Allinaire makes electronic music and video using Monome, Max, Eurorack, Serge, Buchla & LZX modular synthesisers. He also uses field recordings, ‘found sounds’ and repurposed instruments processing them and working with both ‘musical’ and abstract sounds and rhythms usually recorded live, some of which are then deconstructed then reconstructed in the Laboratory of Ableton Live and Monome Norns to give form to Allinaire's ‘lab+strakt' music.
Allinaire's music can be downloaded here: allinaire.bandcamp.com
Allinaire is part of the duo 'Strakt' and has also performed as Cobramatic, CobraCasino, MaXMod and Sound Department. Strakt is here: strakt.bandcamp.com
The Synthi is on a whole other level…. It’s a dream instrument. You could take one of those with a tape machine and make the most incredible record! I have been slowly acquiring gear for a long time and eventually I’m going to sell it all at once and pick one up. That matrix with the .33 volts thing is a big part of the charm. The light bleed thru on the patch bay with the voltage threshold makes true magic happen. It’s gorgeous sound on top of that IMO makes it the greatest readily portable synth of all time.
Thanks, was cool to use them all together. The drums are a mixture of Korg Synth samples and other sound bits I had lying around, I sequenced them seperately.
There is a bit! I reckon the Syntrx is an excellent re-imagining of the Synthi - they never claimed it was a clone and it has its own strengths and weaknesses, just like every other bit of kit.
Would love to see a three way match between the vintage EMS VCS3, Erica Syntrx II and Analogue Solutions Ample! EMS VCS3 prices are sky high nuts right now.
you can send the meter column back into the Vcs3 . It's just reversed in polarity. So anything in there can be sent back input the vcs3 via meter to high input.
The AKS could "operate" one oscillator with the sequencer so it would play a repeating melody. And then you could play the other osc yourself with the keyboard. Can the Syntrex do that too? With on two Midi channels?
@@Allinaire Thanks. I'm waiting for Behringer's version and I'm looking into the VCS3's way of "handling" a keyboard. Appears to be kinda difficult as the sequencer from the Synthi AKS (you know: the one in a attache case w/ a keayboard/sequencer in the lid) could be used separate from the keyboard. That is: the sequencer would play a sequence on oscillator 1 and you could play a solo over that w/ the keyboard on osc. 2! How nice was that, eh?
The plan is to do it eventually - but it has taken a back seat to lots of other stuff I've been doing recently. Maybe when we get hold of Syntrx 2 - a shoot out between the 3 !
The old one sounds definitely better, warmer, richer and rounder no doubt 👍 the reverb is crazy good too… but the price it’s so high that the new one start to get interesting
I believe the ARC is now discontinued? But there are some DIY options available. Faderbank is also a DIY thing, but for both the FB and ARC there are builders out there that will sell you a completed unit. Check on Modwiggler to start with.
Beautiful stuff! I picked up a norns shield recently and have quickly discovered the importance of the record function for building more complex pieces like this and layering in sounds from other apps. Never really understood that just from watching tutorials and stuff before actually using it. I love the sense of tactile satisfaction and invitation to experimentation and discovery that these devices provide
Thanks for those comments. Yes, Im a big fan of recording my jams directly on Norns itself and then reusing them, especially granularly. And you are absolutely right, once you add controllers like Grid, Arc and Faderbank to Norns it becomes an incredibly expressive 'instrument'.
Thank you for sharing this 'on the fly' performance! It was very interesting to see and listen to, because there were so many sounds / snippets that drew the attention. Maybe the visuals could've matched the performance better if they weren't so fast paced but I do understand why these were the ones they chose.
Thanks for that, I appreciate your comments. Getting the visuals more on point is certainly something id like to work on - but the reality is that mostimes the visuals are performed independently. We should at least try to clock them into sync but not always possible. I've experimented doing my own visuals simultaneously but it is just too much work and too much to concentrate on when performing live.
EMS VCS - this is musical instrument with surround sound, deep and musical; but what we see next to him, - a toy with a thin rasping sound, blurry sound, like noise from a portable radio
Yeah, I guess we will have to agree to disagree on that one. It's true they are not the same but both have their own character and I believe both have an excellent sound palette. Given most people are unlikely ever to own an original VCS then I'll happily take the Syntrx as a alternative option.
but this comparison is made using the speakers of the 2 machines and shooting with the microphone of the camera ?? if so it doesn't seem like a fair comparison ... too many variables
Not quite - both units were running through the same amp and external speakers - so from that point of view it is as fair as it can get with such a non scientific test. Admittedly recording was only via camera mic but it's not bad - and again, both are recorded the same. This video was meant as an indicative comparison, there were few, if any, other like comparisons at the time it was made so it has been useful to many - as it was to me.
Greets from Lismore. I love this. Even with gear failure. Sounds like a pretty complex rig! We do something a bit similar up here. What's the strength of the Monome, for you?
