AAA - Ask Autechre Anything - Sean and Rob on WATMM!

Hah, still using Granulab to this day myself (after about 10 years of near daily use I thought it'd only be fair for me to pay for a registered copy ). Is there any other granular synthesis programmes you enjoy using (or do you mainly make your own granular stuff) - It's by far my favourite tool in my kit, making a simple 16 bar loop getting evolve into a 10 minute ambient thing is my usual trick :

 

http://www.ilovecubus.co.uk/mp3/small_mercies/Track03%20extract%202.mp3

what is yr opinion on the new bladerunner project?

can u describe a strange, noteworthy sound u have heard?

with no restrictions, logistical issues or politics, no problems of any kind; where would u most like to play live musics? it could be anywhere (under the ocean, the bottom of the mariana trench, the core of the sun wherever)

memorable, unusual sounds or things u have sampled, field recordings in hopes of using in musics, regardless of whether u did use it or not?

which artists / abstract paint do u enjoy? cy twombly, francis bacon, jean-michel basquiat?

name the last sound u sampled?

1) How did you do that great repeating delay feedback sound in Drane where is sounds like the delay time is being changed a lot?

 

2) LP5 sounds really clean and crisp (for want of a better word) compared to anything that came before it, was this your first major move to Max/MSP and away from outboard synths / effects?

 

3) Who is Jacobean?

Whats your favorite track on L-event?

  On 11/4/2013 at 3:29 PM, mcbpete said:

Hah, still using Granulab to this day myself (after about 10 years of near daily use I thought it'd only be fair for me to pay for a registered copy ). Is there any other granular synthesis programmes you enjoy using (or do you mainly make your own granular stuff) - It's by far my favourite tool in my kit, making a simple 16 bar loop getting evolve into a 10 minute ambient thing is my usual trick :

 

http://www.ilovecubus.co.uk/mp3/small_mercies/Track03%20extract%202.mp3

ok if u can squint hard enough to verify, cos i can only make out horizontal controls there, and our granulab is all vertical, memory is patchy here so might be another app. also i can sort of make out a waveform across the top. ah yeah course. doh

 

edit

 

yeah they filmed us playing back files in wavelab. but the tracks were granulab jams iirc

how many licks to the center of a tootsie pop?

  On 11/4/2013 at 3:34 PM, Rbrmyofr said:

1) How did you do that great repeating delay feedback sound in Drane where is sounds like the delay time is being changed a lot?

If it's how I think, it's just an LFO automating the delay time. I've done similar things with the peer controller machines in Buzz

  On 11/4/2013 at 3:34 PM, Rbrmyofr said:

1) How did you do that great repeating delay feedback sound in Drane where is sounds like the delay time is being changed a lot?

 

2) LP5 sounds really clean and crisp (for want of a better word) compared to anything that came before it, was this your first major move to Max/MSP and away from outboard synths / effects?

 

3) Who is Jacobean?

1 not telling

 

2 no

 

3 sorry?

Jacobean sounds like it could be the name of an anarchist coffeeshop in Paris.

Edited November 4, 2013 by SR4

there was another one realtime granular app at this time (and still is), called CrusherX. did you used it?

  On 11/4/2013 at 3:37 PM, Rob Ae said:

ok if u can squint hard enough to verify, cos i can only make out horizontal controls there, and our granulab is all vertical, memory is patchy here so might be another app. also i can sort of make out a waveform across the top. ah yeah course. doh

Yeah I was thrown off by the look of the gui too - Granulab, like you say, has always had vertical sliders in every build

Hello guys,

 

how big impact has a mastering engineer on your sound? Is he somebody who just make sure a mix is consistent throughout an album, making just gentle touches with fresh ears or were there any situations when he really pushed the sound of a track and its emotions to a different level?

 

Also which album was your biggest commercial success to date (I know you don't have info about every copy sold so just generally)?

 

Thanks!

Has being a full-time musician ever put a strain on the enjoyment of making music?

  On 11/4/2013 at 3:39 PM, Rob Ae said:

 

  On 11/4/2013 at 3:34 PM, Rbrmyofr said:

1) How did you do that great repeating delay feedback sound in Drane where is sounds like the delay time is being changed a lot?

 

2) LP5 sounds really clean and crisp (for want of a better word) compared to anything that came before it, was this your first major move to Max/MSP and away from outboard synths / effects?

 

3) Who is Jacobean?

1 not telling

 

2 no

 

3 sorry?

 

 

Jacobean from Mask 500: http://www.discogs.com/Various-MASK-500/release/19800

  On 11/4/2013 at 3:49 PM, sergeantk said:

Has being a full-time musician ever put a strain on the enjoyment of making music?

no, it makes it more enjoyable.

 

 

  On 11/4/2013 at 3:41 PM, telefunken said:

there was another one realtime granular app at this time (and still is), called CrusherX. did you used it?

no sorry didn't have that one

Favorite alcoholic drink?

i feel like untilted > untilted tour > quaristice > quaristice tour was like 1 big creative chunk of exploration. has working out live stuff from 1 record always contributed to the next album as much as it did with that stuff?

Can you say anything about the melody in irlite (get 0)? It's a really insane melody, like nothing I've ever heard before. How'd you guys come up with it?

  On 11/4/2013 at 3:51 PM, Rbrmyofr said:

 

  On 11/4/2013 at 3:39 PM, Rob Ae said:

 

  On 11/4/2013 at 3:34 PM, Rbrmyofr said:

1) How did you do that great repeating delay feedback sound in Drane where is sounds like the delay time is being changed a lot?

 

2) LP5 sounds really clean and crisp (for want of a better word) compared to anything that came before it, was this your first major move to Max/MSP and away from outboard synths / effects?

 

3) Who is Jacobean?

1 not telling

 

2 no

 

3 sorry?

 

 

Jacobean from Mask 500: http://www.discogs.com/Various-MASK-500/release/19800

 

now u have me playing the Dranes back to back really loud.

favorite prince track?

I just realized Sean's earlier comment about the cover of Exai could be construed as saying there's some meaning there that fans have missed.

 

Does the mystery of Exai's cover art have yet to be cracked in some way?

sounds to me like exai identity is all words...

Would either of you like to name my synth?

  On 11/4/2013 at 3:58 PM, Root5 said:

Can you say anything about the melody in irlite (get 0)? It's a really insane melody, like nothing I've ever heard before. How'd you guys come up with it?

 

this was partly covered in an earlier post, its quite a long track, hard to know which bits you mean really.

There is a quite interesting book by Jan St. Werner (of Mouse On Mars) & Klaus Sander from 2006 called "Vorgemischte Welten" (Pre-mixed / Prepared Worlds) where they discuss about music composition / innovation etc in the age of Ableton & Co where you can basically build an entire discography on preset sounds and beats only - like cooking with deep-frozen food. Their argument is that this sort of preset-based production has killed innovation in music and simply interesting music.

Would you agree with that? And have you ever tried to work with presets of plugins / softwares only (and achieved anything satisfying)?