Colin Newman

Colin Newman uses Yamaha NS-10M Studio Monitors, as listed on his gear list featured in a user-uploaded photo. These monitors are part of his setup for projects with Colin Newman & Corrado Izzo, Wire, Githead, and Spigel*Newman*Colin*Malka, as well as at Swim Studio.

According to Colin Newman's of Colin Newman & Corrado Izzo, Wire, Githead, and Spigel*Newman*Colin*Malka, gear list at Swim Studio, he has a Yamaha 01V96 V2.

On his website, Colin lists Waves Classic Compressors as one of the many software plugins used at his Swim Studio.

In this interview, Colin is asked, "What gauge strings do you use and why?" He responds, "I’ve used Ernie Ball Regular slinky 10-46 forever."

Colin Newman is listed as using the Eastwood Breadwinner on his gear list, which is shown in an image uploaded to Imgur. His musical projects include Wire, Githead, and collaborations with Spigel*Newman*Colin*Malka, as well as work at Swim Studio.

Colin Newman's Swim Studio gear list includes the Eventide H3000 Factory Harmonizer Plugin among various software plugins. This information is detailed on the studio's website.

On his website, Colin lists the XT Live as being among the many effects units employed at his Swim Studio.

On his website, Colin Newman lists Pro Tools 10 as his DAW of choice.

Asked by an interviewer, "What type of pick do you use and why?" Colin Newman of Colin Newman & Corrado Izzo, Wire, Githead, and Spigel*Newman*Colin*Malka replies, "I’ve used Jim Dunlop .60 nylon picks since forever and ever." Taken from this interview.

Colin Newman includes the Eventide PitchFactor Harmonizer among his outboard effects on his website, showcasing its role in his sound setup.

Colin Newman uses a Fender Jazz Bass, according to his website.

On his website, Colin lists Waves' Diamond Plugin Bundle among his plugins.

In this online interview from 2010, Newman indicates that he has used Ernie Ball 10-46 strings for as long as he can recall.

Newman's website lists the 002 as the interface he's currently using in his ~SWIM studio.

Newman's website lists GTR as a plugin he's currently using in his ~SWIM studio.

Newman's website lists Vocalign as a plugin he's currently using in his ~SWIM studio.

Newman's website lists TAL-Dub as a plugin he's currently using in his ~SWIM studio.

In this video, Wire's Colin Newman visits the Malekko factory to try out a new pedal and he can be seen playing his Airline Map with a matching seafoam green and white strap.

Eastwood has released a Newman-endorsed signature version of their Airline Map guitar, with the addition of our custom piezo pickup under its bridge with its own control.

In this profile on Eastwood Guitars' website, Newman specifies that he uses an H9. "I have a bunch of exotic things, too, like the Eventide H9, which I'm totally under-using at the moment, just to make 12-string sounds," he says.

Colin's website states that he uses GForce M-Tron Pro.

"Basically my current main "instrument" is a Macintosh G4. The absolute most recent thing Malka & I did was an a/v thing where the soundtrack was sourced only from audio recorded via the camera. There was of course heavy manipulation, looping etc. - I'm really waiting on a plug & play, cheap DV authoring solution - The highest end current generation G4s have a start on this, but we need greater capacity & not having to buy a new Mac to have it!!"

U: What is your current set-up? Are there any instruments that you've sold over the years but that you wish you'd kept?

CN: A G4, running Digidesign Pro Tools through 001. I get eighteen outputs to my Allen and Heath board. Lots of plug-ins. Hard disks full of various forms of audio. Otherwise, some guitars, a couple of MS10s and an old Casio synth. I don't sell equipment. Even though I have two samplers I never use anymore, there's no point in selling them.

"...My main working partner on Commercial Suicide was John Bonnar, a composer who knew nothing about pop music or multitracking before this. He was writing arrangements for instruments he'd never worked with before - he'd only worked with dots on lines - so it was pure excitement for him. But when we got to actually making the record, we realised we didn't know how to do it. With pop music you do the drums or a click-track first, and if you're not using drums you do the bass, so we started with the bass. We used four DXs, a Mirage and a Roland, MIDI'd together to make the fattest noise I could imagine."

"I got my Digi 001 and I tried Pro Tools and I thought, 'This is amazing software' and the sound of everything was just so much better. I immediately lost interest in MIDI. MIDI seemed to me like poking at sound down a long wire."

Colin Newman's pedalboard. Some of the pedals include: MXR Phase 100, Electro-Harmonix B9 Organ Machine, Electro-Harmonix Micro POG, MXR Distortion+ (custom), Electro-Harmonix Superego, Malekko Ekko 616 analogue delay, Crowther Double Hot Cake, Malekko Diabolik fuzz, MXR Stereo Chorus, Eventide H9.

Colin Newman's pedalboard. Some of the pedals include: MXR Phase 100, Electro-Harmonix B9 Organ Machine, Electro-Harmonix Micro POG, MXR Distortion+ (custom), Electro-Harmonix Superego, Malekko Ekko 616 analogue delay, Crowther Double Hot Cake, Malekko Diabolik fuzz, MXR Stereo Chorus, Eventide H9.

Colin Newman of the band Wire uses the MXR M143 Limiter, as confirmed by a firsthand account shared on Catalinbread Effects' blog. During a visit to a music shop near their performance venue, members of Wire purchased both available MXR Limiters, describing the pedal as one of their "secret weapons" and expressing their habit of buying each one they encounter.