Gillian Gilbert

In this transcription of a Sound on Sound article, former New Order tech Michael Johnson states that during the making of the Brotherhood album, the band utilized "a Yamaha QX1 Sequencer with dedicated software [and a] Yamaha RX11 drum machine." In this live performance from 1985, we can see both mounted atop Gillian's keyboard rack at the 5:36 mark.

There is a photo on this site that shows Gilbert with a Sequential Circuits Pro One.

This article on the making of The Other Two and You by New Order's Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert explains, "Stephen is a self-confessed equipment hoarder; the lower floor rooms of the studio are reported to contain a vast stockpile of gear.

"'I'm one of those people that when I see something new, I buy it and find out it doesn't work as it's supposed to -- then I spend ages getting it to work properly only to find they bring out a new one at half the price that does the job. It's like this K2000 keyboard -- it's great, but it's like a hobby having a Kurzweil because of the problem of getting hold of all the new bits for it like SIMM's, the sampling option and internal fan.'

"'But it's a nice hobby though," interjects Gillian, reminding Stephen that it's her keyboard anyway."

This image shows Gilbert playing a Roland Fantom G7.

Check the youtube link. 7 minutes 25 seconds

This was during the Technique tour 1989.

It was most likely they used the TX81Z in the studio when writing this material but the YS200 has a very similar 4op archetecture and is a small lightweight, portable and somewhat disposable keyboard suitable for touring.

There is a photo on this site that shows Gilbert playing an Arp Quadra.

Per this Feb 11, 2013 interview for The Guardian:

We'd bought ourselves an Emulator 1, an early sampler, and used it to add snatches of choir-like voices from Kraftwerk's album Radioactivity, as well as recordings of thunder.

XP-80 was Gillian's main synth for New Order's performance at the Reading Festival in 1998. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItSrB3LONyE It can be seen clearly at the 2:08 mark of this performance of "True Faith."

This photo on shows Gilbert playing Bernard Sumner's Gibson SG.

This photo from an early New Order performance shows Gilbert playing a Shergold Masquerader, which belonged to Bernard Sumner.

Throughout the video, Gillian is playing a Prophet-5.

“So 10 of the players were running the S61 keyboards and two were using the 88-note ones, plus there was the one that Gillian has. Again she had exactly the same setup, with a laptop running MainStage and the Komplete Audio 6 supplying the audio from the laptop, but with Gillian there was a bit of a hybrid situation. She likes the Native Instrument keyboards and now uses the S88 weighted one, but she has still been using the odd thing from the Fantom and Mopho.

You can see Gillian operating a rack of Voyetras moments into this video.

FUN!!!!

In this transcription of a Sound on Sound article, former New Order tech Michael Johnson states that during the making of the Brotherhood album, the band utilized "a Yamaha QX1 Sequencer with dedicated software [and a] Yamaha RX11 drum machine." In this live performance from 1985, we can see both mounted atop Gillian's keyboard rack at the 5:36 mark.

Per this Feb 11, 2013 interview with Gilbert for The Guardian:

Blue Monday's distinctive intro was written on an Oberheim DMX drum machine.

“So 10 of the players were running the S61 keyboards and two were using the 88-note ones, plus there was the one that Gillian has. Again she had exactly the same setup, with a laptop running MainStage and the Komplete Audio 6 supplying the audio from the laptop, but with Gillian there was a bit of a hybrid situation. She likes the Native Instrument keyboards and now uses the S88 weighted one, but she has still been using the odd thing from the Fantom and Mopho."

“So 10 of the players were running the S61 keyboards and two were using the 88-note ones, plus there was the one that Gillian has. Again she had exactly the same setup, with a laptop running MainStage and the Komplete Audio 6 supplying the audio from the laptop, but with Gillian there was a bit of a hybrid situation. She likes the Native Instrument keyboards and now uses the S88 weighted one, but she has still been using the odd thing from the Fantom and Mopho."

You can see Gillian Gilbert using the Roland A-50 throughout this YouTube video, but a good shot appears at 4:06

At 0:06 and throughout the video you can see Gillian playing an Emulator II.