This video captures a live session by The Palindrones at Knobcon 2024, part of the event’s series of electronic music performances.
The Palindromes are made up of David Battino (Waveform Magazine, Electronic Musician Mag) and Aaron Higgins (1010 Music)
Here’s what they shared about the technical details:
Timings:
0:00 Intro
0:09 Reading/Slash/Rereading
6:47 Revenge of the Subway Thief
12:08 Satan, Oscillate My Metallic Sonatas
Recorded live on a 1010music Bluebox. Mixed in Ableton Live. Thanks to Shawn Johnson (The Breathalyzer) for the audience mic. Video effects by Gordon’s WireWorks, Golfshoe Music, and Poor JR.
Two of the best…
“satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas” !!!!
Unreal.
Thanks, Elisabeth. We really enjoyed performing for the knowledgeable and enthusiastic Knobcon audience.
I played a Korg Kaossilator Pro and 1010music Lemondrop through a Korg NTS-1 mk 2 delay effect. I ran the Kaossilator’s MIDI Out into the NTS to sync the echoes (a big advantage over the mk 1). I then ran the NTS’s sync output to the Lemondrop’s sync input to clock its arpeggiator.
I played my Lemondrop with a Donner DMK-25 Pro keyboard controller. (I have the original version that has a TRS MIDI output instead of a sustain pedal input. What were they thinking?!)
I processed my vocal mic through the Kaossilator’s pitch shifter and vocoder, reciting various palindromes. A compressor pedal before the mic input helped, but next time I’ll choose a beefier mic than the Akai Miniak gooseneck.
Aaron performed the grooves and sound effects on a variety of 1010 instruments, including a Blackbox, Tangerine, Fireball, and Lemondrop. He also played a Novation Circuit Tracks and a Dreadbox Typhon. He mixed and recorded through a 1010 Bluebox, sending a quadraphonic output to the house mixer. Having that inline multitrack recording let us rebalance the parts before adding them to the YouTube video.
Since we live hundreds of miles apart, we developed the set by sending loops and Ableton Live projects back and forth. If you listen closely to the third act, you may hear the initial groove is a recording of a 3D printer squirting out the case for my Meeblip Thru5 MIDI processor.