Alan Howarth

In this video interview with Alan, he discusses some of his current gear, which includes an Arp Avatar, a Minimoog Model D, a Kurzweil K2661, an M-Audio Keystation, an Arturia Spark, and an Arturia keyboard, presumably a KeyStep.

Alan Howarth, known for his collaborations with John Carpenter, used the ARP Quadra synthesizer, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo on Fbcdn.

In an interview image from Prosoundeffects, Alan Howarth is shown using the ARP Avatar synthesizer. He frequently used the same synthesizers as his collaborator, John Carpenter.

In the video "How the Escape From New York music was made," Alan Howarth is shown using the Roland CSQ-600, a sequencer he frequently employed alongside John Carpenter during their collaborations.

"Phase 2 began with Big Trouble In Little China. I had a new house and built a studio in the garage out back, which I called Electric Melody Studios, and where I had an Ampex MM1100 24-track instead of the Stephens. I added a Kurzweil 250 synth and a Prophet VS, both of which became main pieces, and also got the Linn Drum LM2 and an E-mu SP12 Drumulator. I started getting into computer-based sequencers as well. The first one I got was MOTU Performer on the Mac Plus. But the crown jewel which we got in 1986 was a Synclavier system. It was so expensive that I bought it on payments, it was like buying a house! I decided to go for the Synclavier rather than the Fairlight because it had added a Macintosh as its interface."

In this video interview with Alan, he discusses some of his current gear, which includes an Arp Avatar, a Minimoog Model D, a Kurzweil K2661, an M-Audio Keystation, an Arturia Spark, and an Arturia keyboard, presumably a KeyStep.

In this video interview with Alan, he discusses some of his current gear, which includes an Arp Avatar, a Minimoog Model D, a Kurzweil K2661, an M-Audio Keystation, an Arturia Spark, and an Arturia keyboard, presumably a KeyStep.

“Phase 2 began with Big Trouble In Little China. I had a new house and built a studio in the garage out back, which I called Electric Melody Studios, and where I had an Ampex MM1100 24-track instead of the Stephens. I added a Kurzweil 250 synth and a Prophet VS, both of which became main pieces, and also got the Linn Drum LM2 and an E-mu SP12 Drumulator. I started getting into computer-based sequencers as well. The first one I got was MOTU Performer on the Mac Plus. But the crown jewel which we got in 1986 was a Synclavier system. It was so expensive that I bought it on payments, it was like buying a house! I decided to go for the Synclavier rather than the Fairlight because it had added a Macintosh as its interface."

Alan Howarth, known for his collaborations with John Carpenter, is pictured using the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 synthesizer, a staple in their shared sound design work.

Alan Howarth, known for his collaborations with John Carpenter, uses the E-mu Drumulator drum machine. This is evidenced by a user-uploaded photo showing Howarth with the equipment.

Seen in the back of this photo.

Alan Howarth, known for his collaborations with John Carpenter, uses the Linn Electronics LM-1 Drum Computer, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo.

In the Prosoundeffects interview, Alan Howarth discusses using the ARP 1623 Sequencer, a piece of gear he often shared with his collaborator John Carpenter.

"My studio was called Pi West, and the initial bank of keyboards there when John and I started out working together were the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev3, a Prophet 10, an early ARP Quadra and two ARP Avatars — one Avatar was integrated with a Sequential Circuits Model 700 programmer — an ARP Sequencer, an Oberheim Four Voice, and an Emulator 1 sampler."

"Phase 2 began with Big Trouble In Little China. I had a new house and built a studio in the garage out back, which I called Electric Melody Studios, and where I had an Ampex MM1100 24-track instead of the Stephens. I added a Kurzweil 250 synth and a Prophet VS, both of which became main pieces, and also got the Linn Drum LM2 and an E-mu SP12 Drumulator. I started getting into computer-based sequencers as well. The first one I got was MOTU Performer on the Mac Plus. But the crown jewel which we got in 1986 was a Synclavier system. It was so expensive that I bought it on payments, it was like buying a house! I decided to go for the Synclavier rather than the Fairlight because it had added a Macintosh as its interface."

“Phase 2 began with Big Trouble In Little China. I had a new house and built a studio in the garage out back, which I called Electric Melody Studios, and where I had an Ampex MM1100 24-track instead of the Stephens. I added a Kurzweil 250 synth and a Prophet VS, both of which became main pieces, and also got the Linn Drum LM2 and an E-mu SP12 Drumulator. I started getting into computer-based sequencers as well. The first one I got was MOTU Performer on the Mac Plus. But the crown jewel which we got in 1986 was a Synclavier system. It was so expensive that I bought it on payments, it was like buying a house! I decided to go for the Synclavier rather than the Fairlight because it had added a Macintosh as its interface."

"My studio was called Pi West, and the initial bank of keyboards there when John and I started out working together were the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev3, a Prophet 10, an early ARP Quadra and two ARP Avatars — one Avatar was integrated with a Sequential Circuits Model 700 programmer — an ARP Sequencer, an Oberheim Four Voice, and an Emulator 1 sampler. I also had the Linn LM1 drum machine, which drove our main arpeggiator, the ARP Sequencer, using clock pulses. I later got an Emulator 2, which became one of our main pieces and had a very musical arpeggiator on its own."

"My studio was called Pi West, and the initial bank of keyboards there when John and I started out working together were the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev3, a Prophet 10, an early ARP Quadra and two ARP Avatars — one Avatar was integrated with a Sequential Circuits Model 700 programmer — an ARP Sequencer, an Oberheim Four Voice, and an Emulator 1 sampler."

"My studio was called Pi West, and the initial bank of keyboards there when John and I started out working together were the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev3, a Prophet 10, an early ARP Quadra and two ARP Avatars — one Avatar was integrated with a Sequential Circuits Model 700 programmer — an ARP Sequencer, an Oberheim Four Voice, and an Emulator 1 sampler."

“Phase 2 began with Big Trouble In Little China. I had a new house and built a studio in the garage out back, which I called Electric Melody Studios, and where I had an Ampex MM1100 24-track instead of the Stephens. I added a Kurzweil 250 synth and a Prophet VS, both of which became main pieces, and also got the Linn Drum LM2 and an E-mu SP12 Drumulator. I started getting into computer-based sequencers as well. The first one I got was MOTU Performer on the Mac Plus. But the crown jewel which we got in 1986 was a Synclavier system. It was so expensive that I bought it on payments, it was like buying a house! I decided to go for the Synclavier rather than the Fairlight because it had added a Macintosh as its interface."

In this video interview with Alan, he discusses some of his current gear, which includes an Arp Avatar, a Minimoog Model D, a Kurzweil K2661, an M-Audio Keystation, an Arturia Spark, and an Arturia keyboard, presumably a KeyStep.

In this video interview with Alan, he discusses some of his current gear, which includes an Arp Avatar, a Minimoog Model D, a Kurzweil K2661, an M-Audio Keystation, an Arturia Spark, and an Arturia keyboard, presumably a KeyStep.