Nine Inch Nails - Alessandro Cortini Live Rig
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- NIN played 02 arena, we caught up with Alessandro Cortini for a look at his live synth rig.
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When people ask why I like NIN, I say "the complexity and attention to detail". They usually look at me like I'm an idiot...but this video totally proves it. To have that setup on a live stage and have that level of freedom in the sound from night-to-night is just mind blowing. Props to everyone who makes it possible!
+Dylan Manthei I agree!
Dylan Manthei people asked you why you like NIN?
and Trent Reznor is a big modular synth guy as well who pioneered NIN years ago before bringing Cortini on board
The inherent bounds on reproducibility of something like a Buchla must make each live performance sound slightly different. Much like how a guitar or drum might produce slightly different sounds, depending on the variability of the individual performer, and the myriad other variables that might change from performance to performance.
When you say attention to detail were you talking about the OP-1 or the tape decks?
I started my whole musical project inspired by his use of a 4 track tape recorder at 3:45...
It's like a reverse mellotron!!!!
That's awesome to hear, I love your stuff!
Where can i listen to your stuff?
Where can i hear your project amulets?
congrats on the flenser signing!! super stoked for the new record
This was one of the best rig rundowns I have ever watched. Alessandro is extremely well spoken! Over my head, yet he explained it in a way that made it easy to understand.
A stage tech was throwing those cassette tapes to the audience after the last show of the tour in Prague. Too bad I wasn't close enough to catch one :-)
And a great video of course, thank you!
I was aiming for your face! ;-)
My fault for being too far away. Thanks for being awesome anyway! Those that caught them must have been crazy happy :-)
"My bloody valentine-ish pitch" hahaha love it!
>NIN uses OP-1
[screams internally]
>hasn't bothered backing up patches from OP-1
[screaming intensifies]
>actually uses cassette tapes
[calm]
For the OP-1, he was talking about automating the patch change recall (Prg Change) via USB during a live set, and that it didn't matter because the device was hands-on enough that he can do that live manually.
[calmly uses words actually spoken in the video]
That was great. I love when musicians are so frank about their gear and willing to share. Saw them in Barcelona, just three of them on stage, and I was desperate to know how they got such an intense sound.
This was totally awesome. Big thanks to Alessandro for being so cool and patient; it’s a real treat to get a peek at a rig like this.
Man I would love to get the mainstage files from that laptop :P
Yup 7:15 made me drool.
Alessandro Cortini = Synth God
Good but a long way from synth god ...that would probably be Keith Emerson or Wendy Carlos....they actually had to invent the sounds not sample them from some other source ....big difference ....
You spelled Charlie Clouser wrong
Mind blowing rig. Love the way he uses that four track!
How’s he manage to keep it all together in a live performance? Wow....
Drugs😂
Indiana Drones! that's rather brilliant. killer setup, great piece too - bravo all!
Well I'll eat my hat! His use of a 4 track casette recorder is like a mellotron is reverse!!!! Love it!!
I love how they embrace and utilise many different mediums and incorporate them into one fluid rig!
I just love this NIN lineup. Haven't seen them live in years, hope I can catch them this time around.
A lot more organic than I would have thought, that's cool. I thought they just trigger samples of the source material.
A-MAZ-ING! The only thing missing was bits of the live performance to put sound to practice. But seriously, I dig this! More of these please!!!
Imagine trying to mix this show in an arena lmao - big props
Un orgoglio nazionale!
Dear santa.....
Love this! Especially the cassettes
:)
Imagine how it sounds slowed down and backwards as well as warbled,luv
Meanwhile Chris Vrenna was talking about how in the early days he'd play drums, do triggers, and set the drum machines live without a click
Then would thread tape on a wheel-to-wheel machine between songs
Great review! This guy is a legend :) Top Job Sonic State !
He Pre-records the sound samples on the entire length of the 4 track cassette tapes, and then labels them individually, instead of using a looper cassette tape.
That's how I have always done it too👍
What an amazing rig! Damn, I need to see this band one day. Almost saw them once in London, but unfortunately the gig was cancelled at the last minute due to illness :(
Wow! Great coup Sonic State! Fascinating to see Alessandro's rig and he is using bloomin TAPE! Wow! Thank you for this!
i just passed out from gleeeee. holy crap. i love the fact that its on mainstage .. i use that as an emulator mostly…. and gb at same time as 2 patch pads or modules or whatever . they are both controlled from my homemade key controller … i have the sanford and son synth
Impressed that he performs with modular on stage. Risky, and hard to do any patch changes. Nice that he uses stored voltages and a roadie to handle tuning. Very cool.
for being in such a huge band, he seems so humble.
The use of the loops on the cassette tape is fucking BRILLIANT!!
I love Aalto, Indiana Drones !
The coolest man in town
Thanks for this awesome presentation
👍❤✌😎💥
So much interesting, gorgeous set of modular, giant...
8:54 with the VATICAN SHADOW shirt fuck yeah.
wanted to hear that big wood synth-thing in action :l
word. i'm trying to take my drones to a new level. thx.
I’ve just been given a Tascam 4 track, I’m going to experiment with running my prerecorded loops & drones through it, should be fun!
There's always more room to go down the rabbit hole.
Haha Indiana Drones. I would love a couple days to play some of Cortini's synths, especially if he was around to give some pointers
Very cool report, thanks a lot, sonicstate!
Vatican Shadow shirt!!! Awesome!
I'm just a dime a dozen guitar player but,I loved this! I think I'll switch to keys!!
Not really what is called a keyboard player ...check out Keith Emerson. Rick Wakeman
Loving the Vatican Shadow shirt.
I love that he knows the names of the people he gets his modules from. Great dude.
Allessandro, Glad to see you doing well. Coffee next time you are in LA
wicked interview!! tyty!! \m/
thanks sonicstate for uploading this!
keep hearing about this guy
and NIN, since im a Virus user
so here i am...hmmm bewildered
Damn that's confusing, the tape thing is brilliant, love how he mixes it all. Really impressed!
he has a great ear he play almost all without the need of synchronization stuff
Sweet Vatican Shadow shirt
Amazing video! Would love more of this kind of thing, really interesting. Would have liked to have heard each of the instruments but never mind.
love the RO ramones ;)
does he actually wear a Vatican Shadow tshirt ?
Weren't a few of most recent releases on Hospital Productions?
How awesome would a Fernow/Cortini split or collaboration be!
Bryan Grimes oh man, a frozen Niagara Falls style hybrid between Alessandro's synth magic and dom's noise crafting would be harrowing
William Callender Agreed. They've already both featured on a release together. The ideal would be a collaboration.
Even better, as Cortini can also clearly craft different moods; I'd love to see a series of releases- a Prurient collaboration, a Vatican Shadow collaboration and an RSE collaboration.
Fernows in the band Cold Cave who were supporting NIN as well
Wow so much goes into making the live show
Indiana Drones! Plus maxing out MainStage is classic.
I went to one of those gigs at the O2. It was amazing!!!
so so elaborate!! Love it!
Man, that rig has a lot of work put into it, Awesome
Wow. That was ridiculously good!
Takes a certain amount of balls and dedication to take a modular on the road!
That cup is freaking me the fuck out
awesome video !
As a simple Bass into pedals into amp guy, this blew my tiny mind. Dead interesting though
This is amazing.
Crazy that this is all just the synth player's job. There's still 4-5 other people who do just as much (depending on the tour)
thx
Great interview!
amazing! thank you!
This is an awesome interview. I was worrying about his splooshing and splashing cup of coffee around those nice instruments tho
most creative use of a 4 track ever!
its terrifying to see him holding a nearly full coffee mug near his live set
nice Vatican Shadow shirt
Man, what a nice he is!
I would love to get some of those loops .... especially for hurt the ones on the multi track tape .
A great model of how to sound amazing!
SugarPitch seems like a very nice guy. Cool, and quite intelligent about his gear. I guess he's pretty well Treznor's right hand guy now.
Very good stuff!
I'll be back.. have to guy buy an Octatrack now.
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I bought a broken modular synth and fixed it for $200. It's not that big, size of a large tablet. I love using it, at first it feels like you are an old switchboard operator. Thing is you have to go old school and make patch cards on mine because mine doesn't have a memory bank.
What a sound bloke
Ooh Did we all just feel out?? well i had a fun time nice guy super cool rig!
Holy Shit! I think my head just exploded!!! How in the hell do you remember when to play what?!
What a great guy! Indiana Drones ahaha
Wonderful video! have to address something, just because he's a pal - Justin's last name is Mcgrath, not McGraff ;)
Wicked! Could've De-noised the audio though!
you just gave me a renewed use for my Tascam 4 track.....thanks you
great video cool guy thank you!
very inspiring
That was awesome! I was wondering what he was using the cassette player for.
This is so cool!!!
very very cool. thanks for the peek, everyone! indiana drones haha
Every interview I see with these guys from NIN shows them to be extremely nice guys who love what they do. Imagine a rapper being so congenial?
You really just said that? There's no nice rappers, because they're all just this singular monolithic being in your totally normal mind apparently? What a freakin cool thing to say.
I just noticed the Vatican Shadow t-shirt
Nice interview! :-)
This is crazy how does anyone deal with all of this live?
They've been doing it for years and they've slowly built up to the point where they remember everything based purely on the sheer number of times they've done it
Presets pre programmed call up say #26 and there are sounds for a song
Amazing⚡️
Op-1 been there for quiet some time.
my hero! :)
What a rig!
This is pure modern art