Nine Inch Nails - Alessandro Cortini Live Rig

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NIN played 02 arena, we caught up with Alessandro Cortini for a look at his live synth rig.
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  • @dpm608
    @dpm6089 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @DJSlaughter

    @DJSlaughter

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Dylan Manthei I agree!

  • @dsandwhich00

    @dsandwhich00

    6 жыл бұрын

    Dylan Manthei people asked you why you like NIN?

  • @GuitarsAndSynths

    @GuitarsAndSynths

    6 жыл бұрын

    and Trent Reznor is a big modular synth guy as well who pioneered NIN years ago before bringing Cortini on board

  • @CatFish107

    @CatFish107

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @chrisbarriere101

    @chrisbarriere101

    6 ай бұрын

    When you say attention to detail were you talking about the OP-1 or the tape decks?

  • @mattgowing
    @mattgowing8 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @amuletsmusic
    @amuletsmusic6 жыл бұрын

    I started my whole musical project inspired by his use of a 4 track tape recorder at 3:45...

  • @tronlady1

    @tronlady1

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's like a reverse mellotron!!!!

  • @orbixmusic

    @orbixmusic

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's awesome to hear, I love your stuff!

  • @joebrown6112

    @joebrown6112

    4 жыл бұрын

    Where can i listen to your stuff?

  • @joebrown6112

    @joebrown6112

    4 жыл бұрын

    Where can i hear your project amulets?

  • @juno3242

    @juno3242

    3 жыл бұрын

    congrats on the flenser signing!! super stoked for the new record

  • @matthew_thefallen
    @matthew_thefallen8 жыл бұрын

    "My bloody valentine-ish pitch" hahaha love it!

  • @TheKiwNo1
    @TheKiwNo110 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @justjustjustmcg

    @justjustjustmcg

    10 жыл бұрын

    I was aiming for your face! ;-)

  • @TheKiwNo1

    @TheKiwNo1

    10 жыл бұрын

    My fault for being too far away. Thanks for being awesome anyway! Those that caught them must have been crazy happy :-)

  • @therealquade
    @therealquade10 жыл бұрын

    >NIN uses OP-1 [screams internally] >hasn't bothered backing up patches from OP-1 [screaming intensifies] >actually uses cassette tapes [calm]

  • @midinerd

    @midinerd

    5 жыл бұрын

    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]

  • @jomartinkelly1
    @jomartinkelly110 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @MikeGomeztheDMG
    @MikeGomeztheDMG5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Rob12ser
    @Rob12ser9 жыл бұрын

    Dear santa.....

  • @michael_harren
    @michael_harren10 жыл бұрын

    Mind blowing rig. Love the way he uses that four track!

  • @Min0rfr3t
    @Min0rfr3t9 жыл бұрын

    Man I would love to get the mainstage files from that laptop :P

  • @dmaifred

    @dmaifred

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yup 7:15 made me drool.

  • @auld_boy
    @auld_boy10 жыл бұрын

    I love how they embrace and utilise many different mediums and incorporate them into one fluid rig!

  • @tronlady1
    @tronlady16 жыл бұрын

    Well I'll eat my hat! His use of a 4 track casette recorder is like a mellotron is reverse!!!! Love it!!

  • @tehxperience
    @tehxperience2 жыл бұрын

    Imagine trying to mix this show in an arena lmao - big props

  • @kingtrance6826
    @kingtrance68266 жыл бұрын

    How’s he manage to keep it all together in a live performance? Wow....

  • @chrisbarriere101

    @chrisbarriere101

    6 ай бұрын

    Drugs😂

  • @1234BLISTEX
    @1234BLISTEX9 жыл бұрын

    Alessandro Cortini = Synth God

  • @jerrysherron3553

    @jerrysherron3553

    4 жыл бұрын

    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 ....

  • @williamhollaway1960

    @williamhollaway1960

    3 жыл бұрын

    You spelled Charlie Clouser wrong

  • @2confrontational
    @2confrontational8 жыл бұрын

    Indiana Drones! that's rather brilliant. killer setup, great piece too - bravo all!

  • @Lofuckyou
    @Lofuckyou10 жыл бұрын

    I just love this NIN lineup. Haven't seen them live in years, hope I can catch them this time around.

  • @Pulse2AM
    @Pulse2AM6 жыл бұрын

    A lot more organic than I would have thought, that's cool. I thought they just trigger samples of the source material.

  • @mattordiway1955
    @mattordiway19559 жыл бұрын

    There's always more room to go down the rabbit hole.

  • @ohmrjames
    @ohmrjames10 жыл бұрын

    Great review! This guy is a legend :) Top Job Sonic State !

  • @mCKENIC
    @mCKENIC10 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Great coup Sonic State! Fascinating to see Alessandro's rig and he is using bloomin TAPE! Wow! Thank you for this!

  • @GlitchComputer
    @GlitchComputer10 жыл бұрын

    so so elaborate!! Love it!

  • @lagiator
    @lagiator10 жыл бұрын

    thanks sonicstate for uploading this!

  • @bagnolessa
    @bagnolessa7 жыл бұрын

    Un orgoglio nazionale!

  • @SteelAnnelida
    @SteelAnnelida10 жыл бұрын

    Very cool report, thanks a lot, sonicstate!

  • @setphaser
    @setphaser10 жыл бұрын

    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!!!

  • @djvartan
    @djvartan10 жыл бұрын

    Great interview!

  • @darkalman
    @darkalman Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @ISPEAKMACHINE
    @ISPEAKMACHINE10 жыл бұрын

    Love this! Especially the cassettes :)

  • @Reprodestruxion

    @Reprodestruxion

    9 жыл бұрын

    Imagine how it sounds slowed down and backwards as well as warbled,luv

  • @thomasstillman4805
    @thomasstillman48053 жыл бұрын

    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👍

  • @stephenmandelbaum2027
    @stephenmandelbaum20275 жыл бұрын

    for being in such a huge band, he seems so humble.

  • @macronencer
    @macronencer2 жыл бұрын

    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 :(

  • @NbrgamingBlogspot
    @NbrgamingBlogspot10 жыл бұрын

    awesome video !

  • @dcashley303
    @dcashley30310 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Psychlist1972
    @Psychlist197210 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @trevordepagie9665
    @trevordepagie966510 ай бұрын

    wicked interview!! tyty!! \m/

  • @fabiantombers4966
    @fabiantombers496610 жыл бұрын

    amazing! thank you!

  • @Psztyk236
    @Psztyk23610 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing.

  • @NayveeMan
    @NayveeMan7 жыл бұрын

    Wow. That was ridiculously good!

  • @brunobvr1909
    @brunobvr19099 жыл бұрын

    So much interesting, gorgeous set of modular, giant...

  • @Khalit666
    @Khalit66610 жыл бұрын

    Very good stuff!

  • @kikkirow
    @kikkirow10 жыл бұрын

    Wow so much goes into making the live show

  • @Heavymanners0
    @Heavymanners06 жыл бұрын

    Vatican Shadow shirt!!! Awesome!

  • @jackbroughan1682
    @jackbroughan168210 жыл бұрын

    Loving the Vatican Shadow shirt.

  • @dailydoseofbeauty-coaching113
    @dailydoseofbeauty-coaching1132 жыл бұрын

    I love Aalto, Indiana Drones ! The coolest man in town Thanks for this awesome presentation 👍❤✌😎💥

  • @thomaskenneally219
    @thomaskenneally2196 жыл бұрын

    8:54 with the VATICAN SHADOW shirt fuck yeah.

  • @Iterationanddiscord
    @Iterationanddiscord9 жыл бұрын

    A great model of how to sound amazing!

  • @benthies9531
    @benthies95315 жыл бұрын

    I love that he knows the names of the people he gets his modules from. Great dude.

  • @amphitheatre
    @amphitheatre10 жыл бұрын

    wanted to hear that big wood synth-thing in action :l

  • @amphitheatre

    @amphitheatre

    10 жыл бұрын

    word. i'm trying to take my drones to a new level. thx.

  • @television321man
    @television321man10 жыл бұрын

    Sweet Vatican Shadow shirt

  • @MrMallum
    @MrMallum Жыл бұрын

    I went to one of those gigs at the O2. It was amazing!!!

  • @user-xv4he4mt4x
    @user-xv4he4mt4x2 ай бұрын

    its terrifying to see him holding a nearly full coffee mug near his live set

  • @ANewYorkerLostInFlorida
    @ANewYorkerLostInFlorida8 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @SamAndrew27
    @SamAndrew279 жыл бұрын

    The use of the loops on the cassette tape is fucking BRILLIANT!!

  • @RC_Cola2020
    @RC_Cola20205 жыл бұрын

    This is so cool!!!

  • @lifeanddecay
    @lifeanddecay7 жыл бұрын

    love the RO ramones ;)

  • @rustyvst
    @rustyvst10 жыл бұрын

    Allessandro, Glad to see you doing well. Coffee next time you are in LA

  • @JoshCastleTCM
    @JoshCastleTCM9 жыл бұрын

    Damn that's confusing, the tape thing is brilliant, love how he mixes it all. Really impressed!

  • @fernandomonreal4682

    @fernandomonreal4682

    9 жыл бұрын

    he has a great ear he play almost all without the need of synchronization stuff

  • @JohnLRice
    @JohnLRice10 жыл бұрын

    Nice interview! :-)

  • @tlatsegms
    @tlatsegms4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing⚡️

  • @joopjunior
    @joopjunior10 жыл бұрын

    great video cool guy thank you!

  • @BennyHeflinger
    @BennyHeflinger10 жыл бұрын

    very inspiring

  • @Utubesuxmycock
    @Utubesuxmycock9 жыл бұрын

    keep hearing about this guy and NIN, since im a Virus user so here i am...hmmm bewildered

  • @PutItAway101
    @PutItAway1016 жыл бұрын

    Takes a certain amount of balls and dedication to take a modular on the road!

  • @officialloner88
    @officialloner8810 жыл бұрын

    That was awesome! I was wondering what he was using the cassette player for.

  • @brianwarner308
    @brianwarner30810 жыл бұрын

    yes!! awesome

  • @whaleheadcoda
    @whaleheadcoda3 жыл бұрын

    What a rig!

  • @decassemblymi
    @decassemblymi9 жыл бұрын

    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)

  • @user-pv2fl4py3n
    @user-pv2fl4py3n Жыл бұрын

    Man, what a nice he is!

  • @n0tett
    @n0tett2 жыл бұрын

    That cup is freaking me the fuck out

  • @MattGreerMusic
    @MattGreerMusic8 жыл бұрын

    I'll be back.. have to guy buy an Octatrack now.

  • @obsessive_discipline
    @obsessive_discipline10 жыл бұрын

    nice Vatican Shadow shirt

  • @LerLoons
    @LerLoons10 жыл бұрын

    Insane !

  • @m0n0c0n
    @m0n0c0n10 жыл бұрын

    my hero! :)

  • @Bewar3them00n
    @Bewar3them00n3 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @WalterGalindo
    @WalterGalindo10 жыл бұрын

    Man, that rig has a lot of work put into it, Awesome

  • @andrewcoates4952
    @andrewcoates49527 жыл бұрын

    As a simple Bass into pedals into amp guy, this blew my tiny mind. Dead interesting though

  • @stanz7193
    @stanz71932 жыл бұрын

    I would love to get some of those loops .... especially for hurt the ones on the multi track tape .

  • @arne6647
    @arne66479 жыл бұрын

    What a sound bloke

  • @gloverelaxis
    @gloverelaxis10 жыл бұрын

    This is really interesting and educational! Sonic State udabes

  • @our_unseen_guest
    @our_unseen_guest8 жыл бұрын

    most creative use of a 4 track ever!

  • @takashikashiwase3461
    @takashikashiwase34617 жыл бұрын

    thx

  • @Abstraiit
    @Abstraiit8 жыл бұрын

    does he actually wear a Vatican Shadow tshirt ?

  • @bryangrimes824

    @bryangrimes824

    7 жыл бұрын

    Weren't a few of most recent releases on Hospital Productions? How awesome would a Fernow/Cortini split or collaboration be!

  • @juno3242

    @juno3242

    7 жыл бұрын

    Bryan Grimes oh man, a frozen Niagara Falls style hybrid between Alessandro's synth magic and dom's noise crafting would be harrowing

  • @bryangrimes824

    @bryangrimes824

    7 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @JoobSensei

    @JoobSensei

    6 жыл бұрын

    Fernows in the band Cold Cave who were supporting NIN as well

  • @Rannalt
    @Rannalt2 жыл бұрын

    The op-1 though! Gaahhh! Love it.

  • @richardelam3371
    @richardelam33714 жыл бұрын

    you just gave me a renewed use for my Tascam 4 track.....thanks you

  • @Simonewhitesim-1music
    @Simonewhitesim-1music9 жыл бұрын

    Ooh Did we all just feel out?? well i had a fun time nice guy super cool rig!

  • @tip36c
    @tip36c9 жыл бұрын

    Indiana Drones! Plus maxing out MainStage is classic.

  • @noelbreitenbach8673
    @noelbreitenbach8673 Жыл бұрын

    This is an awesome interview. I was worrying about his splooshing and splashing cup of coffee around those nice instruments tho

  • @patstratpicker5889
    @patstratpicker588910 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @NoyzyBoyZ3
    @NoyzyBoyZ310 жыл бұрын

    I'm just a dime a dozen guitar player but,I loved this! I think I'll switch to keys!!

  • @jerrysherron3553

    @jerrysherron3553

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not really what is called a keyboard player ...check out Keith Emerson. Rick Wakeman

  • @MarcoLongoMusic
    @MarcoLongoMusic10 жыл бұрын

    What a great guy! Indiana Drones ahaha

  • @robin5on
    @robin5on3 жыл бұрын

    This is pure modern art

  • @anniesamuel4787
    @anniesamuel47874 жыл бұрын

    I just noticed the Vatican Shadow t-shirt

  • @eyesintheskies
    @eyesintheskies11 ай бұрын

    Vatican shadow nice and dark for such a softly spoken man

  • @lairdriver
    @lairdriver4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @donaldjasoncrunk
    @donaldjasoncrunk10 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video! have to address something, just because he's a pal - Justin's last name is Mcgrath, not McGraff ;)

  • @infinaneek
    @infinaneek7 жыл бұрын

    Wicked! Could've De-noised the audio though!

  • @hippydippy
    @hippydippy3 жыл бұрын

    Holy Shit! I think my head just exploded!!! How in the hell do you remember when to play what?!

  • @iblamesummers
    @iblamesummers9 жыл бұрын

    nice rig

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