Synth Design Podcast // E.10 // Tony Rolando, Make Noise
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
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Co-edited with Teunis Marseille, who's also responsible for the motion graphics and music you're hearing on every episode. Check out his work here: teueunis
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Make Noise interfaces are like a riddle. They remind me of minimalistic art pieces from the early 20th century - inviting you to question geometric compositions of mysterious lines and shapes. These instruments purposefully do not give a straight answer but hint towards a direction one could take.
This is a deliberate design decision that aims to shape the way musicians use a Make Noise instrument.
The design invites a particular kind of composer - one that will dare to explore an untrodden path, in the search for exceptional sounds and performance along the way. The interface is like a guide, a map of sorts, that can be read in various ways.
The Strega, in particular, is interesting because of its unconventional signal path. This is not your traditional "voice", to say the least. Placing the delay/reverb in the center of the circuit directly affects the interaction with the instrument and the kind of sounds that will come out of it.
In this conversation, we dive into the challenges of designing an instrument like the Strega - a synthesizer that was made in close collaboration with artist Alessandro Cortini.
I was at one time trying to decide on a system. And once I saw the Make Noise documentary and Tony was telling his story. Presenting his vision. I thought to myself “ that’s what I want to support, these guys get it”. And so basically my first modular was the Black and Gold Shared System. Thank you for sharing your vision in such a beautiful way with the world, Tony…
this whole series has become one of my favorites. great conversations. great job.
Thanks so much!
It was a difficult process creating the Strega... however I wish there were more collaborations with artists for unique synths like it. So far the Strega has had the most instantaneous artistic gratification of any piece of digital equipment yet.
I love Tony’s take on the interface. I love the look of his machines. This was a great talk.
Thanks for listening
Great. The collaboration quote at the end is very powerful.
“I’m not looking at a manual until I think it’s broken” lmao. FACTS.
This guy is such a character. Love to hear him talk about his creations.
Thanks for your efforts and putting him on.
Best wishes for your project
Thanks!
Great interview, thanks for sharing! Tony's remarks really help me understand Strega better.
This is such a wonderful interview. Great questions, never boring and overall very friendly. It makes listening a lot of fun. A big thank you to Tony for sharing his ideas and insights. And I have to say: his ideas work on me.
Cheers! Thanks for tuning in
Absolute gem, love the peek into Tony's head. Everyone should have a vault. Nice interview Roey
Cheers man!
Love that Tony keeps calling his DAW by a rum brand name. I love my Strega, and all its weirdness. Great to patch with other stuff.
Very cool conversation, thanks for sharing.
i had been waiting for this since i first got to know that you're starting the podcast! thank you
Haha I was waiting to release it as well! ❤️
Another great conversation, it was really interesting to hear more about how the artist's vision impacted on the 'usual' design and development processes. Also your introductions are not 'too long' but appreciated The thing about the Strega though is that to make full use of the touch plates I understand you have to have a well trained cat assisting, I bet Tony didn't mention that.
Haha, yea cats are indeed very useful. Makes for true generative patching :) thanks for tuning in. Next one coming this Saturday with live chat!
So happy I found this channel. Such a mfkn goldmine of ideas and process. Amazing
Thanks! Happy you find it useful.
love this convo
Cheers
Thanks for making this! That was great.
Cheers!
amazing conersation!! i wish you talked also about morphagene which is responsible for me to became hardcore hardcore modular addicted and also mimeophn. i love the strega eventho i dont own it myself yet. Rolando is a genius!
Totally agree! Will definitely bring up morphagene next time
One day in 1996, in highschool I asked my friend, "how do they make techno?" and he said Best thing I ever heard in my life: "well, they have these machines"
Fantastical machinary of pure magic. Indeed!
22.30 Was that a sly dig at Mutable instruments? 😄
The funny part is that I think Emilie would agree (peak discontinued, braids/clouds replaced by plaits/beads...)
This video sold me on the strega :D Still tossing up about that sweet sweet shared system hahahhaha. Thanks for the excellent content :)
Cheers! And sorry for your bank account 🤘
I love this!! Great conversation!
Cheers! Thanks for stopping by
18:30 I feel that
Interesting...thx 🎼
Great conversation! Is this podcast available in audio form (RSS ) feeds? I haven’t been able to find it.
Unfortunately not yet. I'm waiting for Spotify to add video to their podcasts.
@@SynthuxAcademy in my opinion your interviews can still work well in audio form only. Speaking as an avid podcast listener and producer too. I realize there is some important visual content but still lots of good discussion. Best of luck though. I’ll be watching more of your channel :)
@@improziv thanks! It is definitely on my todo list. Just a matter of when...
Could you make one with Ess? Questioning model cycles and stuff ?
Definitely on my list. Thanks!
@@SynthuxAcademy niiiiice! Thanks for the video, I’m happy I discovered your channel
I love MN
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Why, oh why, oh why, oh why ...... didn't they make these things (Strega, 0-Coast, 0-Control) easily Eurorackable?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Makes NO fucking sense what so ever!! They made them the right size (3U), just to piss us off that bit more. And, the final insult, was the power connector ............... on the SIDE of the fucking things!! No that back. THE SIDE!!!! CHRIST!! :-/
why do Americans threat their CEO's like leader of a SEKT?
sure STO, DPO, Wooglebug where good but basically they where designed by other people, Like Don Buchla, Serge, he just adjusted the voltages to be compatible with eurorack,
DPO was basicly Buchla's complex oscillator 259.
STO was just one VCO of Buchlas complex oscillator 259.
Maths was designed by Serge ( DUSG ) with minor changes.
O.coast was good, but could have been better if he added 3,4 more ic's and have a 2 or 4 pole filter.
sure, Tony Rolando as autodidact electronics engineer is impressive, basically homeless with a library as shelter, but stop threatening him like a god. the schematic are online, he just wraps in a new jacket.
the later designs like Morphogene, ebte verb, etc, etc where spend out and not made by Make Noise.
Jealous much!
@@christopher_ecclestone why would i used the same schematics to build my modular, that's why in know and it's pretty normal that American companies sound a bit like a sekt, for instance Tesla, Porsche did that like more than 100 years ago, the Porsche Löhner and was 100 electric.
CEO's of European companies never present their product this way, like a religion.