She helped Moog create the synthesizer and won three Grammys while popularizing it with recordings of Bach.
That's weird I was going to post these vids the other day but forgot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBDH5uhs4Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3cab5IcCy
I had no idea who she was but these popped up in my feed and I looked into it. She did the music for The Shining and A Clockwork Orange, as well as Tron.
trans women having a disproportionate affinity for analogue synthesis is my favourite stereotype. I'd be into it if I weren't already a FM-in-the-DAW bitch
That's a stereotype I've never heard before but I do wonder if it's related to why I was convinced one of my enby friends played the theremin
Getting into synthesizers and noticing how it’s a trans dominated space, you’d think they give you a Volca with your first dose of HRT.
Wendy Carlos is one of my idols. Highly recommend this interview https://youtu.be/Z3cab5IcCy8