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Cycling '74
Max“When I first encountered Max, I thought it was totally head-exploding”
Said in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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Autechre told Sound On Sound in 2004 that Max/MSP was the most influential software they owned, alongside Digital Performer and Cubase, a Nord Lead, a Yamaha FS1R and a Roland MC-202. For Quaristice in 2008 they named an Elektron Machinedrum, a Nord Modular G2, an Akai MPC1000, an Alesis QuadraVerb and modded Boss rack effects.
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“Once we got them in a rough format, we used [MOTU] Digital Performer for all the editing.”
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Steinberg
CubaseSaid in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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Software
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Cycling '74
Max“When I first encountered Max, I thought it was totally head-exploding”
Said in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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“Once we got them in a rough format, we used [MOTU] Digital Performer for all the editing.”
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Steinberg
CubaseSaid in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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Audio Ease
AltiverbHas said they use
Synths
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Roland
MC-202“Or the 202 sequencer. It's batty, totally upside down, but it's brilliant to use once you understand the numbers.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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Roland
SH-2“We still have quite a bit of analogue gear and we still use it. It's just there, it's part of what we do, like the 202, the Roland SH2, or Korg MS10 and MS20”
Said in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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Korg
MS-10Said in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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Korg
MS-20Said in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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Yamaha
FS1R“The FS1R is a pretty mean thing.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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Yamaha
DX100“It seemed like there was so much more to them to explore, like they're good for brassy, reedy sounds.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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Nord
Nord Lead“We're still using the Nord Lead 1 v2 all the time, which is really good because you can do loads of beats with it.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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Nord
Nord Modular G2“We used all the functions in the Nord Modular and the Nord Rack”
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Nord
Nord RackSaid in Remix magazine: Easy to be Hard, Autechre on Quaristice (Ken Micallef), transcript, April 2008
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Samplers
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Ensoniq
EPSSaid in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
Kurzweil
K2500
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Kurzweil
K2500Said in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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Casio
FZ-1Said in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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Casio
SK-1“Changing them is brilliant fun”
Said in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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Akai Professional
MPC1000Drum machines
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Roland
TR-606 Drumatix“Next we got a Roland TR606, with which we could trigger the sampler.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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Said in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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Elektron
Machinedrum
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Oberheim
DMX“We like hard and soft sounds at the same time, like an Oberheim DMX or LinnDrum combined with warm analog sounds.”
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Linn Electronics
LinnDrumEffects and studio
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Alesis
QuadraVerb“The Alesis QuadraVerb is great, as well. It is a sick, sick device.”
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BOSS
RDD-10“We mostly mod old Boss effects like the RSD-10 and RDD-10; they are two of the finest machines ever made.”
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Mackie
24:8 mixing desk“I really like how quiet they are and how much they cost.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Autechre, Recording Electronica (Paul Tingen), April 2004
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AKG
C1000“It's all stuff that was recorded with an AKG 1000 mic”
Said in Remix magazine: Easy to be Hard, Autechre on Quaristice (Ken Micallef), transcript, April 2008
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Questions
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What software does Autechre use?
Sean Booth told Sound On Sound in 2004 that Max/MSP was head-exploding when they first got it, and named Digital Performer, Logic and Cubase on their PowerBook. In Remix in 2008 he said they edited Quaristice in Digital Performer. In 2016 he told RA: "I just use MaxMSP now."
What synths does Autechre use?
They have named a Roland MC-202 and SH-2, Korg MS-10 and MS-20, a Yamaha FS1R and DX100, a Nord Lead they used all the time (Sound On Sound, 2004), and a Nord Modular G2 and Nord Rack on Quaristice (Remix, 2008).
What drum machines does Autechre use?
Booth told Sound On Sound that early on they used a Roland R-8 and a TR-606 to trigger a sampler. For Quaristice they named an Elektron Machinedrum, and Booth said he likes an Oberheim DMX or LinnDrum against warm analog sounds.
What samplers did Autechre use?
Sound On Sound listed their Ensoniq EPS, Kurzweil K2500 and Casio FZ-1 and SK-1 samplers in 2004, and Booth said modding the Casios was brilliant fun. Remix named an Akai MPC1000 in their 2008 touring rig.
What effects does Autechre use?
Booth told Remix in 2008 that they mod old Boss rack effects like the RSD-10 and RDD-10, and called the Alesis QuadraVerb a sick device. Their Quaristice rig also had Lexicon PCM 80 and PCM 90 units.
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Autechre are Sean Booth and Rob Brown, the Rochdale duo behind Incunabula, Amber, Tri Repetae, Confield and the NTS Sessions on Warp. They rarely list their gear, so this guide sticks to what they told Sound On Sound in 2004 and Remix magazine in 2008: the software, synths, samplers, drum machines and rack effects they named.
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