As a musician, being able to watch this rather than read about it as history is pure gold. There's nothing like hearing it directly from the artist. Every song, every video captures a moment in time. You could even interview them now but it wouldn't be the same as during the original creative process from their youth.

It's funny how he refers to Moogs as antiquated instruments and little did he know that half a lifetime later, musicians would be trying to rediscover the very epic analog synth landscapes he was creating with those "antiques". Moog, Dave Smith Instruments, Korg have worked with original engineers that created those legendary synths and have modernized them while preserving 100% analog signal paths.

Gees, I wish we could of watched a schools program like this when I was at school.Its also Interesting seeing Ultravox recording Lament. Thanks.

I wish they showed us this when I used to go to school, that would be one lesson I wouldn't want to miss :D

when you recognise Lament from two notes

Its so fascinating watching the 80ies heroes explaining their gear, many thanks!

thanks for this video. i used to dream about seeing ultravox working on a studio

Billy Currie made the Arp Odyssey sound more throaty and in your face ,which was great playing technique plus fx pedals. A distortion is obviously used, but there's also hint of a pitch shifter in there, for thickness and warmth .Its possibly even all put through a vox or marshal amp a la an actual guitar. In any event, I'll always remember ultravox tracks for his middle.eights and crunchy, rip-through lead parts, which were a perfect blend into the overall sound. 👍

Greatest band ever..... really enjoyed this, seeing them at work in the studio is amazing!

I could watch this all day...

-I love them, and there music, and huge fan ! Quality music !

Imagine the Science Topics theme tune being done by Ultravox.

linndrum also on board... love the synthwork from ultravox in their early years..

Brilliant clip, thanks for uploading, its now on my ''favorites''!!

Fantastic, Thanks so much for putting this on You Tube. Made my day!

Super band 😊

Glad you liked the clip. I've just posted another version at a lower resolution which should load quicker for any low bandwidth or impatient Vox fans (this 1st version is a 250Mb , high res file).

Unbelievable. Thank you SO much for sharing.

Awesome! Thanks for posting.

Check out Billys CS80!

030 I love you...........

BRILLIANT! Thanks for uploading this! ;)

Brilliant!

Epic

If they showed use this when I was at school I could have been famous!!!

Real artists 😊😊😊🖤🖤🖤

Awesome!

And now they are making minimoogs again, heh. I loved these BBC films when I was at school, even though we were watching them in the mid 90's... one of the up sides of under funding I suppose, those weird sound tracks from the radiophonic workshop had a massive impact on me, i'd look forward to the videos just for intros and sound FX, absolutly captivated me, now I have a very wonderful, unhealthy wallet emptying obsession with vintage synths and eurorack :P

Cool video. The Minimoog he show seems to be somewhat customized. It has digital displays on it. They might have added midi, and maybe some patch storage system. He says it 15 years old, but that can't be right. This video is from 1983 and the first Minimoogs where from 1971. So it's more like 12 years at the most.

4:35 I wonder what synth he's playing there. Under the CS80? Or next to it.

Great video :) Can you tell me which synth was used on Mr. X? Thanks.

Musician In The 80's Are Better Than Musican Now A Day Or Singer Now A Days You Won't See Them Saying What Drum Machine Or Synthesizer That They Use

Would love to identify what the blue “German synthesizer” actually is ?

MOHG not MEWG 🐄 🐮 It’s funny how far off he is, now the kids just want analog synths and won’t touch a waveform synth

Melodies are way too basic for me