AV remixing with Frank Sent Us
Many of you may know Frank Sent Us, a team of energetic Italians that rock the crowd with powerful AV remixes of some of your favourite movies, video games and cartoon shows. They've been playing shows all over Europe, all the while running their faithful Resolume Avenue setup. And if you didn't know them, it's long overdue that we dig a little deeper in the audio visual phenomenon that is Frank Sent Us.
Frank Sent Us consists of four people, Mastro (guitar player), Frenetik Beat (live electronics), Mr Orange (Bass player) and Frank Sandrello (audiovisual player) and they have their visual roots way back in 2001. Starting in the underground clubs of Rome, specifically the Brancaleone, rocking VHS tapes and analog mixers, they soon made the jump to lightspeed AV mixing.
These days they take a more technological approach, but still keep it surprisingly down to earth. Using good old QuicktimePro to select AV loops, a collection of cool sounding and cool looking clips is created. The clips are loaded into Resolume Avenue, which is also sporting a Focusrite sound card. These samples are then played pretty much like a drummer would play the drums, triggering the clips with an Akai MPD24.
You might be surprised to hear that instead of tightly laying out the sync with a combo of Ableton and Resolume, all the AV stuff is done freestyle in Resolume. No beat snap, no BPM sync, all the clips set to timeline one-shots, allowing them to really follow the flow of the music and the crowd.
This intensity is what makes Frank Sent Us shows so powerful, and anyone that has seen em live will agree! They're literally an explosion of energy, visuals and music, and I dare anyone to keep their hands in their pockets and feet on the ground when these guys hit the stage!
Currently working on a DVD collection of their material, as well as making the move to commissioned Hollywood remixes, you're bound to see more of em in 2011. Keep your eyes and ears peeled, and in the meantime check out their site at http://www.franksentus.com/
Frank Sent Us consists of four people, Mastro (guitar player), Frenetik Beat (live electronics), Mr Orange (Bass player) and Frank Sandrello (audiovisual player) and they have their visual roots way back in 2001. Starting in the underground clubs of Rome, specifically the Brancaleone, rocking VHS tapes and analog mixers, they soon made the jump to lightspeed AV mixing.
These days they take a more technological approach, but still keep it surprisingly down to earth. Using good old QuicktimePro to select AV loops, a collection of cool sounding and cool looking clips is created. The clips are loaded into Resolume Avenue, which is also sporting a Focusrite sound card. These samples are then played pretty much like a drummer would play the drums, triggering the clips with an Akai MPD24.
You might be surprised to hear that instead of tightly laying out the sync with a combo of Ableton and Resolume, all the AV stuff is done freestyle in Resolume. No beat snap, no BPM sync, all the clips set to timeline one-shots, allowing them to really follow the flow of the music and the crowd.
This intensity is what makes Frank Sent Us shows so powerful, and anyone that has seen em live will agree! They're literally an explosion of energy, visuals and music, and I dare anyone to keep their hands in their pockets and feet on the ground when these guys hit the stage!
Currently working on a DVD collection of their material, as well as making the move to commissioned Hollywood remixes, you're bound to see more of em in 2011. Keep your eyes and ears peeled, and in the meantime check out their site at http://www.franksentus.com/
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