Laurie Anderson

Seen in this image of Laurie Anderson's computer in her home studio. Photo taken by Derek Peck in Laurie Anderson's studio circa 2010.

https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/gallery/331/laurie-anderson/3

In the bottom of this photo a Moog Minimoog Voyager can be seen in Laurie Anderson's home studio circa 2010.

4th paragraph down and 12th line LA uses this synth

"The Akai S900 is my favourite toy at the moment. I really like it very much - that and the Mac, they're a good pair. I did the whole Swimming to Cambodia score, the Jonathan Demme film, with one drum hit for the entire percussion sampled into the Akai, and it sounds like 50 different things. It's a lovely drum with a lovely sound to it, so I goofed around with it a bit and that's all there is. I don't think you'd ever suspect that it's just that one hit."

At 1:41 you can see that Laurie has not one but 3 Eventide H3000 units! She really likes the delay and Pitch shifter effects.

In the Emusician article, Laurie Anderson mentions using the Eventide H910 Harmonizer Plugin, highlighting its role in her sound production.

"The PCM70 is also a favourite toy; it has so many lovely things to it. Its Rich Chamber setting is a real warm, beautiful sound. So I was able to do the whole movie score with just that setup and I was very happy with it." Another smile, another cigarette, another subject. Art. To call Laurie Anderson a musician is to do her an injustice. Her work to date has involved songwriting, choreography, film-making and performing, so "artist" is a more accurate term. And strangely, it's from interviewing those sculptors that this artist has drawn many of her ideas."

Seen here in this YouTube video of Laurie Anderson's home studio in the rack of keyboards at the top, it is widely known that the Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus was the vocoder used in Laurie Anderson's "O Superman."

Roland summarize this knowledge: " 'O Superman' transforms the mundane into the sinister. This somber oddity was a surprise hit from Anderson's 1982 debut album Big Science (Warner Brothers). Both playful and ominous, the song’s lyrics were sung through the Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus. While vocoders existed prior to the VP-330, Roland’s distinctive design resonated with new audiences in a climate now fascinated by electronics.

The anchor of 'O Superman' is a loop of Laurie’s gently gated laughter in a robotic eighth-note cadence. Powered by the VP-330 Vocoder Plus, her initially neutral snicker soon becomes malicious, finally emerging as a melancholy chuckle of empathy and defeat. The narrative arc is a tongue-in-cheek conversation with the unknown as told through an imaginary answering machine message—as one might talk to God or one’s reflection."

https://www.rolandcloud.com/news/selective-synthesis-o-superman

One Yamaha NS-10M speaker seen above her mixing boards.

Seen in this picture of Laurie Anderson's home studio is an Access Virus TI Polar. Photo taken by Derek Peck in Laurie Anderson studio circa 2010.

https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/331/laurie-anderson

Seen in this picture of Laurie Anderson's home studio is a Sequential Circuits Prophet VS. Photo taken by Derek Peck in Laurie Anderson studio circa 2010.

https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/331/laurie-anderson

Seen in this picture of Laurie Anderson's home studio is a Roland D-70. Photo taken by Derek Peck in Laurie Anderson studio circa 2010.

https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/331/laurie-anderson

In this Facebook post (with a YouTube video), NS Design states that Laurie Anderson is playing a NS Design CR5 violin.

"WATCH: Laurie Anderson plays her NS CR5 violin (with the Balanced Shoulder Rest) as she opens her multimedia lecture at la Biennale di Venezia 2011."

In this photo of Laurie Anderson in her studio from 1980 that accompanies this article from The New York Times, an Eventide H949 is visible in the background. A version with the item circled can be found in this October 12, 2021 Facebook post by Eventide.

In this photo of Laurie Anderson in her studio from 1980 that accompanies this article from The New York Times, an Eventide H910 is visible in the background. A version with the item circled can be found in this October 12, 2021 Facebook post by Eventide.