Genesis – Invisible Touch (2007 Remaster)
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1986 album Invisible Touch (2007 Remaster).
Music from Invisible Touch (2007 Remaster)
Gear Used On Invisible Touch (2007 Remaster)
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Genesis – Invisible Touch (2007 Remaster) (1986). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Tony Banks
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Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Tony Banks on Invisible Touch (2007 Remaster)
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The Emulator II+ is on top of the CP80 behind Tony in this photo. This is from one of the live Wembley shows during the "Invisible Touch" tour, 1987
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Tony is playing the main Abacab lead in this clip on the ARP Quadra around the 8:30 mark. Also in this setup (from one of the Wembley shows for the "Invisible Touch" tour in 1987) he has a Yamaha CP80 piano, an Emulator II+, Yamaha DX-7, NED Synclavier II, Sequential Prophet 10 (double manual)
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Tony plays the organ sound in the Abacab verses on the DX-7 in this clip. There are various quick shots after the 8:40 mark. This is from one of the Wembly shows during the "Invisible Touch" tour, 1987.
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"The [Yamaha] DX-7 as well. The DX-7 was more Invisible Touch where you get the much more percussive sort of sounds. Of course, the sampling instruments that started to come in. I started to use the [E-mu] Emulator III. I think that was Mama as well, as I think about it. We just sort of sampled everything around the place to see what sort of effects it had. I do think the instruments did affect the writing quite a bit. I do think when you go back and hear the sounds, I do love the sort of fat synths."
Source: http://www.worldofgenesis.com/TonyBanks-Interview2009-part2.htm
Tony can be seen playing a Yamaha KX88 in a video from the studio during the Invisible Touch recording sessions.
Seen here at 14:18 https://youtu.be/4YfRiE4t8wE?si=yIWKr6fBFAIFwVeq&t=858
Studio Equipment used by Tony Banks on Invisible Touch (2007 Remaster)
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In the film of the Wembley concerts from 1987 The AKAI S612 and the accompanying MD280 disk drive can be seen under Tony's mixer in the rack. The same sampler and disk drive can also be spotted in videos from the recording sessions for Invisible Touch.
Seen here in concert at: 22:32 https://youtu.be/BZtb-6K8LxQ?si=KPsERjPnCDgMgPbn&t=1352
And here in the studio at 12:27 https://youtu.be/4YfRiE4t8wE?si=olJh81iZtS9rgJiR&t=867