Jerry Harrison

This photo shows Jerry playing a Sequential Circuits Prophet 10.

This photo shows Jerry playing an E-Mu Emulator I.

This article states that Jerry played a Yamaha DX7 on the track "Road to Nowhere."

On the synthesiser side, he still remains very much committed to the old analogue models. So while the first takes of his solo album were laid down four years ago with a DX7, for the recent Talking Heads recording, he dug out his old Prophet t8, Sequential's touch-sensitive, MIDI-equipped successor to the Prophet 5.

"I use the Emulator III as my major instrument and there's also some D50s, DX7s and DX7IIs - I still like the DXs for bright, percussive sounds. But I think you need to become familiar with your library so you know exactly what sounds you have at your disposal. I just get so sick of learning new instruments."

This article states that Jerry's studio includes a dbx 120A Subharmonic Synthesizer.

This photo shows Jerry playing a Sequential Circuits Prophet 5.

The sampler Harrison has chosen to stay with is the Emulator II with the Optical Media CD-ROM and CRM3 remote. (He also finds the Emulator's on-board sequencer incredibly easy to use, even though he does use Performer software on the Macintosh.) But he's not so struck on it that he isn't considering upgrading to the Mark III.

"I use the Emulator III as my major instrument and there's also some D50s, DX7s and DX7IIs - I still like the DXs for bright, percussive sounds. But I think you need to become familiar with your library so you know exactly what sounds you have at your disposal. I just get so sick of learning new instruments."

As a keyboardist, Harrison still prefers playing old hardware keys to soft synths. He's a fan of the Clavia Nord Electro 2 (see Fig. 2) and plays an Emu Emulator III, a Hohner Clavinet, a Nord Lead, a Sequential Prophet 5, a Sequential Prophet T8, a Waldorf Microwave, and a Wurlitzer.

As a keyboardist, Harrison still prefers playing old hardware keys to soft synths. He's a fan of the Clavia Nord Electro 2 (see Fig. 2) and plays an Emu Emulator III, a Hohner Clavinet, a Nord Lead, a Sequential Prophet 5, a Sequential Prophet T8, a Waldorf Microwave, and a Wurlitzer.

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "Apple Power Mac G5 with 4 GB of RAM through five Digidesign 192 interfaces for a total of 72 analog outputs and 64 inputs. Digidesign Sync and MIDI interfaces. Digidesign Expansion chassis with four HD process cards and two HD Accel cards. Video streaming through Canopus FW box to separate mounted monitor."

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "Alan Smart stereo compressor (2), Cyclosonic Panner, dbx 120A Subharmonic Synthesizer, dbx 160x, Electro-Harmonix NY-2A compressor (2), Empirical Labs Distressor (4), Eventide H3000, Focusrite 3 stereo compressor, Neve 2254 stereo compressor, Roland Dimension D (2), SPL Transient Designer 9842, Thermionic Culture Phoenix, Thermionic Culture Vulture, UA Teletronix LA-2A (2), Urei 1176LN Peak Limiter (2), and Urei LA-4 (2)."

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "Alan Smart stereo compressor (2), Cyclosonic Panner, dbx 120A Subharmonic Synthesizer, dbx 160x, Electro-Harmonix NY-2A compressor (2), Empirical Labs Distressor (4), Eventide H3000, Focusrite 3 stereo compressor, Neve 2254 stereo compressor, Roland Dimension D (2), SPL Transient Designer 9842, Thermionic Culture Phoenix, Thermionic Culture Vulture, UA Teletronix LA-2A (2), Urei 1176LN Peak Limiter (2), and Urei LA-4 (2)."

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "Daking (2), Focusrite (6), Grace (8), Neve 1073 (8), Neve 1084 (8), Telefunken V76 (4), and Upstate Audio (4)."

On the "south bank show", Jerry Harrison from Talking heads is using a Yamaha CP80.

(visible at various moment such as 22.35min or 29.47min)

As a keyboardist, Harrison still prefers playing old hardware keys to soft synths. He's a fan of the Clavia Nord Electro 2 (see Fig. 2) and plays an Emu Emulator III, a Hohner Clavinet, a Nord Lead, a Sequential Prophet 5, a Sequential Prophet T8, a Waldorf Microwave, and a Wurlitzer.

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "Apple Power Mac G5 with 4 GB of RAM through five Digidesign 192 interfaces for a total of 72 analog outputs and 64 inputs. Digidesign Sync and MIDI interfaces. Digidesign Expansion chassis with four HD process cards and two HD Accel cards. Video streaming through Canopus FW box to separate mounted monitor."

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "933 MHz Apple Power Mac G4 used for mixdown at 96 kHz."

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "Digidesign Pro Tools HD 7.2; McDSP plug-ins; MOTU Mach Five; Spectrasonics Stylus RMX, Atmosphere, and Trilogy; Waves Diamond, Platinum, and Surround bundles; and 5.1 plug-ins, including Digidesign Impact and Digidesign ReVibe."

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "Digidesign Pro Tools HD 7.2; McDSP plug-ins; MOTU Mach Five; Spectrasonics Stylus RMX, Atmosphere, and Trilogy; Waves Diamond, Platinum, and Surround bundles; and 5.1 plug-ins, including Digidesign Impact and Digidesign ReVibe."

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "Digidesign Pro Tools HD 7.2; McDSP plug-ins; MOTU Mach Five; Spectrasonics Stylus RMX, Atmosphere, and Trilogy; Waves Diamond, Platinum, and Surround bundles; and 5.1 plug-ins, including Digidesign Impact and Digidesign ReVibe."

This article states that Jerry' studio includes 'Digidesign Pro Tools HD 7.2; McDSP plug-ins; MOTU Mach Five; Spectrasonics Stylus RMX, Atmosphere, and Trilogy; Waves Diamond, Platinum, and Surround bundles; and 5.1 plug-ins, including Digidesign Impact and Digidesign ReVibe."

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "Digidesign Pro Tools HD 7.2; McDSP plug-ins; MOTU Mach Five; Spectrasonics Stylus RMX, Atmosphere, and Trilogy; Waves Diamond, Platinum, and Surround bundles; and 5.1 plug-ins, including Digidesign Impact and Digidesign ReVibe."

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "Digidesign Pro Tools HD 7.2; McDSP plug-ins; MOTU Mach Five; Spectrasonics Stylus RMX, Atmosphere, and Trilogy; Waves Diamond, Platinum, and Surround bundles; and 5.1 plug-ins, including Digidesign Impact and Digidesign ReVibe."

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "Digidesign Pro Tools HD 7.2; McDSP plug-ins; MOTU Mach Five; Spectrasonics Stylus RMX, Atmosphere, and Trilogy; Waves Diamond, Platinum, and Surround bundles; and 5.1 plug-ins, including Digidesign Impact and Digidesign ReVibe."

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "Native Instruments B4, Propellerhead Reason, Sony Acid, and Tascam GigaStudio 96. Sound library of Acid and Giga files."

This article states that Jerry's studio includes a dbx 160x.

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "Alan Smart stereo compressor (2), Cyclosonic Panner, dbx 120A Subharmonic Synthesizer, dbx 160x, Electro-Harmonix NY-2A compressor (2), Empirical Labs Distressor (4), Eventide H3000, Focusrite 3 stereo compressor, Neve 2254 stereo compressor, Roland Dimension D (2), SPL Transient Designer 9842, Thermionic Culture Phoenix, Thermionic Culture Vulture, UA Teletronix LA-2A (2), Urei 1176LN Peak Limiter (2), and Urei LA-4 (2)."

This article states that Jerry's studio includes "Alan Smart stereo compressor (2), Cyclosonic Panner, dbx 120A Subharmonic Synthesizer, dbx 160x, Electro-Harmonix NY-2A compressor (2), Empirical Labs Distressor (4), Eventide H3000, Focusrite 3 stereo compressor, Neve 2254 stereo compressor, Roland Dimension D (2), SPL Transient Designer 9842, Thermionic Culture Phoenix, Thermionic Culture Vulture, UA Teletronix LA-2A (2), Urei 1176LN Peak Limiter (2), and Urei LA-4 (2)."