emma essex

OpenMPT, Ichiro Toda's Synth1, Sonic Charge Synplant, Arturia CS-80V, Korg Legacy M1, Toontrack EZdrummer, Aly James Lab FMDrive, Orange Tree Strawberry Electric Guitar Library, Precisionsound Lyra Library, Sonokinetic Arpeggio Harp Library, MB-Plugins AutoPan, MB-Plugins MooPhaz, E-Phonic RetroDelay, Kjaerhus Audio Classic Reverb, MeldaProduction MCompressor, Image-Line Maximus

hardware: Korg MicroKORG, Korg 05R/W, Suzuki Omnichord 200M, Caline Time Space Delay, Behringer Eurorack UBB1002

In the album "caractère difficile" by HALLEY LABS, artist Renard utilizes the Aly James Lab FMDrive 2612 VSTi 1.2 among other plugins and hardware. The detailed list of tools, including OpenMPT, Ichiro Toda's Synth1, and Arturia CS-80V, highlights Renard's diverse sonic palette.

SOFTWARE: Sony ACID Pro, OpenMPT / ModPlug Tracker, GoldWave, Har-Bal, Celemony Melodyne, AnalogX SayIt, E-Phonic Retro Delay, SonicCharge Permut8, SonicCharge Bitspeek, Native Instruments Guitar Rig 4, Kjaerhus Audio Classic Suite, Ichiro Toda's Synth1, AudioRealism Bassline 2, SonicCharge Synplant, Arturia V Collection, KORG Legacy Collection, Illformed Glitch 2, Antares Harmony Engine

Seen listed as an installed plugin during a livestream

Seen listed as an installed plugin during a livestream

Plugins seen listed as installed during a livestream

Seen listed as an installed plugin during a livestream

Seen listed as installed plugins during a livestream

Seen listed as an installed plugin during a livestream

Seen listed as an installed plugin during a livestream

During a livestream, Renard was seen using the AudioThing Fog Convolver, as shown in the provided image from Imgur.

https://twitter.com/HECKSCAPER/status/1199211192327319552

"pedalboards? nah, cheap monitor riser and velcro. managed to get it so neat w

gonna start asking if people wanna see my modular rack and then show them this"

https://twitter.com/HECKSCAPER/status/1199211192327319552

"pedalboards? nah, cheap monitor riser and velcro. managed to get it so neat w

gonna start asking if people wanna see my modular rack and then show them this"

Renard showcases their use of the Electro-Harmonix Blurst Modulated Filter on Twitter, highlighting its integration into their setup, which creatively utilizes a cheap monitor riser and velcro for neatness.

https://twitter.com/HECKSCAPER/status/1199211192327319552

"pedalboards? nah, cheap monitor riser and velcro. managed to get it so neat w

gonna start asking if people wanna see my modular rack and then show them this"

emma dedicated an entire stream to exploring their newly-purchased microfreak.

The LIGHT be clearly seen in this stream’s displayed pedalboard.

In the first of their “pedal feedback” series, emma demonstrates how they create cool analog sounds with a mixer and this pedal.

This is the second part of emma’s “pedal feedback” series, demonstrating how different pedals create different sounds when put into a no-input configuration. The ammoon Octa is used here.

emma can be seen using the Model:Cycles in several streams, though by now they may have already sold it (as last seen in their Discord)

This is emma’s first Chase Bliss pedal, and they use it consistently in several recordings and streams afterwards. From the MOOD’s “pedal feedback” video:

the MOOD is one of the centrepieces of my pedal work. whether it be for the purposes of quickly grabbing feedback and sculpting it into industrial alien spaces as heard in this video or for grabbing onto a small clip of anything else happening in the pedal chain and turning it into a sound bed to work on top of, there's always a reason to use the MOOD. this pedal absolutely changed the way i work with feedback, as did its kind-of-sister, the blooper (which i won't have a video on, as it doesn't take to feedback nicely - it serves its typical purpose as a looper/editor in my pedal setup)

emma gets a blooper here, and uses it consistently in many records and streams afterward.

Along with the blooper, emma got the DD-8 to enhance their recording. It’s used in a lot of recordings and streams afterward.

This is seen in emma’s other videos like the blooper jam, but this specific video showcases how beautiful the Organizer sounds with no input.

emma uses the Bubbles in a no-input setup.

i love weirdo delays and this is one of the more weirdo-er i've ever used. it ranges from being pretty tame to an absolutely crunched-out sludgefest. there's a lot to like about this one. if i have one gripe, it's that the fader can't be 100% wet. that would be the cherry on top of an already awesomely fun little machine.

emma demonstrates the GRAZER in a no-input setup.

sadly, Dwarfcraft is no longer in business.

i say: a damn shame, as now this pedal is way too expensive. i picked it up a few years ago and it's one of my most-used effects. it's a glitchy granular pitchshifter and it does wonderful things to sound.

The feedback regenerator can be clearly seen in this particular setup. It’s also used pretty frequently in several releases and streams.

For the recording of one of their “EVERYDAYS” songs, emma is seen recording tape loops to the MR66.

The MT-400 can be seen in many of emma’s production streams and album notes.

4-channel tape loops show up in my work far more frequently than one might imagine, usually in the form of 5~ second loops, but here are a couple exceptions: "closet" (60sec tape) and a more recent one i haven't recorded yet (30sec tape dubbed at 2x speed). accidentally recorded this in mono :(

emma uses an EP-3 to change the pitch of their tape loops here.