Arpeggiated Console

White Eat

Some studio images by Neil Arthur from our recent Blancmange sessions - yes expect a new album very soon!

Mathy

And also John and Robin were in the studio this week (and at the seaside). GOOOOD!



UPDATE - new pic added:

Wrangley

Its been a busy few weeks in the studio - here is us lot wrangling around last week:

Mod Can Dance

Messing with the Modcan, along with the Serge. First I patched a wave shaped VCO on the Serge Paperface, using the Serge sequencer too. Then it goes over to the Modcan where the clock from the Serge triggers bass drum, snare and percussion sounds. Dance!

Distortions

Just got a Buchla 277 delay and 257 voltage processor. Thank-you Wes! The system is rounding out very nicely now

Pager

Here is a quick video of me programming a sequence on the Firelight, using the built-in sequencing programme, called "PAGE R"

First I created 4 sounds by drawing harmonic waveforms in "PAGE 4". This was only possible because I got a USB mouse converter for the CMI from Joe Britt (as my Fairlight light-pen isn't working at the moment)

Mal Light

Juper

A little ditty on some mid-80s Roland gear: Jupiter 6, MSQ700 Midi Sequencer, TR505 drum machine and the SDE1000

Being John Carpenter #3

Time for another instalment...



Synths and FX used: Moog Modular 3C, Sequential Circuits T8, Oberheim 4 Voice, ARP Odyssey, Linn LM1, MCI 416B, Lexicon 224, Bel BD80, EMT Plate 140, Mu-Tron Phaser II

John Grant Sesh

John Grant in da house! Messing around on the CS80, the Emu Modular and the Moog Modular (being triggered by the Sequential VS). Good sesh mate! Thanks to Paul Alexander for shooting the vids and generally being awesome

Re-Animator

Re-animating an Akai S612 with the amazing Hideaway Studios Front Panel Animator modification. Here I am playing the Buchla Easel into the S612 and using the Emu Modular to sequence notes. I am also sending sample start and end modulations from the Emu sequencer to the Akai via the Kenton CV to MIDI converter

Analogue Benge

Here is a tiny film made in the Hoxton studio, via The Vinyl Factory. Ahh, good times

Sticky

We have finished our new album! Here we are testing the mix. Its always good practice to check it on as many systems as possible, and in a variety of formats

Shh!

"Oi! Keep that noise down" "NO! I'm trying out some new modifications on my synth!" This is my Roland Sh-3 which Keith modded to have CV & Gate inputs so it can be controlled externally. Its a really nice and unusual synth and this mod really brings it to life. He managed to use jack sockets that I never used on the synth (headphone out and foot pedal in) so no drilling was necessary and it can easily returned to standard original condition if required. The patch uses a clock signal out of the computer to run the Moog and Roland analog sequencers, and one of them is going to trigger the DR55 drum machine which Keith had also modded a while ago. There is also a Sequential Drumtraks in there for good measure

Oh yes and another thing - I made a new Memetune Video ident - inspired by those supercool branding tags you used to get at the start of dodgy horror film videos in the 80s. Hope you like it

Bright Sparks

Something's Coming from Bright Sparks on Vimeo.

Taxing

Fun in the studio with Nat and Phil...

Rebox

Hannah Peel in the studio doing her thing. That reminds me, I need to fix the hoover

Wemix

Wrangler remix (wemix?) time again. First up is Mal wrangling the Serge Modular , making a hi-hat sound, then me and Phil wrangle the MCI desk on final mix down. Watch this space for more info..

Thinking Its OK

Heres us during the remix session for Gazelle Twin's Antibody EP, which is out soon. Mal is doing his vocal - the very one that got used on the finished mix