Signal Flow

We were beyond delighted that the legendary Suzanne Ciani paid a visit to our Glasgow showroom ahead of her performance as part of Sonica 2026. Luke and Tom spoke to her about being synonymous with Buchla, and her long career in electronic music - from building synths in California in the 1960s to collaborating with Actress and continuing to tour the world with her 200-series system. 
Big thanks to Su ‘SHHE’ Shaw and Jenn at Electric Shores for setting this up for us.
Suzanne Ciani tour dates, tickets and releases: https://www.sevwave.com/
Sonica Glasgow: https://sonic-a.co.uk/about
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Luke and Tom chat about a subject that will have affected almost everyone involved in electronic music production at some point: gear acquisition syndrome (GAS) - the uncontrollable urge to buy new music equipment. 
They talk about their own experiences with buying and selling synths and recording gear, and reveal what they’d keep if they were marooned on a desert island with only three power points.

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Tom and Luke shoot the breeze about new pedals, making videos, playing live, exploring alternative tunings, and whether microtonality might be the key to staying one step ahead of AI-generated music…

Gear discussed:
Whimsical Raps Atrium:
https://www.signalsounds.com/whimsical-raps-atrium-gestural-synthesiser/
Fancyyyyy Synthesis K-Accumulator:
https://www.signalsounds.com/fancyyyyy-synthesis-k-accumulator-eurorack-complex-oscillator-module/
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Tom and Luke are joined by a special guest for this episode of Signal Flow: Chris Miller, aka Gunnar Haslam, La Synthese Humaine (and many, many other aliases). Chris was a leading light in the early 2010s New York techno scene and has gone on to use the Serge modular synthesiser to explore analogue computing, cybernetics, and experimental sound design through his revered YouTube channel, La Synthese Humaine. He has also worked at Moog, where he produced and presented a superb series on the basics of synthesis, is one half of the excellent Base Camp Beta podcast with Shawn O’Sullivan, and is an all-round good egg with a wealth of knowledge on everything from experimental music to science, philosophy and economics. Hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did!

Check out Chris’s YouTube channel, La Synthese Humaine:
https://www.youtube.com/@lasynthesehumaine6932
And his podcast, Base Camp Beta:
https://www.youtube.com/@basecampbeta 
And his label, Critique of Everyday Life:
https://critiqueofeverydaylife.bandcamp.com/ 
And his Synthesizing With Moog video series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfRv-D7DpUfHCDeDl4oVM9n6GAcF1jdiJ

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Luke and Tom are back with another chat about the world of synthesisers and electronic music, recorded at Signal Sounds HQ. This time, Luke discusses his work scoring short films, and the pair chat about their respective approaches to recording synths in the studio. They also cover some new arrivals at Signal Sounds and discuss what hardware does better than software when it comes to making music.
Gear discussed:
Fairfield Circuitry Placeholder:
https://www.signalsounds.com/fairfield-circuitry-placeholder-bucket-brigade-reverb-pedal/
Sixty Four Pixels CVOCD-X:
https://www.signalsounds.com/sixty-four-pixels-cvocd-x-midi-to-cv-converter-banana/
Earthlink Modular Trails:
https://www.signalsounds.com/earthlink-modular-trails-eurorack-mixer-output-module/

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