Andy Fletcher

Ben Adams, keyboard tech for Depeche Mode during their 2013 Delta Machine Tour, talks about some of the keyboards and synths used by the band live on stage. Starting at 0:21, he talks about Andy Fletcher’s Access Virus TI Polar: “So here we are on stage left, Andrew Fletcher’s position. He has two controller keyboards that are linked to my racks there, but most importantly… you have the Virus Indigo. The smaller version, the Ti. Used quite predominantly throughout the show. Most importantly, we generate the baseline for Just Can’t Get Enough which is pretty important!”

At 0:20, Andy Fletcher plays a Wave 2.3 (you can see the words "wave 2.3" as the camera pans earlier in the video).

Fletch's first synth which he was persuaded by Vince Clarke to buy for £295 in in July of 1980 from HONKY-TONK MUSIC store in Hadleigh, Essex. Andrew Fletcher appears using a Moog Prodigy in two different performances at the UK tv show "Top of the Pops" in 1981 and he is also seen using in in the 'Just Can't Get Enough' Music Video along with other live performances, he eventually passed the Prodigy onto Alan Wilder when he moved onto a Moog Source.

At 0:23, Andy Fletcher can be seen playing a Yamaha DX7

Andy Fletcher played an E-mu Emax HD/SE and a Yamaha DX7 IID during the "Music for the Masses" tour.

Is seen fingering it lazily at 1:59.

The words "PCR-800" can be seen on the back of the keyboard Fletcher is playing at 4:54.

Fletch can be seen playing an OB-8 in the back of this picture.

This image shows Fletch playing a 60-F synthesizer.

At 1:17, Andy can be seen playing a Moog Source.

From One Two Testing magazine, November 1982 (http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/when-the-wave-forms/4617#):

Andy took the reins: 'I'm using a Moog Source which is a programmable monophonic.' Oh yea, that's the digital one with lots of "dayglo" touch switches and just one knob. What do you like about it?

'Er... the colours. No, I do like the sounds, they're really fat. Moogs are great for bass lines. I used to use a Prodigy and I still carry that around as a back up. The Source is in hospital at the moment. It's got an arpeggiator in it and I'm having some work done so that can be linked up with other sequencers and synths.'

Throughout the video, Andy is playing a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, recognizable by the logo on the back.

Fletch is clearly holding a Roland SH-1 in this picture.

In an interview with DM's road crew during the Delta Machines tour keyboard tech Paul Eastman told MusicRadar "This is Fletch's rig. He does a lot of the baselines off the Virus Polar here. And then there are two Edirol PCR-800 controllers, each of which triggers one the Receptors. There are two Receptors per player, and each is doing the same thing. They're pretty standard Edirol controllers but they're very good. He generally plays on this one and the other is the backup. If there are any problems he can just play the other one and the backup Receptor." Detailed pictures of Fletch's Virus, Edirol controllers and Receptors (with his name stamped right on his 2 Receptor racks) are included in the body of the article.

During the Delta Machines tour, DM's keyboard tech Paul Eastman informed MusicRadar... "Sample wise we're using Native Instruments Kontakt and Massive a lot too. We're also using a lot of GMedia ImpOSCar and Synthogy Ivory for pianos too. There are some sounds you can't get with the synths, so we use the samples for those, but there's a lot we can do and we try to use the synths as much as possible. Stripped is a good example of that. The big lead sound is Massive and ImpOSCar all layered up to create that main riff sound."

During the Delta Machines tour, DM's keyboard tech Paul Eastman informed MusicRadar... "Sample wise we're using Native Instruments Kontakt and Massive a lot too. We're also using a lot of GMedia ImpOSCar and Synthogy Ivory for pianos too. There are some sounds you can't get with the synths, so we use the samples for those, but there's a lot we can do and we try to use the synths as much as possible. Stripped is a good example of that. The big lead sound is Massive and ImpOSCar all layered up to create that main riff sound."

On this pic we can see Andy playing live their Roland A-800PRO MIDI Controller during the recently Global Spirit Tour at Cologne.

Andy Fletched played an E-mu Emax HD/SE and a Yamaha DX7 IID during the "Music for the Masses" tour.

"Martin uses an [E-mu] Emulator II and a PPG Wave 2.2. Andy has a [Sequential Circuits] Prophet 2000, and I have an Emulator II and a Korg DW-8000."

In this video, Andy Fletcher is playing an E-Mu Emulator II, seen clearly at 0:17.

During the Delta Machines tour, DM's keyboard tech Paul Eastman informed MusicRadar... "Sample wise we're using Native Instruments Kontakt and Massive a lot too. We're also using a lot of GMedia ImpOSCar and Synthogy Ivory for pianos too. There are some sounds you can't get with the synths, so we use the samples for those, but there's a lot we can do and we try to use the synths as much as possible. Stripped is a good example of that. The big lead sound is Massive and ImpOSCar all layered up to create that main riff sound."

During the Delta Machines tour, DM's keyboard tech Paul Eastman informed MusicRadar... "Sample wise we're using Native Instruments Kontakt and Massive a lot too. We're also using a lot of GMedia ImpOSCar and Synthogy Ivory for pianos too. There are some sounds you can't get with the synths, so we use the samples for those, but there's a lot we can do and we try to use the synths as much as possible. Stripped is a good example of that. The big lead sound is Massive and ImpOSCar all layered up to create that main riff sound."