Tycho & Tycho – Epoch

The Korg Minilogue can clearly be seen on the desk with loads of other analog outboard gear. In this Instagram post posted by Tycho his Minilogue can be seen as well. In the comments section one user asks, "do you use the Minilogue in your music? I just want to hear some truly professional applications of it." Tycho replies:

"yeah it's all over epoch"

"epoch" refers to Tycho's album Epoch, the fourth studio album he made, released on September 30, 2016 on Ghostly International. Another user says, "thoughts on the minilogue? Really wanting one" to which Tycho replies:

"love it. listen to any song on epoch to hear it used"

Yet another user comments, "So I've seen you really praising the Minilogue, how do you feel about the clicking issue that people often bring up? I don't own it but I've been considering it for a while now." Tycho once again replies:

"yeah that was a big issue on a few tracks on epoch. i used sonnox envolution to fix that"

The Korg Trident is pictured at the bottom of this picture on Tyco's instagram page, and he states: "Pictured is every synth used to record Dive and Awake" (his first two albums).

A Korg Triton is the second white keyboard at the bottom left of this IG pic

"tychomusic After 10 years and 2 albums in my San Francisco studio I've decided it's time to change things up. Rebuilding the space and in the meantime moving everything to a new location in Berkeley for the next year to record a new album. Will be nice to spend some time and get inspired in a new locale. Pictured is every synth used to record Dive and Awake."

https://www.xlr8r.com/gear/2012/01/in-the-studio-tycho/ "I think my first real synth was the Korg Triton. It's a workstation. I got it because it could also do sampling and sequencing, so I knew that I could use that instead of a computer. Then I learned about analog. I really didn't understand the difference between analog and digital and virtual analog and all that. I got a Korg Mono/Poly, and that's when I realized what everyone was talking about. That was right when people were figuring out that the old synths were kind of better, anyways."

In a reddit ama, Tycho is asked:

"Are the spring reverb on songs like “Source” and the fuzz in “Division” coming from the Kemper? 2b. A couple years ago I saw you at Webster Hall in NYC, and Zac was playing through a Twin Reverb (or some Fender Amp). With the rest of the Awake tour, he was going DI, but are you now touring with the Kemper?"

Tycho replies:

"The Kemper does not have spring reverb, but I used it extensively on Epoch. Source is Amplitube 3, which does have spring reverb. Although we have used the Twin for recording, we have never used it live. We always use either Guitar Rig or Amplitube live. That will be changing after this tour though. we are heading back to the studio to rebuild the live show from the ground up and the Kempers will be at the center of it."

On Tycho's fourth studio album Epoch, he used a Korg Minilogue synthesizer, as evidenced by the comment thread to this Instagram photo.

Within the comment thread, one user asks Tycho, "So I've seen you really praising the Minilogue, how do you feel about the clicking issue that people often bring up? I don't own it but I've been considering it for a while now." Tycho replies:

"yeah that was a big issue on a few tracks on epoch. i used sonnox envolution to fix that"

In a reddit AMA, a Redditor asks Tycho if he uses any VST synths. Tycho replies:

"I used a few for Epoch, Native Instruments Monark, Arturia CS80 and Jupiter V. On Awake I used the Korg Legacy Collection a lot too."

There is no software synth by the exact name of Jupiter V, so it's most likely referring to the Arturia Jupiter-8V.

A Redditor asks Tycho, "Also so you use any vst synths?"

He replies:

"I used a few for Epoch, Native Instruments Monark, Arturia CS80 and Jupiter V. On Awake I used the Korg Legacy Collection a lot too."

Awake is Tycho's third studio album, released on March 18, 2014 by Ghostly International.

Tycho record is mixed with Dangerous 2 Bus+, as per this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl9nBqOTiO0&ab_channel=DangerousMusic