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Verbos Electronics
Harmonic Oscillator“The Harmonic Oscillator was like my tamboura”
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Caterina Barbieri has described a Eurorack modular setup built on the Verbos Harmonic Oscillator, the Orthogonal Devices ER-101 sequencer and Make Noise modules, run into Ableton Live for delay and reverb. She has also talked about the Buchla 200, SuperCollider, Native Instruments Razor and a Roland SH-101.
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Orthogonal Devices
ER-101 sequencer“The Quad Sequencer was definitely the piece of gear that influenced the creative process the most”
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Make Noise
MathsSeen in Take A Closer Look At Caterina Barbieri's Eurorack Live Setup (Synth Anatomy), March 2018
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Make Noise
WogglebugSeen in Take A Closer Look At Caterina Barbieri's Eurorack Live Setup (Synth Anatomy), March 2018
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Make Noise
Echophon“the hybrid organic soundscapes produced by the Eco-phon and the Erbe-verb”
What synths Caterina Barbieri uses: a sourced gear guide
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Modular rig
Has said they use
Verbos Electronics
Harmonic Oscillator“The Harmonic Oscillator was like my tamboura”
Has said they use
Orthogonal Devices
ER-101 sequencer“The Quad Sequencer was definitely the piece of gear that influenced the creative process the most”
Seen using
Make Noise
MathsSeen in Take A Closer Look At Caterina Barbieri's Eurorack Live Setup (Synth Anatomy), March 2018
Seen using
Make Noise
WogglebugSeen in Take A Closer Look At Caterina Barbieri's Eurorack Live Setup (Synth Anatomy), March 2018
Has said they use
Make Noise
Echophon“the hybrid organic soundscapes produced by the Eco-phon and the Erbe-verb”
Has said they use
Seen using
Make Noise
TempiSeen in Take A Closer Look At Caterina Barbieri's Eurorack Live Setup (Synth Anatomy), March 2018
Seen using
Make Noise
DPOSeen in Take A Closer Look At Caterina Barbieri's Eurorack Live Setup (Synth Anatomy), March 2018
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Make Noise
208hp 7U CV Bus CaseSeen in Take A Closer Look At Caterina Barbieri's Eurorack Live Setup (Synth Anatomy), March 2018
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Doepfer
A-140 ADSRSeen in Take A Closer Look At Caterina Barbieri's Eurorack Live Setup (Synth Anatomy), March 2018
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Doepfer
A-147 VCLFOSeen in Take A Closer Look At Caterina Barbieri's Eurorack Live Setup (Synth Anatomy), March 2018
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Frap Tools
Sapel Tamed Random Source“I recently started exploring their Tamed Random Source”
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Frap Tools
USTA SequencerSynths
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Buchla
Buchla 200“The Buchla taught me a way of listening to sound that years of training in classical music never taught me”
Said in Interview: minimalist electronic artist Caterina Barbieri (Sound On Sound), July 2017
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Roland
SH-101“At the moment I am enjoying playing the Roland SH-101”
Said in Three Questions With Caterina Barbieri (Synth History), September 2024
Computer
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Ableton
Live“My current live rig is my modular setup going into Ableton for further processing”
Said in Caterina Barbieri: Minimalism, Modular and Live (Ableton), June 2018
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“I am an long-time fan of Ableton's ping pong delay and reverb!”
Said in Interview: minimalist electronic artist Caterina Barbieri (Sound On Sound), July 2017
Has said they use
Has said they use
Ableton
Saturator“ping pong delay, reverb and saturator”
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Native Instruments
Razor“Another digital instrument that struck me a lot for its unique sound signature and stole much of my attention from hardware this year is Razor”
Said in Interview: minimalist electronic artist Caterina Barbieri (Sound On Sound), July 2017
SuperCollider
SuperCollider
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SuperCollider
SuperCollider“I work a lot with SuperCollider to find interesting ways of generating new music material in alternative tunings”
Said in Interview: minimalist electronic artist Caterina Barbieri (Sound On Sound), July 2017
MOTU
MOTU audio interface
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What DAW does Caterina Barbieri use?
Ableton Live. She told Ableton in 2018 that her live rig is her modular setup going into Ableton for further processing, and she has named its Ping Pong Delay, Reverb and Saturator. She has also said she works a lot in SuperCollider.
What synth does Caterina Barbieri use?
Her Eurorack system centres on the Verbos Harmonic Oscillator, which she compared to a tamboura. She started on the Buchla 200 at EMS in Stockholm, and in 2024 said she was enjoying playing the Roland SH-101 again.
What sequencer does Caterina Barbieri use?
The Orthogonal Devices ER-101 Indexed Quad Sequencer. She told FACT it was the piece of gear that influenced her creative process the most. She has also presented the Frap Tools USTA sequencer at Superbooth 2019.
What plugins does Caterina Barbieri use?
She has named Ableton's Ping Pong Delay, Reverb and Saturator for processing her modular, and Native Instruments Razor as a digital instrument that pulled her attention away from hardware.
What audio interface does Caterina Barbieri use?
A 2018 look at her live rig in Synth Anatomy shows her Eurorack system routed to a MOTU audio interface connected to a MacBook Pro running Ableton Live 9.
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