Martyn Ware

Martyn with his Korg 700s behind him in his studio .....

Martin has used the Roland System 100 (Full set) all through his career with Human League, Heaven 17 and BEF and still uses it today.

“’Bigger than America’ was our last attempt at having a big international hit album with proper financial support. I’m very proud of that album, by the way. I think it stands the test of time. I remember thinking at the time that we wanted to make an album that was our last chance to use all the original synths. We used a lot of Jupiter 8 and Jupiter 4—all the original synths and the original Linn Drums as well. That’s why the album sounded so great."

"At one point I was interested in kind of retrofitting MIDI to my analogue pieces, so I had like a Roland Promars, I had a Roland Jupiter-4 which had no MIDI on it so I got that retrofitted with some Kenton MIDI kit and then I had an outboard Kenton kit for the System-100. I used it, not very much to be honest, I kind of like the kind of hands on messiness of the non-MIDI connection, so as soon as the sampling element of everything got a lot simpler I just sampled bits that I wanted."

Included in this list of Martyn's Roland gear.

Martyn Ware is listed as using the Roland TB-303 in a tribute to Roland’s founder on KitMonsters.

In Mark Jenkins' book "Analog Synthesizers," Martyn Ware discusses his use of the Roland JP-8000 Synthesizer.

Instrument-wise, the S1000 inevitably features on the album, along with the EIII, and various other keyboards. A Mac II handles sequencing duties. "We've got a massive library for the EIII now, some great samples. We've spent 18 months sampling, so that's our main tool. We've also been using the Korg T3, and we've just got the new Roland D70, which is very good because it gives you much more of the analogue style live fader control, which is what you want. You don't want to read through manuals and alter every Partial — all that matters to the musician in the studio is that you can get the sound in your mind as quickly as possible."

Martyn Ware uses the Roland V-Synth GT during live performances with Heaven 17, as seen in a 2014 photo on Wikimedia.

Martyn has an MS-20 in the background of this picture.

In Mark Jenkins' book "Analog Synthesizers," Martyn Ware discusses his use of the Quasimidi Sirius synthesizer.

“’Bigger than America’ was our last attempt at having a big international hit album with proper financial support. I’m very proud of that album, by the way. I think it stands the test of time. I remember thinking at the time that we wanted to make an album that was our last chance to use all the original synths. We used a lot of Jupiter 8 and Jupiter 4—all the original synths and the original Linn Drums as well. That’s why the album sounded so great."

Included in this list of Martyn's Roland gear.

Included in this list of Martyn's Roland gear.

Martyn Ware is featured on KitMonsters, where the Roland SH-101 is listed among the Roland gear he uses.

Martyn Ware is noted for using the Roland Juno-106, as highlighted in the KitMonsters article paying tribute to Roland's founder.

Martyn Ware is listed as using the Roland D-50 in a tribute article on KitMonsters, highlighting his connection to Roland's innovative synthesizers.

Included in this list of Martyn's Roland gear.

Instrument-wise, the S1000 inevitably features on the album, along with the EIII, and various other keyboards. A Mac II handles sequencing duties. "We've got a massive library for the EIII now, some great samples. We've spent 18 months sampling, so that's our main tool. We've also been using the Korg T3, and we've just got the new Roland D70, which is very good because it gives you much more of the analogue style live fader control, which is what you want. You don't want to read through manuals and alter every Partial — all that matters to the musician in the studio is that you can get the sound in your mind as quickly as possible.

Instrument-wise, the S1000 inevitably features on the album, along with the EIII, and various other keyboards. A Mac II handles sequencing duties. "We've got a massive library for the EIII now, some great samples. We've spent 18 months sampling, so that's our main tool. We've also been using the Korg T3, and we've just got the new Roland D70, which is very good because it gives you much more of the analogue style live fader control, which is what you want. You don't want to read through manuals and alter every Partial — all that matters to the musician in the studio is that you can get the sound in your mind as quickly as possible."