Marc Houle
Marc Houle's Keyboards and Synthesizers
Visible from 0:59 over his shoulder behind the Roland TR-8. The small lights over the grid gives it away that it is not only a circuit but a mono station.
During this interview RA asks him following question. And then there is a picture of his Roland Juno-60 "Do you remember how you picked up your Juno-60?" "I think it was a trade. My friend had a Juno-106, and I thought that was really cool. But then when I traded for a Juno-60 and I plugged it in for the first time, I was like "Oh my God, this is like 20 times better." It was simpler than a Juno-106, and you do less on it but the sounds were warmer and had more of a personality"
RA interviewer asks him "Let's talk about the Korg Mono/Poly. Do you remember when you first came across one?" Marc Houle: "In the mid-'90s I was trying to get rid of all my digital stuff because I was really tired of the sound, and so I traded in some stuff and got a Mono/Poly"
And there is a picture showing the Korg Mono/Poly.
During this interview from RA the interviewer asks:"What about the ARP2600? Marc Houle:"When I got it, it didn't really work at all. You'd put some knobs up, and it'd just start squelching. But after getting it repaired a few times and slowly figuring it out better, I started to get some nice sounds out of it. It's a nice synth, and it's one of the most important synths in music next to the Minimoog I think. " And there is a picture showing his ARP2600
You can see the Roland SH-101 during this interview with Marc Houle. "The SH-101 is a good utility synth. It was inexpensive at the time I got it, but it does a lot. For a beginner, it's got everything you need on it. It's great"
The Yamaha DX7 shows up in the pictures during this interview with Marc Houle
RA:"What was your impression of the DX7 before you picked one up?"
Marc Houle:"Awful, I hated the DX7. All the early '80s stupid digital pop music, "bling, bling, bling" and all the really bad R&B? All the DX7. All the bad metal bands. It was the worst synth. Every track that was on the radio had a DX7 at that time, because it was so revolutionary, but they used it all in such a strong, breathy way. I got it four years ago because there's something about me... Like as much as I hate it, I kind of love it too. 1985 Prince sounds, crap digital, it's kind of fun"
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