5 жыл бұрын
There were loads of quad recording releases, but that's a story for another day.
@mandolinic 5 жыл бұрын
Don't quote me, but I think Dark Side of the Moon was recorded with a different system from the Sansui one mentioned in the video. The confusingly named SQ and QS were rival systems. One of them had a problem with encoding centre rear (or maybe both of them did) so that meant that area had to be avoided when mixing/panning each instrument.
@mfbfreak 5 жыл бұрын
I know DSOTM has at the very least been released in SQ. I have a vinyl rip on my PC somewhere, you can torrent it and try it. All those ping pong effects are marvellous in quadraphonic sound! You can also use Adobe Audition and some script to convert 5.1 audio to either SQ or QS - check the quadraphonicquad forums for those scripts.
@SuperMikeFender 5 жыл бұрын
LimaVictor, I’ve just up quad this week in my flat and I’ve been trying to rind the quad version of dark side. Would you mind sending me that? I’d be very grateful.
@mfbfreak 5 жыл бұрын
The torrent might be dead (they have all been dying for a while) but you can try this one: rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3755202 Click 'Скачать раздачу по magnet-ссылке · 861.6 MB" Search 'dark side of the moon quadraphonic torrent' or something to find more torrents. Always be careful to not get a computer STD from funky russian torrent sites ;) Try it first, if all else fails, send me a private message via gmail or google plus or whatever can be found on my profile.
@bryede 5 жыл бұрын
I love this channel so much. Thank you Mat!
@alveydoug 3 жыл бұрын
My first Quad lesson was on a Buchla Model 100, at the University of Washington (mid 70’s). The quiz involved making a ping-pong ball sound and having it move from speaker to speaker. It was expected to get faster and quieter with each bounce. I don’ t now recall if the Model 100 had Buchla’s combination VCA/low-pass filter, which could have reduced the “ball’s” overtones along with it’s volume, as it proceeded around the room. But that’s an example of Don Buchla’s way of looking at sound. (Later models do include that VCA.). To hear a Model 100, check out Morton Subotnick’s “Silver Apples of the Moon” (the first modular-synthesizer record). Also, check out “Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia” by Cappella Romana, on Blue Ray, for a 5.1 representation of the great cathedral of Constantinople (aka Istanbul). Now, if the 5.1 “center” speaker were overhead and the four corners were balanced for quad ... hmm.
@CullenCraft 5 жыл бұрын
Maybe I'm just sleep deprived... But the sketch at the end had me on the floor. Well played.
@DJzSith 5 жыл бұрын
Maybe I am sleep deprived as well, as that brought memories of my first car stereo upgrade. Massive speakers, pinoeer headunit and amp, buttoned her up, went with my mate for a test drive, we were so badass untill the woman in the drivethrough asked me to roll down my window :))
@flickr4jazz 5 жыл бұрын
We had quadraphonic FM radio stations in Houston, Texas back in the early 70s.
@5roundsrapid263 5 жыл бұрын
VWestlife Fascinating. I never knew that. I love “vanity” call letters.
@volvo09 5 жыл бұрын
Neat! Never knew it really existed, I drove cars for a dealer around 2005 and a model of car had a 4.1 radio. I found a demo disc somewhere to play in it, and I thought that was "new". Must have been cool back in the 70's. So many interesting formats available.
@5roundsrapid263 5 жыл бұрын
VWestlife I once saw one with a built-in CB radio. Maybe it was a Cadillac.
@hatmeow 5 жыл бұрын
Keep up the amazing work and love your sense of humor. I am a big fan of yours!
@thomosburn8740 5 жыл бұрын
I've had a turntable and preamp hooked up to my Onkyo 5.1 for the last 12+ years. The Pro-Logic in the receiver decodes QS vinyl with incredible clarity and precision. This is the way I originally head 'Bitches Brew', off the quad vinyl. For a time (over 2 decades), there was a lot of QS/SQ vinyl clogging Goodwill stores.
@KRhythm2013 4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha as a Capri owner and enthusiast i had to laugh! We have just done a 50th anniversary car show on Sunday and i bet this conversation came up somewhere!
@id104335409 5 жыл бұрын
I think they would have a much better chance to revive quadraphonic if they recorded a live studio performance with many instruments. Electronic music from a box is more like.. standing in a discotheque.
@witeshade 5 жыл бұрын
Electronic music can give you a much more interesting and unique experience that just a regular music performance though. It can create an entire world and all kinds of sensations and perspectives, and things can move around and so on. It's really unconstrained, so if you are trying to show off the quad audio it's gonna be way more impressive. A live studio performance is really not gonna be any better than stereo, other than maybe more accurately saying "that dude was standing over there".
@trailg19c 5 жыл бұрын
Grew up with a quad system. Dual quad record changer and fisher quadraphonic reciever. Four wood tower speakers and a whole lot of quality music.
@Arcade_Cat_ 5 жыл бұрын
Been waiting for a video on quadrophonic records! Nice!
@Berd95 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, the old Version of Cuba Baion as the background music for the muppets ❤️
@gamesessions 5 жыл бұрын
I remember reading that the shibata stylus was created for quadrophonic records as regular styli couldn’t pick up enough detail in the higher frequencies where the rear channel information was encoded. So, you might have even more luck with your Denon T/T if that uses a shibata. Also, if your AV amplifier has analogue inputs, you should be able to get a quad system running through your existing surround setup. You probably already know all of this given the amount of research you usually do for your videos, but I thought I’d mention, just in case :)
@senorverde09 5 жыл бұрын
Well, the Shibata stylus was only used for RCA's/JVC's CD-4 system (which was a PITA to get working). SQ/QS records could be played back using any standard stereo cartridge and stylus as the rear channels are cleverly mixed into the fronts through phase shifting and inversion. Of course, this method yielded poor separation upon decoding and required logic decoders. And another thing, I'm not sure about his Denon. Not only do the cartridge and stylus have to be CD-4 capable, the capacitance of the tonearm wires and RCA cables has to be taken into consideration too. No wonder CD-4 was the first system to go during the Quad War.
@mescko 5 жыл бұрын
My understanding is that the Shibata was developed for CD-4 because the carrier signal for the rear channels was at too high a frequency for any standard elliptical stylus to pick up (it is at 30Khz). It had nothing to do with the music/audible frequencies.
@senorverde09 5 жыл бұрын
@@mescko Yup, you're exactly right. The rear channel information is FM modulated with frequencies going as high as 45KHz.
@mystica-subs 5 жыл бұрын
Please, never stop making the outro skits. They're perfect!
@GeneSavage 5 жыл бұрын
I'm continuously amazed at what you find; thanks for sharing!
@zaprodk 5 жыл бұрын
Nice to see the quad decoder redone in a modern DSP :)
@Matowix 5 жыл бұрын
I had an 80s quadrophonic amplifier it was high quality I wish I kept it now..also I wish I kept my commodore 64.
@boedye 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing that you finally crossed over into the synth world w/ Suzanne Ciani! Now you'll start looking into Eurorack and Buchla Synthesizers!
@williamberger2178 5 жыл бұрын
Back in 1975 I saw the movie "Rollerball" at the Cinarama Dome Theater in Hollywood. The movie featuring "Quad Sound" and speakers (Infiniti) were placed in the isles for this propose. The movie was based on an extreme roller derby sport and as the action on screen went around the track, the sound would move between the speakers. I thought this movie might kickstart the Quad sound system but no one followed this formula. We would have to wait for the 5.1 systems in theaters much later. I had a few friends that had Quad systems but they were cheap units and there were only a few LP's available and compared to a quality stereo no one would choose quad. Thanks again for the trip down memory lane.
@TheCranberrySource 5 жыл бұрын
I hope your videos renew interest in Quadraphonic sound like they did with cassettes. Bring on the Quad revival!!!!
@C2H5OHist 5 жыл бұрын
In Soviet Russia the four corners listen to you!
@BASSstarlet 5 жыл бұрын
this is happening now via internet, credit cards etc.
@BLY99 5 жыл бұрын
That is Soviet America nowadays.
@BASSstarlet 5 жыл бұрын
...and Europe as well!
@Blitterbug 5 жыл бұрын
Four corners, five eyes... eep!
@moth.monster 5 жыл бұрын
In Trump's America, too!
@benpratt4681 5 жыл бұрын
I've got a bunch of my Dad's old CD4 disks, but no demodulator and no fancy stylus. Quad is so hard to research these days, so I'm real excited about your future video!!
@hanspetterfasteng3726 5 жыл бұрын
Man, I enjoy every single one of your videos!
@eborger 5 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to your view of the Toshiba SB-404S, I've had and used one for years (been in storage now for the same amount of years or so). Bought it for the four blue VU meters :D And I've bought every quad vinyl I've come across. And indeed: a Dolby prologic/digital decoder also gives quite an approximation.
@pishedasafart 5 жыл бұрын
I've got one too..
@xgford94 5 жыл бұрын
$227 each..wow is was expecting $500+
@random55912 5 жыл бұрын
Benjamin Clayton remember sales tax and sipping is added ...
@chaos.corner 5 жыл бұрын
Sales tax is usually only added in-state (though you're supposed to pay it anyway).
@catlover10192 5 жыл бұрын
dandanthetaximan Look at the pinned comment. The music itself is freely available (yea, it seems to be the quad master.) You just can't get it physically without the docoder.
@theinfraredgamer159 5 жыл бұрын
It’s really awesome to be able to see a quadrophonic record in 2018! I’ve always wanted to hear what one sounded like and it was quite interesting to hear that on the video
@keithbussanich 5 жыл бұрын
I loved the "acquiring the taste" montage at 7:41. Nice little touch to the video
@Chaosbar 5 жыл бұрын
Too bad Suzanne Ciani's Buchla performances don't seem to be available in a modern multichannel format. I'd absolutely love to have the experience of listening to that record in proper quad sound, but there's just no way I could reasonably setup the equipment required. I'd happily buy a Blu-ray, DVD, even SACD to play in a modern system, though.
@Frietpan 5 жыл бұрын
Its a shame in general that surround sound audio/music isnt being used more widely, Now even more with things like dolby atmos and dts x, the amount of music that actually is mastered or produced to be surround is close to 0. and the dts cd's are nice but not a huge catalog either.
@johnfrancisdoe1563 5 жыл бұрын
Fryingpan What about music produced as OST for movies? Is that recorded as surround or do they only use the surround for other parts of the soundtrack?
@negirno 5 жыл бұрын
It seems that selling 192kHz 24-bit "HD" audio from the same brickwalled master is more lucrative than creating a good sounding surround one. Also, people find it a hassle to set up a surround system properly, or they just don't want to rearrange their room just for having the best soundscape. I bet that this is why quadrophonic stuff never caught on, never mind the competing formats...
@compfox 5 жыл бұрын
The music in soundtracks will be not produced in surround. They put some delay on it and its done. But there are so many surround sound sets out there and they sell by millions. It seems most movie watchers are not intrerrested in listening to music, worth to be produced in quad. There smartphones wouldn`t play it eather.
@TheBrokenLife 5 жыл бұрын
You're all reflecting my thoughts as well, but it seems that the real problem is that most people really don't sit and audition music anymore. Even as someone who really likes doing just that, it's been months since I just poured myself a drink and tossed an album on for the soul sake of listening to it...
@raykent3211 5 жыл бұрын
I shall not sleep until I can get octophonic sound from a cylinder phonograph.
@ebinrock 5 жыл бұрын
In 8K! Ha ha!
@richardwild76 4 жыл бұрын
Video mate.
@spu77 5 жыл бұрын
You reminded me of our good old mid 1970's Sanyo amp that had a "4 channel/MTX" option along with the other speakers options.
@sadiqmohamed681 5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating stuff. Ciani performed at the BBC Proms this year at the Albert Hall. Prom 13 on 23 July was called "Pioneers of Sound" and featured pieces by Daphne Oram and Delia Derbyshire. Ciani played "Improvisation on Four Sequences" live, from a small platform in the middle of the floor of the hall, so presumably the sound came from all around. The BBC HD transmission on BBC 4 was in 5.1, but I don't have a decoder. Might have to upgrade my system. It was quite impressive even in stereo. The effect in the hall must have been stunning. Looks like she used the same setup as the live concert you linked to. Back in the 70s, my dad, who was a classical musician, had a Rotel tuner/amp with Quadrophonic capability. I can't remember which system it used, but playing quad LPs was impressive. He had a number of Deutsche Gramphon that I remember but I have no idea where it all went. Last time I saw the Rotel it no longer worked.
@EpicLPer 5 жыл бұрын
7:46 - Me in my bed at night
@bramsanjanssan4908 5 жыл бұрын
I went to a live quadraphonic performance of Suzanne Ciani, she's very funny. It was a double bill with Midori Takada.
@AudioMaverickcom 5 жыл бұрын
CyKiK, Thank you for the explanation... AND making the audio files available! Being a geek, getting a board and hooking up a bunch of speakers is right up my alley. But, space... Using a predefined encoder already in my surround system is much more 'practical' I'll be trying the DTS Neo:6 and Dolby Prologic decoders. . I get your comments about mixing engineers getting their head around mixing in discrete channels before going to an encoding format. When I dabbled in 5.1 mixing, I did 6 discrete channels and mixed to encoder. It was always a trial-&-error to get a final mixdown that sounded close to the original. I have been impressed with the limited new audio I have been hearing. It really seems like the modern mixing artists are doing things well. . What a great project!
@christophermiel 5 жыл бұрын
Your house is slowly turning into a (hifi) Museum. I love it!
@Wilus0 5 жыл бұрын
7:41 "Oh my God, why am I doing this"
@Owlero 5 жыл бұрын
7:45 When the regret really begins to settle in
@bastienpabiot3678 4 жыл бұрын
7:50 "wow, i really paid 270 for that ..."
@imno1157 5 жыл бұрын
I bought this album on iTunes for $5.00 played it thought my Denon DSP and it played in Quad. Saved $222.00
@devereuxbirdzell 5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video Mat! I've always been interested in setting up a quadraphonic system. Maybe one day.
@xenotiic8356 5 жыл бұрын
Okay, that ending skit was actually pretty funny. Informative and entertaining as always, Techmoan.
@kevinrobinson676 5 жыл бұрын
Hi Mat, interesting as always. You might know about the quadraphonicquad web site, very active in all forms of surrounded sound (QS, SQ cd-4 matrix-Hj etc) There are even scripts to decode SQ and QS using Adobe audition, great fun! Once again thanks for this
@AVINIDE 5 жыл бұрын
I think there are some VSTs to decode those as well, but iirc those were Dolby ProLogic ones (you can set it to music mode though).
@donjud1 5 жыл бұрын
Kevin Robinson, what's the site?
@kevinrobinson676 5 жыл бұрын
D Judson it's www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/index.php odd name I know!
@donjud1 5 жыл бұрын
@@kevinrobinson676 Thanks
@Lu_Woods 4 жыл бұрын
"The Dark Side of the Moan" experience ? ; ) ...now to go find some Morton Subotnick
@leekumiega9268 3 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing Chicago's wishing you were here in quadraphonic in the 70's ,the song begins with ocean waves and in quad it sounded as if you were standing in the water about say 10 feet from the shore line, you could hear the waves coming at you on the front speakers then pass you and then breaking on the shoreline on the rear speakers behind you. Also each instrument came out of it's own speaker ,cool stuff.
@D3D587 5 жыл бұрын
I remember in the early '70's there were a lot of loud concerts, but the Quadraphonic ELP concert in San Antonio was the loudest. Their sound designer, Bill Hough, assembled a 28,000-watt surround sound system, controlled by a three-tiered mixing desk. (The three mixing boards, by themselves, weighed 285 pounds.) If you could put up with a little echo, a little delay, you were getting the same concussive sound waves in any part of the venue. You could actually feel your body vibrating to the music sound waves. I didn't have 100% hearing for several days after!
@mistie710 5 жыл бұрын
Silly puppet. You wouldn't get the drums in a Capri through the doors. You'd lift the tailgate! ;)
@johnfrancisdoe1563 5 жыл бұрын
mistie710 Or just use small bongos!
@DesandSam 5 жыл бұрын
A lot of people have shaken their maracas in the back of a Ford Capri.
@st3ddyman 5 жыл бұрын
Wasn’t she the one with all the analogue synths on the BBC Proms this year?
@superscatboy 5 жыл бұрын
I had no idea the proms had anything that interesting going on. TIL.
@johne5543 5 жыл бұрын
Downloaded the mp3 audio track from youtube, then upsampled it to a decent bitrate wave file using Media Human. I then taped it using my TEAC X300-R open reel deck with Type I DBX external unit onto NOS EMTEC tape. Turned out surprisingly well! Seems that taping digital material really thickens the sound and gives the sound more body and substance too. Was blown away as well by getting really amazing quadraphonic sound from my otherwise stereo deck. Thanks so much for presenting this fantastic album! I live in Canada though, so I can't order the vinyl version. Oh well... Hopefully quad makes a comeback too!!
@KurisuYamato 5 жыл бұрын
We have seen the 50's diner setup in context with the rest of the room. THE 4TH WALL HAS BEEN BROKEN, THE ILLUSION IS SHATTERED! Also that rip at the end regarding the puppets. Nice! Ah, I should look up that woman - judging from the samples you provided in listening that album and her work may well be something I'd enjoy. I'd imagine in quad it would be quite the experience, the fact its from vinyl being an added bonus. Great video Mat, as always. :D
@symbionproject 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for reviewing and giving insight into this stellar quad vinyl release! I've mixed and released 4 albums now in quad (digital formats) and it's great to see more and more people getting into quad and multichannel music! For more on Symbion Project and Kodomo quad digital releases, visit here: quadaudio.bandcamp.com/
@jefrey5578 5 жыл бұрын
Will that work with my vintage pioneer quad table and quad decoder? My quad table has a quad cart that has 2 stylus. I only have a handful of quad records since they didnt make a whole lot but piper at the gates of dawn sounds amazing in true quad. I hope quad comes back since I like it better than 5.1.
@senorverde09 5 жыл бұрын
You don't need a 'quad cart' to play this record back. Those were used for RCA's/JVC's CD-4 system which had a totally different approach to getting four channels on a record. This record is encoded using Sansui's QS system, which can be played back using any stereo cartridge and stylus. The only thing is, your receiver needs either a QS or Regular Matrix (RM) setting to decode it faithfully.
@jefrey5578 5 жыл бұрын
Ahh, gotcha! I am definitely interested if they were to get a more vast selection. I bought into the quad tech a long time ago expecting it to become mainstream but unfortunately it different. I still have that original cart that has the 2 sylus.
@wa1ufo 5 жыл бұрын
Great! I love your channel. Unique and wonderfully done!
@wallyhall 5 жыл бұрын
Possibly the best outro yet! Did make me chuckle!
@ramairgto72 5 жыл бұрын
It's like the High Speed drill sounds you get at the dentist via your jaw...
@zybch 5 жыл бұрын
Having had a root canal only yesterday, yes, thats exactly what it sounds like. Painful screeching you wish would just end.
@Dannyboi-87 5 жыл бұрын
@dandanthetaximan g f bc cc 0 f. You f d
@qviewq2071 5 жыл бұрын
From the comments it looks like you should have reviewed the Ford Capri. I never got to hear Quad except perhaps in the cinima. Pink Floyd live at Pompei for example but look how far we have come. We now have very expensive mono from the Apple HomePod and Google Home.
@colinjohnston8519 5 жыл бұрын
Yea because everyone listens to music through thier home assistant eh? Btw home assistants are meant to be connected to hifi to playback music..
@johnfrancisdoe1563 5 жыл бұрын
Qview Q Those are not playback devices. They are fully operational implementations of the Big Brother surveillance screens from the 1984 book. And now Britain is leaving Eurasia and joining the US to create the predicted geopolitical configuration.
@TheRealColBosch 5 жыл бұрын
Doesn't bother me too much, since it means I'm the guy with the awesome hifi that people want to come over and listen to.
@chaos.corner 5 жыл бұрын
Colin, they are which is why the Amazon one comes in different flavors. Personally, I got the dot and ran it through a proper sound output device. Of course, you're still only at streaming quality.
@beetooex 5 жыл бұрын
I was in a student band in the late 90s. Our drummer had a terrible mk2 Capri. It had the smallest engine you could get and was a horrid beige colour apart from the rust. The only cassette he had was the Faces and we'd blast it out of the (one?) speaker on the way to band practice. You'd never had thought a full kit would fit but it actually did. Great times.
@dhpbear2 3 жыл бұрын
One very cool way to demo this is to video yourself (using a stereo mic) walking around the room while it is playing!
@IXISSV 5 жыл бұрын
Suzanne was at the BBC Proms this year, if you watched it on BBC4HD it was broadcast in Dolby Digital. She sounded amazing too 😀 sounds were flying all round my living room, was a great experience 😁 Denon receiver and 5 Mission speakers and sub btw 😉 Great video as always ❤️
@MrPitatom 5 жыл бұрын
You need to play Pink Floyd dark side of the moon quad version!!!
@huhuhu557 5 жыл бұрын
MrPitatom or a quad version of wish you were here album. I really want a remaster or reissue of quadraphonic Pink Floyd albums.
@bengom68 5 жыл бұрын
Yes , it's a whole different experence , even thinking to know the album , , !
@EpicureMammon 5 жыл бұрын
I haven't heard the quad, but I have the multichannel SACD. On some forum or another, I asked if it had been based on the quad and was told that it wasn't and that the SACD was a better mix. If you haven't, you should check it out. I really like it.
@blew1t 5 жыл бұрын
@@huhuhu557 welcome to the machine would be insane in quadraphonic
@owensmith7530 4 жыл бұрын
EpicureMammon Wish You Were Here 5.1 is a different mix to the 4.0 quad. I have both and personally I'd say neither of them are very good. Dark Side quad mix was done by Alan Parsons and is a reference in how to do a quad mix. The band mixed Wish You Were Here themselves for quad and didn't know what they were doing compared to Parsons.
@Finite-Tuning 5 жыл бұрын
I love what you do which is why I subscribed. You have some awesome toys and I enjoyed this as much as any other. We have receivers to handle this little pre-amp interface, and settings galore. At some point (now) , tech trips over it's own tech!
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