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

"The choice of console came down to Soundcraft or Soundtracs and I chose the Soundtracs CM4400 after arranging an all-in deal with Don Larking at Luton. The advantage with buying a ready-made package is that you know that you can just plug it in and it'll work. The desk has computerised muting and routing and it's never caused any problems other than confusing a few outside engineers who weren't used to it. You can set up the mutes for a mix and then step through manually which is almost as good as automation. Another advantage apart from the good price is that you can use the monitor channels as extra line inputs on remix. We've had to get the desk modified for -10dB operation to make it compatible with everything else we've got. It's a good desk but it's not perfect. For example, as you buy it, the Solo level is much too loud and so someone has to go inside with a soldering iron and modify it. There's no switching for alternative sets of monitors and no way of patching in your cassette machine; we've had to use an extra patch bay to get around this. Another major beef was the amount of crosstalk the desk had when it came and when I complained about it, Soundtracs came down and did a standard mod, but why they didn't tell us about this in the first place I don't know. The worst problem was channels leaking on to the auxiliary busses and that gremlin is still present, albeit to a very small extent since the mod. I also use external parametrics to lift the top end as the internal EQ doesn't do quite what I want. You can't beat it for the money though; you get a computer and a free patchbay. You can't go wrong."