Ben Frost

"With The Centre Cannot Hold, I tried as much as I could, for as long as I could, to build instruments – to build objects – resisting the urge to connect them to a narrative; they were these cellular structures that then had the potential to become music. Just gargantuan patches of bullshit, really – 30, 40, 50 layers of VSTs. Once I worked out that I could load three instances of FM8 into a single Ableton rack and have them all interact with one another, that was the death of my CPU, but the beginning of new music."

Make Noise Strega jam can be heard on Ben Frost’s Instagram account .

Ben Frost is seen using the Teenage Engineering OP-1 Portable Synthesizer in a photo shared by Instagram user naomijadeannu, suggesting its use in his live performances and possibly in the studio as well.

An OBNE Alpha Haunt can be seen in this Instagram post from Frost.

"Whenever somebody gives me a plug-in, my first thought is, “How can I break this?” I find the point where it’s unhappy, and there’s usually something interesting in there – a way to turn the technology against itself. SPL makes a plug called De-Verb, for example, which is designed to remove reverb. So that’s great, let’s remove all the reverb."

In this photo from his Sydney Opera House performance with Tim Hecker, Frost can be seen using a nanoKONTROL. Photos can be found here: https://musicfeeds.com.au/gig/ben-frost-tim-hecker-sydney-opera-house-110115/?slideshow=1874#/slide/2

Two PC12s can be seen above the two MX12s in this photo.

A photo from Frost's Instagram show him exporting audio from Live. The date he made the post would suggest he was using Live 9.

You can see two DI boxes in front of the table where Ben is running his signal direct into the house.

Frost posted a video of a Deckard's Dream in use at Greenhouse Studios. Not played by him in the video but it's likely he was involved with the recording.

The model in use in this video is a MKI; you can tell from then front panel audio output, lack of a 'MK2' on the bottom right of the front panel, and the date the video was posted, which was prior to the release of the MK2.

In a user-uploaded photo, Ben Frost's Moog Minitaur is visible atop his audio interface, highlighting its role in his setup. Another angle of the Minitaur can be seen in this related Facebook post.

In the video by the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, Ben Frost is shown using the Universal Audio SPL Transient Designer Plug-In on his MacBook display at the 3:05 mark.

At 1:58 minute of the video you can see the "combfilter" on his Macbook display.

In an Instagram post, Ben Frost shares his excitement for Hecker's 'Love Streams,' featuring the Neve 8301 The Kelso as part of his studio setup.

Shape the summed image using a combination of an SPL transient designer and the Apple audio units graphic eq- the one that you get with garageband -Render out a mixed recording of the whole piece through a Manley pultec and then delete all the original material from existence

In this photo of Frost's live set-up you can just about see an Ultralite MK3 under the tin of cassettes, to the left of the 4-track. It is recognisable by its green LCD screen and single front panel input.

In an Instagram post by naomijadeannu, Ben Frost is seen using the Faderfox MX12, positioned to the right of the OP-1.

"SPL makes a plug called De-Verb, for example, which is designed to remove reverb. So that’s great, let’s remove all the reverb. But they also made this thing called Mo-Verb, which is designed to give more room to a sound. Where things get interesting is when you start stacking those one after the other, on top of each other – one fighting to find a room, the other fighting to tear it out."

In this video, you can see Ben Frost plays a Fender Telecaster 70S Custom guitar (not too much similar to the traditional Fender Telecaster).

Frost can be seen using various Ampeg SVT heads and cabs in photos of his live performances, and he is likely using them to amplify his guitar and/or signals from his laptop. In this photo you can see the leftmost cab is driven by a SVT-CL.

Frost can be seen using a 636 in this Instagram video. The fact that he's tagged Soundgas suggests that he's using the Soundgas remake of the 636, not the original Grampian.

In a video reposted by ethermachines on Instagram, Ben Frost is seen using the EMS Synthi A during a session with A Winged Victory for the Sullen.

Ben Frost is seen using the Tascam 414 Portastudio MKII in a photo shared by yarenerenbudak on Instagram, tagged with #BenFrost and #sonar2019.

Frost can be seen using various Ampeg SVT heads and cabs in photos of his live performances, and he is likely using them to amplify his guitar and/or signals from his laptop. In this photo you can see the rightmost cab is driven by a SVT-CL Heritage Edition, identifiable by the knob layout.

A Nagra IV-S can be seen in this video of Frost recording.

Frost can be seen using a pair of SVT-VR heads in this photo from a live performance.

Frost can be seen using Pro Tools at 0:47 in this video.

Can be seen using one here. Picture from his Discogs profile.

An EBow Plus can be seen in a tin amongst Frost's other equipment in this photo.

In this comment from his Reddit AMA, Frost mentions he used a CMI in his score for season 3 of the Netflix series 'Dark'.