Polar Inertia

"We record a lot of long audio tracks—and one of the specificities of our music is that it reveals itself with the edits. The projects end up very heavy, and require a lot of listening time, to sort and select the recorded material. Ableton offers all we need in terms of edit, and the Push affords us complete control over our sequences. Then, at the very end of the process for each of our EPs and episodes, we head towards the studio to make the final analog summing on a Euphonix mixer."

"The VCO2RM is one of our principal sonic sources, along with two other oscillators that feature quite different characters. VC0-2RM is equipped with seven waveforms, an LFO mode, and sync and waveform outputs are routed to a DC coupled ring modulator. It really fits perfectly in our mixes, and it’s a pleasure to fiddle with it—the perfect VCO, both stable and precise."

"....MMF1, the most flexible single filter, it’s the pinnacle of synth pleasure. The Multi-Mode Filter offers seven types of functions—it almost feels like a Swiss army knife. It’s always very musical and has elegant and tasty resonances."

"Another timeless classic. The first time that the arpeggiator began to run, the synthesizer would not stop playing for many hours. It was a revelation. Although very basic, it is the most groovy and unique arpeggiator in the history of synthesizers. The VCO single is extremely well-rounded. It has its own soul in the Jupiter family. We use it mostly for pads."

"The Shermann Filterbank is a strong and flexible analog filter, with lots of character and aggressiveness. Independent low pass, band pass, and high pass filters with resonance, frequency, and ADSR, which can be switched between parallel and serial. You have to put your knowledge and discipline aside, to concentrate fully on the results. It’s a very peculiar and unpredictable instrument. It’s always standing on the high-end of our modular system, especially for bass treatments and a little dose on the pads, to weave in a bit of warmth and distortion. It's a real beast."

"We record a lot of long audio tracks—and one of the specificities of our music is that it reveals itself with the edits. The projects end up very heavy, and require a lot of listening time, to sort and select the recorded material. Ableton offers all we need in terms of edit, and the Push affords us complete control over our sequences. Then, at the very end of the process for each of our EPs and episodes, we head towards the studio to make the final analog summing on a Euphonix mixer."

"... at the very end of the process for each of our EPs and episodes, we head towards the studio to make the final analog summing on a Euphonix mixer."