[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":8},["ShallowReactive",2],{"84YiO1bau8vNL4TUEoswdmmnCOOs833FE17lbFvr_Xs":3},[4],{"documentId":5,"title":6,"content":7},"yzfqkcd2ux68jnq07wum6eas","Rodriguez Jr","\u003Cdiv class=\"itemFullText  \">\u003Csection class=\"section text-white section--image section--min-height section--xxl bg-darken bg-darken--dark\" style=\"--bg-image: url(https:\u002F\u002Fwww.arturia.com\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Frodriguez-jr\u002Ftop.jpg); --bg-position: center; --overlay-direction: to right; --overlay-from: 0.75; --overlay-to: 0.25; --overlay-start: 0%; --overlay-end: 100%;\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container-fluid\">\u003Cdiv class=\"inner-small hide-sm\">\u003Ch1 class=\"pt-4\">Rodriguez Jr\u003C\u002Fh1> \u003Cp class=\"h1 small mb-3\">A Parisian \u003Cbr>love story\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section py-6 text-white\" style=\"background-color: rgb(58, 71, 78);\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8 show-sm text-center\">\u003Ch1 class=\"pt-4\">Rodriguez Jr\u003C\u002Fh1> \u003Cp class=\"h1 small mb-3\">A Parisian \u003Cbr>love story\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8 text-center\">\u003Cp class=\"h3 small mb-3\">Melodic house and techno visionary Rodriguez Jr. is known for his dreamy, energetic pulses in the electronic music scene.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>We visited him in his Paris studio to find out what the crucial elements of his music-making process are and the ways KeyLab 88 MKII allows him to unleash his creativity and performance potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"my-3\">\u003Ciframe style=\"width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 \u002F 9;\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube-nocookie.com\u002Fembed\u002F4sm2QF1Kjmo?autoplay=0&controls=0&disablekb=1&playsinline=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=auto&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Frodriguezjr_&noCookie=true&rel=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&color=white&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com&widgetid=1&forigin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Frodriguezjr_&aoriginsup=1&vf=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" id=\"340034622\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-black py-0\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container-fluid\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row d-block\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Frodriguez-jr\u002Fa.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" class=\"img-fluid mx-auto\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section py-6 pb-4 bg-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"layout-half-fluid layout-half-fluid--left layout-half-fluid--xxl layout-half-fluid--xl layout-half-fluid--lg\" style=\"--layout-column: 6;\">\u003Cdiv class=\"layout-half-fluid__left layout-half-fluid__contain\">\u003Cdiv>\u003Ch2>Late-night city\u003Cbr> \u003Csmall class=\"d-clock\">inspiration\u003C\u002Fsmall>\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cdiv class=\"card-press-clipping\">\u003C!----> \u003Cdiv>\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cp class=\"quote mb-0 mt-3\">\n      “We live in the city centre of Paris so after 10PM there is basically nobody around here.”\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"card-press-clipping\">\u003C!----> \u003Cdiv>\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cp class=\"quote mb-0 mt-3\">\n      “I like walking around trying to get inspiration from the light and all this energy that you can feel in the streets around here.”\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"layout-half-fluid__right layout-half-fluid__fluid\">\u003Cdiv>\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Frodriguez-jr\u002F01.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" class=\"img-fluid pl-5\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-white pb-6\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"layout-half-fluid layout-half-fluid--right layout-half-fluid--small layout-half-fluid--xxl layout-half-fluid--xl\" style=\"--layout-column: 6;\">\u003Cdiv class=\"layout-half-fluid__left layout-half-fluid__fluid d-flex align-items-start justify-content-end\">\u003Cdiv>\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Frodriguez-jr\u002F02.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" class=\"img-fluid pr-5\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"layout-half-fluid__right layout-half-fluid__contain\">\u003Cdiv>\u003Ch2>Entering\u003Cbr> \u003Csmall class=\"d-clock\">the world of synths\u003C\u002Fsmall>\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cdiv class=\"card-press-clipping\">\u003C!----> \u003Cdiv>\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cp class=\"quote mb-0 mt-3\">\n      “I got into music at the age of 6, I took piano lessons, that was my first contact with an instrument. I heard Jean-Michel Jarre on the radio and it was basically a shock for me.”\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"card-press-clipping\">\u003C!----> \u003Cdiv>\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cp class=\"quote mb-0 mt-3\">\n      “These sounds, these soundscapes - I was like “what the f*ck is that?”\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"card-press-clipping\">\u003C!----> \u003Cdiv>\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cp class=\"quote mb-0 mt-3\">\n      “I was just asking my parents things and they told me about synthesizers and about this world, and I’ve always been into this music since then. It was the beginning of this beautiful adventure.”\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-black py-0\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container-fluid\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row d-block\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Frodriguez-jr\u002Fb.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" class=\"img-fluid mx-auto\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section py-6 pb-4 bg-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"layout-half-fluid layout-half-fluid--left layout-half-fluid--xxl layout-half-fluid--xl layout-half-fluid--lg\" style=\"--layout-column: 6;\">\u003Cdiv class=\"layout-half-fluid__left layout-half-fluid__contain\">\u003Cdiv>\u003Ch2>What’s important\u003Cbr> \u003Csmall class=\"d-clock\">to remember\u003C\u002Fsmall>\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cdiv class=\"card-press-clipping\">\u003C!----> \u003Cdiv>\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cp class=\"quote mb-0 mt-3\">\n      “I’m trying to focus more than ever on the songwriting process, you know, not only on the beats - and I’m just trying to be myself. I think it’s the most difficult thing in the music scene at the moment. The only way to be different is to be yourself.”\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"card-press-clipping\">\u003C!----> \u003Cdiv>\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cp class=\"quote mb-0 mt-3\">\n      “It’s very easy to get lost with possibilities at some point, particularly when it’s about electronic music. There are so many keyboards and plug-ins software available, it’s very easy to end up collecting things and not making music. So, in the end for me, it’s like a painter. You select your colours and you stick to a palette.”\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"card-press-clipping\">\u003C!----> \u003Cdiv>\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cp class=\"quote mb-0 mt-3\">\n      “So, in the end for me, it’s like a painter. You select your colours and you stick to a palette.”\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"layout-half-fluid__right layout-half-fluid__fluid\">\u003Cdiv>\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Frodriguez-jr\u002F03.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" class=\"img-fluid pl-5\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-white pb-6\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"layout-half-fluid layout-half-fluid--right layout-half-fluid--small layout-half-fluid--xxl layout-half-fluid--xl\" style=\"--layout-column: 6;\">\u003Cdiv class=\"layout-half-fluid__left layout-half-fluid__fluid d-flex align-items-start justify-content-end\">\u003Cdiv>\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Frodriguez-jr\u002F04.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" class=\"img-fluid pr-5\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"layout-half-fluid__right layout-half-fluid__contain\">\u003Cdiv>\u003Ch2>It just\u003Cbr> \u003Csmall class=\"d-clock\">happens’\u003C\u002Fsmall>\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cdiv class=\"card-press-clipping\">\u003C!----> \u003Cdiv>\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cp class=\"quote mb-0 mt-3\">\n      “Even though producing music is often a lonely process, I have always tried to interact with other musicians as much as possible. At the moment, I am working on my album and I love working with Liset (Alea), who is a song-writer and singer. It creates a brand new territory of colours and ideas, and it’s amazing, it gives a lot of life to this electronic equipment. Sometimes we start with a melody that she has in her mind, sometimes we start with a grid and chords and textures and we just write lyrics on top of it. It’s like in life - when you have this good connection with someone you really like or you really love, you don’t think about it, it just happens. It’s the same thing in the studio, you know. It just happens.”\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-black py-0\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container-fluid\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row d-block\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Frodriguez-jr\u002Fc.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" class=\"img-fluid mx-auto\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section py-6 text-white\" style=\"background-color: rgb(58, 71, 78);\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"inner-small\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cdiv class=\"card-simple card-collection text-black\">\u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"card-simple__content bg-white\">\u003Cdiv class=\"card-collection__content\">\u003Cdiv class=\"image-ratio__container mb-2\">\u003Cdiv class=\"image-ratio image-ratio--contain\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fproducts\u002Fpiano-v\u002Fpiano-v-image.png'); padding-bottom: 65%;\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Ch2 class=\"h3 prep mb-2\">On Arturia Piano V\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cdiv class=\"card-press-clipping\">\u003C!----> \u003Cdiv>\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cp class=\"quote mb-0 mt-3\">\n      “I love the Arturia Piano V because you can adjust the mechanical noise, that’s something that I really like - not using the piano just as an instrument but as a sound object. I really like the pedal noises and the harmonic resonance.”\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"card-collection__btn-holder mt-3\">\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fproducts\u002Fanalog-classics\u002Fpiano-v\u002Foverview\" role=\"button\" class=\"reverse btn btn-primary\">More info\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003C!---->\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cdiv class=\"card-simple card-collection text-black\">\u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"card-simple__content bg-white\">\u003Cdiv class=\"card-collection__content\">\u003Cdiv class=\"image-ratio__container mb-2\">\u003Cdiv class=\"image-ratio image-ratio--contain\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fproducts\u002Fkeylab-88-mkII\u002Fkeylab-88-mkII-image.png'); padding-bottom: 65%;\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Ch2 class=\"h3 prep mb-2\">On KeyLab 88 MKII\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cdiv class=\"card-press-clipping\">\u003C!----> \u003Cdiv>\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cp class=\"quote mb-0 mt-3\">\n      “What I really enjoyed with the KeyLab 88 MKII is the feeling, it really feels like a piano. That’s something quite unique actually, and I’ve tried a lot of midi keyboards these past 10 years. The wood, the knobs, everything is in the right position, in the right place.”\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"card-collection__btn-holder mt-3\">\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fproducts\u002Fhybrid-synths\u002Fkeylab-88-mkii\u002Foverview\" role=\"button\" class=\"reverse btn btn-primary\">More info\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003C!---->\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-white pb-6\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"layout-half-fluid layout-half-fluid--right layout-half-fluid--small layout-half-fluid--xxl layout-half-fluid--xl\" style=\"--layout-column: 6;\">\u003Cdiv class=\"layout-half-fluid__left layout-half-fluid__fluid d-flex align-items-start justify-content-end\">\u003Cdiv>\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedias.arturia.net\u002Fimages\u002Fstories\u002Frodriguez-jr\u002F05.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" class=\"img-fluid pr-5\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"layout-half-fluid__right layout-half-fluid__contain\">\u003Cdiv>\u003Cdiv class=\"card-press-clipping\">\u003C!----> \u003Cdiv>\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cp class=\"quote mb-0 mt-3\">\n      “The screen is not a music instrument. The screen can be a poison actually because you don’t use your ears anymore. So, putting the keyboard at the centre of the creative process is very important. And that’s a nice improvement that Arturia did in this new version: you can directly connect to the Arturia plug-ins but also to your software, to a digital audio workstation, but also to analogue equipment thanks to the CV \u002F Gate outputs. The keyboard is really the centerpiece of the music studio and you can totally forget about the screen and focus on the creativity, on the performance.”\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fsection>\u003C\u002Fdiv>",1784111743530]