Dntel

The second Elektron product that Dntel shows is a Machinedrum.

At this point, Dntel shows his microKORG.

I've been a fan of the Elektron machines for years. Anything I've made since 2005 probably has some Elektron sounds in it. I really like the way you interact with them, how the sequencer works. The Rytm is its newest drum machine and I've used it on practically everything I've made since I got it. The sounds are really good and flexible, and it has the usual Elektron-style sequencer. It's also got a grid of performance pads, which is nice when you're messing around, trying to figure out what kind of beat will fit a song.

Dntel next shows two products of Elektron. The first is identified as a Monomachine.

Dntel identifies a Digitech product called an Intelligent Pitch Shifter. This is dubbed the Harmony Man.

Even though he doesn't directly identify it, Dntel quickly uses a synthesizer that, when looked at carefully, has "XBase 999" on it.

Dntel's Jimmy Tamborello gives a studio tour in this video talking about , Tamborello talks about the new Voyager in his collection:

“I mostly like because of these glowing wheels and this Kaos-paddy thing [gives demonstration]."

In this video, Dntel gives a tour of his studio and the gear he uses to produce his music. The first equipment he shows is Cubase SX 3.

The next gear that Dntel shows is a Vermona Retroverb Lancet.

The next gear that Dntel shows is a Vermona Retroverb.

Dntel then talks about another MOTU product he owns, specifically the MiDi Time Piece.

Like their Pocket Piano before it, Critter & Guitari's Kaleidoloop seems simple and toy-like, but ends up being really inspiring and useful in the studio and for live performance. It works kind of like a tape machine—you just record audio into it with one button, then it starts playing back in a loop and you have a knob that adjusts the speed and direction of the audio. It has a decent amount of memory, so you can record long segments if you want. It's another good machine for generating happy accidents. Sometimes if I'm stuck on a song, I'll run an element of the track through this and then just start messing with the speed and direction until I stumble on a new way it can fit into the song. It's a good tool for getting out of the grid mindset the DAWs can put you in.

I use this reverb pedal a lot. You can get really giant reverbs from it, and also a lot of the modes have FREEZE and INFINITE settings, which are really fun when you want to drone.

This massive drum machine that Dntel displays is the Vermona Drum Machine.

The studio monitor that Dntel shows in this shot is an AIR15 by Dynaudio.

In this next shot, Dntel shows a complimentary remote for the studio monitor.

The microphone that he uses for vocals and such is a Rode K2 Microphone.

The preamp that Dntel uses for his mic is an AvalonVT-737sp.

The "Compressor, Distressor" sitting on top of the preamp is an EL8 Distressor by Emperical Labs.

The next equipment that Dntel shows is an 828 Firewire Audio Interface. This is the MKIII model, as seen up close, the III symbol is shown.

He next shows a Line 6 DL4, which he demonstrates afterwards.

He next shows his Moogerfooger Analog Delay which he also demonstrates.

In the bookshelf that he has in his studio, Dntel shows an Omnichord.

Next to the Omnichord, Dntel pulls out a Glockenspiel.

This was my first modular gear. I think half the reason I bought it was because I thought it was cool that it had a pin matrix and it closed up like a suitcase. For the first few years, it was pretty frustrating—I'd usually spend a long time trying to remember how to get it to make sound, do one (usually noisy) overdub, and then put it away for a few months. It's embarrassing how long it took me to start getting my head around the way the modular stuff works, but this was a great introductory piece to learn on. It's got all the basic modules you need built into one unit: three oscillators, two LFOs, two envelopes, a filter, sequencer, VCA, ring modulator… I've since expanded my modular set-up quite a bit, but the Vostok still integrates in really well and gets used regularly.

One of my favorite Eurorack Modules. I love gear that can be unpredictable, and I depend on accidents to provide a lot of my favorite song moments, so this gets used a lot. As the name suggests, it generates melodic patterns based on a few parameter knobs and switches. Once I have a song going, I'll sit with this and slowly turn knobs and flick switches until it starts playing something that fits with the song. With some patience, it'll usually come up with something that I would have never come up with on my own. A lot of the melodies on Human Voice originated here.

In the "Creators" documentary for the Postal Service on YouTube, it shows him using an OP-1 as a controller about 2 minutes and 56 seconds into the video. In the video, you can clearly tell that it is the OP-1 because of the placement of the screen and knobs, and the close up shot of him playing it that comes soon after.

At 2:47 in the documentary The Postal Service | Some Idealistic Future, Dntel (Jimmy Tamborello) discusses using the Kurzweil K2000RS sampler as a synthesizer on the album Give Up. This information is provided by The Creators Project on YouTube.