Beating the Volcas @RobinRimbaudScanner

Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

A sleepy, sloping, slow groove, built up live with the Lorre Mill Double Knot, triggered and played by the Meng Qi Gesture Arcade. This is running through a deep phase algorithm from the Eventide H9. A trigger is coming from the Double Knot to keep the Korg Volca's in time. Something very simple and laid back, merely a sketch, not a finished work by any means. Simply put, FUN :-)

$Sensel Morph + Madrona Labs Aalto A little improvisation on a rainy Saturday morning, as grey skies hang heavily over the mood of the day. I love such simple set ups as this, using the Sensel Morph - a tablet-sized pressure sensor - with Madrona Labs Aalto software. The Morph offers such a playful and sensitive way of approaching performance, where every little twist and turn of your fingers can affect the sound, very much like a traditional instrument like a piano. Here Im using one of their overlays which emulates the design and functionality of the Buchla Thunder controller, and at a fraction of the price! Aalto is one of my favourite pieces of software, a semi-modular software synthesizer with an innovative, patchable interface, and here Im using a patch that Randy, the developer himself, created. So this took all of 30 seconds to set up and play. Happy listening.$

Erik Satie: Gnossienne No 1 (Buchla Music Easel)

Scanner & Stephen Vitiello at Knitting Factory NYC, 1999