Nine Inch Nails - Alessandro Cortini Live Rig

NIN played 02 arena, we caught up with Alessandro Cortini for a look at his live synth rig.

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[dpm]

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!

[amuletsmusic]

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

[mattgowing]

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.

[therealquade]

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

[jomartinkelly]

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.

[TheKiwNo]

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!

[Minrfrt]

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

[MikeGomeztheDMG]

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.

[PulseAM]

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

[michael_harren]

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

[matthew_thefallen]

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

[tronlady]

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

[kingtrance]

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

[confrontational]

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

[Abstraiit]

does he actually wear a Vatican Shadow tshirt ?

[auld_boy]

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

[Lofuckyou]

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

[Psychlist]

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.

[amphitheatre]

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

[macronencer]

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 :(