It's Wendy Carlos's birthday this week, so we're paying tribute to one of the most important figures in the history of electronic music. Her work is complex and varied, and her influence runs deep in modern music, but I'm a sucker for a good tuning system, and Wendy Carlos may have invented one of the coolest ones ever. She dared to ask a question most theorists hadn't even considered: Is the octave actually that big a deal? What can we do if we just... get rid of it? It turns out removing the octave gives you absurdly pure, beautiful sounds and, whether or not the trade-off is worth it, I think it's awesome that she even thought to ask.
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21 авг 2024