MASTER BOOT RECORD (Unknown)

Can you tell us a little about how you construct these songs? Your bio on Bandcamp is the specs of a processor, but can you talk about what program or programs you use to make this music?

I’m using Cubase 8, and everything is synthesized. I’m working with Massive to create the floppy disk drive guitar and bass synth, and all other sounds. The drums are programmed, too. I fine-tuned my “sound chip” between September first and 22nd, 2016, when I produced and released four albums on the fly. I always use the same set of sounds, which speeds up the mixing process and lets me focus on composition. It’s a bit like pixel art: low resolution; high imagination. Creation out of limitations. Expression in a minimal framework.

*Can you tell us a little about how you construct these songs? Your bio on Bandcamp is the specs of a processor, but can you talk about what program or programs you use to make this music? * I’m using Cubase 8, and everything is synthesized. I’m working with Massive to create the floppy disk drive guitar and bass synth, and all other sounds. The drums are programmed, too. I fine-tuned my “sound chip” between September first and 22nd, 2016, when I produced and released four albums on the fly. I always use the same set of sounds, which speeds up the mixing process and lets me focus on composition. It’s a bit like pixel art: low resolution; high imagination. Creation out of limitations. Expression in a minimal framework.

During MASTER BOOT RECORD's live show in Amsterdam in October 2024, a photograph clearly shows the IK Multimedia TONEX on their pedalboard, confirming its use by the artist.

In a YouTube video by MASTER BOOT RECORD titled "Playing Commodore 64 and Pipe Organ with Guitar at 3.3 ms latency," at the 0:24 mark, the artist demonstrates using his guitar to control the Hauptwerk Virtual Pipe Organ.