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Eventide
Orville“The vocoder sound on my vocals on the Shobaleader record was done with the Orville”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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Squarepusher told Sound On Sound in 2011 that his Eventide Orville and DSP4000 are central to his studio, along with a Yamaha QY700 sequencer, a Euphonix CS3000 desk, a Roland TR-909, TB-303 and SH-101, and Yamaha CS-80, TX81Z and FS1R synths. He made his first records sequencing an Akai S950 from a Boss DR-660.
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Eventide
DSP4000 Ultra-Harmonizer“I started using Eventide equipment in 1999, when I bought the DSP4000”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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AKG
BX20“It was used extensively on the album Hello Everything, in conjunction with my AKG BX15 and BX20 reverbs.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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TC Electronic
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Effects and studio
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Eventide
Orville“The vocoder sound on my vocals on the Shobaleader record was done with the Orville”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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Eventide
DSP4000 Ultra-Harmonizer“I started using Eventide equipment in 1999, when I bought the DSP4000”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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Lexicon
480L Digital Effects SystemSaid in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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AKG
BX20“It was used extensively on the album Hello Everything, in conjunction with my AKG BX15 and BX20 reverbs.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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TC Electronic
D-TwoSaid in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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Euphonix
CS3000“The Euphonix is digitally controlled analogue, so it gives me the best of both worlds”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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TASCAM
MSR-16“in the late '90s I obtained a half-inch Tascam MSR16. I still use that”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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Native Instruments
Reaktor“going into a frequency divider/distortion patch in [Native Instruments'] Reaktor software.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
Bass rig
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Synths and drum machines
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Roland
TR-909 Rhythm Composer“the drums on that album were programmed in the TR909.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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Roland
TB-303 Bass Line“I did use the TB303 on the Shobaleader album, the very deep bass synth comes from that”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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Roland
SH-101“I've had the 101 forever”
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Roland
V-Synth XTSaid in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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Yamaha
CS-80“I recently bought the Yamaha CS80, and in doing so went completely against my own principles”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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Yamaha
TX81Z“My current synths are all stuff that I've built myself in software, augmented with the FS1R and the TX81Z”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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Yamaha
FS1RSaid in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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“I made my first records using the Boss DR660”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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Akai Professional
S950“To this day, nobody believes that the tracks on Big Loada were a single pass of me sequencing my Akai S950 from my DR660.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
Records he loves
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LFO
LFO“the LFO track 'LFO' stands out as a landmark”
Said in Sound On Sound: Squarepusher, Interview (Paul Tingen), May 2011
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin II“I pretty much learned my bass rudiments from Led Zeppelin II.”
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Metallica
Kill 'Em All“those early records are peppered with his strange melodic decorations, in particular the bizarre solo piece Anesthesia”
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About Squarepusher's gear.
What bass does Squarepusher use?
Sound On Sound reported in 2011 that his most used basses are his Zoot and Warwick six-strings and a Westone fretless. His studio also had an Axon AX100 MIDI bass module, and he used his Eventide Orville for bass distortion.
What effects does Squarepusher use?
Eventide boxes above all. He told Sound On Sound he bought a DSP4000 in 1999 and writes his own algorithms for it and the Orville, which did his vocoder and bass distortion on Shobaleader One. He also named AKG BX15 and BX20 spring reverbs.
What drum machine did Squarepusher use on Big Loada?
A Boss DR-660 sequencing an Akai S950. He told Sound On Sound that nobody believes the Big Loada tracks were a single pass of that setup. The drums on Shobaleader One were programmed on a Roland TR-909.
What sequencer does Squarepusher use?
In 2011 he called the Yamaha QY700 his main sequencer and said he much prefers it to software sequencers. He recorded to tape until 2001 and still had a Tascam MSR-16 half-inch machine.
What records influenced Squarepusher?
He told Bass Player he learned his bass rudiments from Led Zeppelin II, and named Cliff Burton's solo piece Anesthesia from Metallica's early records. He told Sound On Sound that LFO's track LFO was a landmark for him.
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Squarepusher is Tom Jenkinson, the Chelmsford bassist and producer behind Feed Me Weird Things, Hard Normal Daddy, Ultravisitor and Be Up A Hello on Warp. This guide covers the studio he described to Sound On Sound in 2011, from his Eventide harmonizers and Roland drum machines to the Akai S950 he made his first records on, plus records he has named.
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