From Art Kerns Sent Fri, Jan 2nd 1998, 23:40
From Art Kerns Sent Fri, Jan 2nd 1998, 23:40
>>Rob: "I think the Nord has been the most inspirational piece of gear >>we've worked with, it's pushed us to get all our other gear to try and >>emulate it." xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx wrote: >That quote kind of hurt when I first read it. It kind of destroyed this >mental picture I had of the autechre-ists running around in their >darkened studio patching together this can-opener and that atari and >stepping on discarded printed circuit boards as they ran from one >unidentifiable machine to another. if it helps, the article also described how they've heavily customized a lot of their gear. actually, the article opens with the lines "most techno artists will carry on about getting the most out of their equipment, but autechre take this ethos almost to the point of absurdity. i don't say this lightly, but after i was given a guided tour of the entrails of a casio sk1 home keyboard/sampler, it got me thinking about what lengths you can go to get to know your equipment without contravening a local by-law." and later says "just about every synth in the studio bears some scars of customisation." the nord they liked because of its intuitive interface, the article also described their opinions of the mc-202, and the differences between programming the r8 and tr606. xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx wrote: >> Sean: "That is unless we're spewing with ideas, then we won't go >> near a remix because you think, 'why would I want to waste these >> great ideas on this cheesy, made-for-Japan remix'. > >Isn't this terribly terribly patronising ? the article goes a little more into how they remix songs, how they spend more time on some than others, etc. i took this quote to be saying "we do remixes in down time, because if we're feeling really creative and the ideas are pouring out we want to work on our own things". calling your own ideas 'great' isn't going to win you any awards for humility, though, i guess... xxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxx.xx wrote: >I'm getting kinda nerdy here, but did they say anything about what >MIDI-software they are using? the article mentioned they used a version of emagic logic audio that was "so heavily customized it was barely recognizeable". also they alluded to using other sequencers, including cubase, but said logic was their favorite. for those not interested, sorry for the gear talk ... art