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Wendy Carlos

American composer and synthesist, pioneer of the Moog synthesizer in recorded music.

Wendy Carlos in her studio, 1986
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Sound Technology Tuning

Wendy Carlos is an American composer and synthesist whose Switched-On Bach (1968) brought the Moog synthesizer to a mass audience, and whose later work includes film scores (A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Tron) and research into alternative tunings.

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