Nathan McCree

In an interview with Guitarguitar, Nathan McCree discusses his use of the Roland JP-8000 Synthesizer in his compositions.

"NM: I was running Cubase on a Windows PC. I had a multi-port MIDI interface which allowed me to communicate with multiple external devices. For synthesizers I had a Roland JV90, and a Roland JV1080 which is the rack version of the JV90. Both of these were equipped with the Orchestral 1 & 2 Expansion Boards and the World Expansion Board. I also had an Ensoniq SQ1-Plus but I was using it less and less as I progressed with my orchestral scores – it wasn’t so good at producing real orchestral instrument sounds. I had a few other bits and pieces, an Ensoniq multi-effects rack and a Focusrite compressor, and that was about it."

"NM: I was running Cubase on a Windows PC. I had a multi-port MIDI interface which allowed me to communicate with multiple external devices. For synthesizers I had a Roland JV90, and a Roland JV1080 which is the rack version of the JV90. Both of these were equipped with the Orchestral 1 & 2 Expansion Boards and the World Expansion Board. I also had an Ensoniq SQ1-Plus but I was using it less and less as I progressed with my orchestral scores – it wasn’t so good at producing real orchestral instrument sounds. I had a few other bits and pieces, an Ensoniq multi-effects rack and a Focusrite compressor, and that was about it."

Although the soundtrack consisted of CD audio, budgetary constraints forced Nathan to produce it in a MIDI studio: "I've never worked with an orchestra and had just a couple of synths — nothing spectacular. I had a Korg O1/W, an Ensoniq SQ1 Plus and a Roland D20. It was a bit of a bodge job, but it worked." - stated in the interview from soundonsound.

Although the soundtrack consisted of CD audio, budgetary constraints forced Nathan to produce it in a MIDI studio: "I've never worked with an orchestra and had just a couple of synths — nothing spectacular. I had a Korg O1/W, an Ensoniq SQ1 Plus and a Roland D20. It was a bit of a bodge job, but it worked." - stated in the interview from soundonsound.