sunil solanki Yes, that would be fantastic if you could have him on the show semi-regularly. I know he's very busy but I never fail to learn every time I see him.
Awesome. One of the best gear tours I've seen online. Actually one of the best RUclips vids I've seen. So genuine. Good job Nick and thank you Cortini! !
This is great! I love the filtering stuff with the hi-hat pattern. Such an interesting way of going about sequencing drums too! Alessandro seems like a super cool guy too. Man I gotta fire up my modular now, this was inspiring!
Everything in this is amazing, watched all vids, espesh seeing how he made the kicks and snares and hats, , I love Alexandros compositions, and sonio!! I could watch these vids indefinitely!!!!!
Richard Michael well, I'd have to say listening to Trent Reznor gives (me) the same impression. The guy is incredibly knowledgeable, seems very approachable (at least now, not sure about a decade or so ago) and I could listen to him talk for hours, and hours, and more hours. However, I agree about Alessandro as well. Everything I said for Trent applies to Alessandro aside from him not being approachable; I get the feeling he's ALWAYS happy to talk about anything synth related to anyone at any time. The last thing I'll say is, I think it's no amazing coincidence that Trent & Alessandro ended up working together. With the genius of them both, I genuinely think it was only a matter of time, for sure. 😁 If you haven't, check out the I Dream of Wires hardcore edition, and then for sure the extended IDOW interviews on RUclips. Trent & Alessandro have a longer interview together. Cheers
Thanks for doing this cool interview... it's always a pleasure to see the interviewer knows what he's talking about. Great work ! Thanks for that !!! Amazing Studio... And Alessandro is a great inspiration.
Top bloke, top gear. He's one of the few people who really made me want a Buchla modular, even though I know that I'll never be able to afford one. Still saving up for an Easel, maybe I'll make it one day. Damn you, gear acquisition syndrome!!
Amazing video series! Alessandro has such a passion for synthesizers! Really interesting to see him him messing around like this. And he's such a cool easy going guy to top it off!
Love this! What a dream million dollar studio setup. Fun insight into the brilliant mind of Cortini and his approach to music synthesis and production. Need to look into the Decapitator plugin, never heard of that. Buchla too rich for my blood. He must have 200k in just that.
This guy makes synths look cooler than cool! All this envy rises up in me, like when I was a teenager, "man i want to be that guy" haha! His live rig vid was even better. Props to this guy, what a legend! And thanks Nick for te vids!
sonicstate i didnt even know there was a part 3! my day is already made! this man and his passion of modulars and chaotic machines motivated me to take the step and start my own modular designs and building them! for now it's not going to be very modular more like noise boxes but i'll get there!
fayekhelmi FYI, any pedal that has an input for "expression pedal" (like Boss delays and pitch shifters), once you get something modular like a Microbrute, or LFO module, you can have them interact with and modulate your pedal setup.. Also, buying cheap used mixers, and creating 'mixer feedback' with all of their inputs and outputs is a super fun and cheap way to get crazy modular, analog sounds... a bit chaotic, but they can sound great!
why he didn't use OR for combining gate outputs from the sequencer? he just makes a bridge, but the voltage from the individual gate outputs via this bridge comes into another gate outputs - is this normal for buchla?
Man everbody is using Live these days, I have it, but I must be an idot as I just can't wrap my head around it. Its the only sequencer I've ever had going all the way back to my SE30 and Opcode Vision where I wasn't able to figure it out on my own. Anyway cool video and quite a setup he's got there, however I had to turn the volume down when he started that 1st sequence as it was like running fingernails down a chalk board to my ears ( The rythmic sequence was much more tolerable and cool :)
Same kind of thing happened with me and Live. It took me a good while before it clicked with me. I kept going back to it and learning a little more each time then putting it down for a while.
Super random, but I just love how he actually calls Ableton Live "Live" and not "Ableton," lol.. People always call the DAW by the company name and it annoys me. No-one probably cares except me though, lol.
Please more studio tours and real audio geekery like this.
And do a monthly show with Alessandro. Epic.
sunil solanki Yes, that would be fantastic if you could have him on the show semi-regularly. I know he's very busy but I never fail to learn every time I see him.
Instablaster.
Strangely, watching this really elevated my mood.
Thats the wonderful power real beauty has :)
Every time!
Watching something you enjoy elevated your mood? How strange.
It did kill my Moog tho.
I absolutely love him. He'd just be happy to sit there for hours and hours just showing you this shit all day long!
Diz guy... Genius.
I just love the way his music doesn't like bleeps & blips but more organic and really open. Thank you for this.
Awesome. One of the best gear tours I've seen online. Actually one of the best RUclips vids I've seen. So genuine. Good job Nick and thank you Cortini! !
This is great! I love the filtering stuff with the hi-hat pattern. Such an interesting way of going about sequencing drums too!
Alessandro seems like a super cool guy too.
Man I gotta fire up my modular now, this was inspiring!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't stop buying synthesizers.
and of course I downloaded every free synthesizer plug-in. I love the OBX-D plug-in by the way.
I have them, I like the Prophet VS. They had a black friday sale $180.00 at BH photo.
I was checking current prices of a couple of my synths to sell them and I end up buying an analog mono and a CV sequencer U_O
+friendofCHAKA Reaktor 6 is THE monster!!!
+Jonathan white rice???only for you my friend!!!my friedge have a good quality!!!
Great series! I was luckily enough to see "SONOIO" back in 2011 at the Phoenix in Toronto.
e has the "Oblique Strategies" oracle / tarot cards that Eno designed and used for creative strategies (on top of the Buchla)
Everything in this is amazing, watched all vids, espesh seeing how he made the kicks and snares and hats, , I love Alexandros compositions, and sonio!! I could watch these vids indefinitely!!!!!
Alessandro Cortini is the most down to Earth .... Grounded & Cool synth God Of ALL TIME.
Richard Michael well, I'd have to say listening to Trent Reznor gives (me) the same impression. The guy is incredibly knowledgeable, seems very approachable (at least now, not sure about a decade or so ago) and I could listen to him talk for hours, and hours, and more hours.
However, I agree about Alessandro as well. Everything I said for Trent applies to Alessandro aside from him not being approachable; I get the feeling he's ALWAYS happy to talk about anything synth related to anyone at any time.
The last thing I'll say is, I think it's no amazing coincidence that Trent & Alessandro ended up working together. With the genius of them both, I genuinely think it was only a matter of time, for sure. 😁
If you haven't, check out the I Dream of Wires hardcore edition, and then for sure the extended IDOW interviews on RUclips. Trent & Alessandro have a longer interview together.
Cheers
Alessandro is interesting - more videos like this please & thanks!
Thank you for this series Nick & Alessandro!
A truly inspirational performer and damn if he doesnt come across as a really top bloke too!
Thanks for doing this cool interview... it's always a pleasure to see the interviewer knows what he's talking about. Great work ! Thanks for that !!! Amazing Studio... And Alessandro is a great inspiration.
Top bloke, top gear. He's one of the few people who really made me want a
Buchla modular, even though I know that I'll never be able to afford
one. Still saving up for an Easel, maybe I'll make it one day. Damn you,
gear acquisition syndrome!!
Amazing video series! Alessandro has such a passion for synthesizers! Really interesting to see him him messing around like this. And he's such a cool easy going guy to top it off!
"i cannot know where i want to go with it, and i like that" t=6:06
"it allows me to have a different chess game every time t=6:29
exactly
Why are these videos so addicting? Im absolutely mesmerized, wtf is this lol
that tone in the synth line he created for enough is just money, awesome
A synth for life!
Yes!!! one more vid... wohooo
Distortion = dirty compression.
Groovy set up, fun sounds.
Thanks for showing us your studio, Alessandro.
This is so cool. I could watch this for hours.
Spot the Richard D James!
TheRealFieryBiscuits 3:35 ^^
Brilliant : ) Been waiting for part 3. Nice one to finish up! Thanks Nick and Alessandro.
At 5:00 I realized that this is the best video EVER. I love both these guys!
Amazing artist and nice guy. Excellent chat ;)
Love the Aphex Twin tape on top.
Cortini is a big inspiration. An absolute legend we should all aspire to be (synth wise, i don't know the man!)
Don Buchla, modular synthesizer pioneer, dies aged 79. RIP
I love how the guy "pushes the reset button" on this modular whale at 4:50. Oh my! :D
What a great series of videos, thank you Sonic State :-)
fucking living legend this guy right here. Great job alex.
I just finally got a chance to play on a Buchla system. This video is very helpful
Love this! What a dream million dollar studio setup. Fun insight into the brilliant mind of Cortini and his approach to music synthesis and production. Need to look into the Decapitator plugin, never heard of that. Buchla too rich for my blood. He must have 200k in just that.
DUDE!
(and thanks sonicstate for your constantly high quality synth vids)
The creation of the Drum sequence fascinating...
Enjoyed all 3 parts well worth a plod through the archives :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
thank you for inspiration
Notice the use of Teenage Engineering OP-1 and Elektron gear plus tons of Buchla and also Make Noise gear!
OP-1 is like the friend that is awkward and doesn’t quite fit in, but is still super cool to invite to the party.
Wow.... my brain freeze . Thank you so much for this awesome video . Cheers 👍👍😅
Amazing series of videos. Thank you. It'd be interesting to see an episode of 'in the synth cave' with Gavin Russom.
Amazing is the word here
This guy makes synths look cooler than cool! All this envy rises up in me, like when I was a teenager, "man i want to be that guy" haha! His live rig vid was even better. Props to this guy, what a legend! And thanks Nick for te vids!
Stunning
The Synth Cave part 3.
Thank you so much,when is part four coming out.
running in long grass Sorry, thats it - we have no more..
sonicstate i didnt even know there was a part 3! my day is already made! this man and his passion of modulars and chaotic machines motivated me to take the step and start my own modular designs and building them! for now it's not going to be very modular more like noise boxes but i'll get there!
fayekhelmi FYI, any pedal that has an input for "expression pedal" (like Boss delays and pitch shifters), once you get something modular like a Microbrute, or LFO module, you can have them interact with and modulate your pedal setup.. Also, buying cheap used mixers, and creating 'mixer feedback' with all of their inputs and outputs is a super fun and cheap way to get crazy modular, analog sounds... a bit chaotic, but they can sound great!
Good stuff guys. Thanks.
That ending was absolute kino.
Winter Soldier has some mad synth skill.
The way he built the Kik hat an snare was very very interesting!!!
that cat + modular painting is awesome
I love this, can you just make this a regular thing? haha
Wooooooauw!!!! Fantastic!
the reset button LoL, I love his humor.
I love too decapitator and i use it in all sounds too :)
Perfect, thanks!!!
Now there's a desk I could sit behind for days ... :)
tremeeeeendo documental!!!
great clip! thx!
Wow.....
Great video.
Amazing
What a lovely chap! The other guy is very similar to Daniel Miller
un po di esercizio fisico no guasta!! :D Essere un mostro delle frequenze e stressante!! Mitico!! grande...
Gosh, that oscillator is a wild one, ain't she? So much character.
love it.
living the dream. i am so jealous and depressed at the same time!
I love it
So interesting to see someone work on one of those for someone like myself that sees a mess of stuff when I look at it. I'll stick to drums.
Very cool.
Wow very cool
seems like such a rad guy
Good stuff!
Rocking ICBYD on cassette -- nice
7:44 when the camera panned up I nearly s**t myself.
he is a genius
That framed "Meathead Perspective" portrait though...
Would've been nice to hear those modular sounds direct. (lol, I think that was it at the end, literally paused video 1 second before that started.)
Flying the sound spaceship
buchla is great!
Today I learned that I know very little about sound design.
Beautiful bleepin Buchla. I agree:Days......
“Actually can you pass me a blue cable “
why he didn't use OR for combining gate outputs from the sequencer? he just makes a bridge, but the voltage from the individual gate outputs via this bridge comes into another gate outputs - is this normal for buchla?
Is there a link or more info for the project "enough" at 3:21?
As always great videos!
Aaron Moore That's part of his Sonoio project: www.sonoio.org/
ruclips.net/video/S4HT1Mu7zNk/видео.html
nice - what are those speakers??
Man everbody is using Live these days, I have it, but I must be an idot as I just can't wrap my head around it. Its the only sequencer I've ever had going all the way back to my SE30 and Opcode Vision where I wasn't able to figure it out on my own. Anyway cool video and quite a setup he's got there, however I had to turn the volume down when he started that 1st sequence as it was like running fingernails down a chalk board to my ears ( The rythmic sequence was much more tolerable and cool :)
Same kind of thing happened with me and Live. It took me a good while before it clicked with me. I kept going back to it and learning a little more each time then putting it down for a while.
"best module name ever" heeheehee
Reznor always find the best people...Fkn A!
i kinda panicked seeing him pulling out those cables that way
Is that a module 245 he's using for sequence drums?
I could watch this magic until my natural death.
Super random, but I just love how he actually calls Ableton Live "Live" and not "Ableton," lol.. People always call the DAW by the company name and it annoys me. No-one probably cares except me though, lol.
Fammi sentire cortini
Lol I also deleted all the loops in my logic library...fuck that shit lol
7:15 forbidden planet?
Sell my soul for buchlas
He needs more patch cables!! He's always stealing them from other synths!
It sounded like the score to Forbidden Planet lol
Cool accent.
@3:35 Richard! Stop making that sound