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My first sequencing program
1985 ... Atari 1040STF , Creator , Prophet 2002, a couple of Midi- Keys and in Sync to a Tascam Taperecorder
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Creator seemed so futuristic at the time!
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Mentioned by Fatboy Slim in this Sound on Sound interview about "Praise You". Slim has been using it since Better Living Through Chemistry.
Cook’s home studio setup when he made the first Fatboy Slim album, 1996’s Better Living Through Chemistry, centred around the Akai S950 and the Atari ST computer running C-Lab Creator software.
Orbital is listed as using the C-Lab Creator music software, as documented in their equipment list on Hyperreal.
"I started off with tape machines, of course, but I always pursued the next technological advancement, so I owned my first Atari [ST] as a very early adopter. Back then the choice was CLab Creator or Steinberg Twenty-Four, and I went with Creator."
Future Sound of London equipment list from the August 1992 issue of Music Technology Magazine:
Instruments
Akai S612 Sampler + MD280 Disk Drive Akai S900 Sampler Akai S1000 Sampler w/8Mb memory E-mu Proteus/1 w/Protologic board Jen SX1000 Synth Roland D110 Synth Module Roland JX3P Synth Roland MC202 Monosynth Roland MKS50 Synth Module + PG300 Programmer Roland TB303 Bass Synth Roland TR606 Drum Machine Yamaha DS55 Synth Yamaha TX81Z
Effects
Alesis Quadraverb (x2) Alesis MIDIverb II BBE 422A Sonic Maximiser Bel Electronics BD80 Digital Delay Drawmer DS201 Dual Gate Fostex 3070 Compressor/Limiter Ibanez DM1100 Digital Delay Korg DRV1000 Digital Reverb Yamaha SPX90 Multi effects Processor
Recording
Aiwa HDX1 DAT Recorder Atari 1040ST Computer w/C-lab Creator software Fostex B16 Multitrack Groove MC2V MIDI/CV Converter Korg KMS30 Sync Unit Nakamichi 480Z Cassette Deck Sony DTC1000ES DAT Recorder Soundtracs CM4400 Mixing Desk Technics SL1200 Mk2 Turntable Yamaha NS10M Monitors
"I was a big Studio Vision user. They went out of business. Then I had a long relationship with Cubase. I was an Emagic Creator and Notator user on the Atari way back."
Rhys, this was your first album as a full member of FLA, and you were very young. What was it like stepping into an existing band?
R: Yes I was 19 years old, but because I had already known Bill for a few years and just did the “Gashed Senses” tour it seemed totally natural. I actually hadn’t used the C-Lab Creator program (Atari computer music sequencer software) before and learned as I went.
“No, on the contrary I use plug-ins and have ProTools though I’m still using an Atari 1040ST and a program called Creator which is from 1989, I think. I’m still writing on that and using midi, running a lot of old analogue synthesizers, a couple of samplers. It’s very basic but it seems to work for me, so I’m sticking with. Having the Mac and ProTools and other processing adds another dimension, if you like, so you can start to f++k around with it. I’m trying to keep the best of both worlds.”
Hillage is fully conversant with both the modern technology of synths, samplers, sequencers and digital audio recording and the impact that this technology has had on the roles of musician and producer, a consequence of his years spent working in studios as a producer. Today, a hi-tech gear setup which includes a Korg Wavestation, two Akai S1000s, an E-Mu Proteus and C-Lab's Creator sequencing software running on an Atari 1040ST allows him to work on ideas and put tracks together at home.
A sliding door leads into a 'natural light' control room which contains, among other things, a Soundtracs Quartz 48-channel desk, a Saturn 824 24-track tape machine, and an Atari 1040ST computer with Steinberg Pro24 and C-Lab Creator sequencing software.
"There's more synthesizer and there's a real drummer. James Pinker is playing percussion on this track Urbana. Hear that spaghetti western guitar sound? I'm getting more interested in that sound now. I've done most of the music here at home; Brian Eno's helped out, so has Roger. I'm very pleased with the sound. I started out using the Atari computer really strongly, but then used less and less sequencer. It's not a bad way of doing it, gradually replacing things with less parts, using the sequencer to help compositionally. The computer is an Atari 1040ST running C-Lab Creator."
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