Vcs3++ for tape only, (stereo and octophonic versions).

This work is based on sound materials derived from the Synthi (the VCS3), an analogue synthesiser built in 1969 by the Electronic Music Studios in London.
After a reasonable period of research and experimentation with the instrument, I recorded approximately 2 hours of contrasting samples which would serve as source materials for the composition.

The initial thoughts about this piece arise from the idea of combining to different approaches. Firstly to create a contrasting selection of pure electronic sounds by manipulating the VCS3 in real time and recording them. Secondly to generate a smaller group of sounds by techniques of synthesis timbre-related to the Synthi. I treated both as source materials for the composition to be transformed in an 'acousmatic way', in other words, manipulating the sources in the studio as if they were recordings from the environment or everyday sounds.
The studio process consisted of further experimentation with a wide variety of music software I mostly used during my period in the master of music technology just before the PhD.