Rival Consoles

Synths can easily sound uninspiring, so here is my growing chain of effects. First off, the Copycat tape delay. This is my second one. I love how it breaks up the sound when cranked. The Moog Midimurf I also use to break up the sound into little fragments of stuttered sound. Finally, there’s a simple loop pedal for building layers of ambience.

The main synth of choice is Prophet 8 and now it’s Revision (Rev2). http://www.stampthewax.com/2018/05/24/talking-tech-rival-consoles/

This is a great synth which I use all the time. I think it’s best for subtle ambience rather than big massive synth sounds. It has a very deep modulation matrix, lots of scope for complex sounds. I wish the filter was warmer though!

In an interview with Attack Magazine, Rival Consoles discusses his approach to enhancing synth sounds with effects. He mentions using a chain of pedals, including the Boss OD-3 OverDrive, to add depth and texture to his music.

I have a stereo hand-held device, the Zoom H4N, which I take everywhere and record everything that might be useful, outdoors and indoors.

I use an RME Fireface 400 soundcard and Mackie HR824 monitors, which I bought ofd a friend recently, because even though they are very old, they sound great!

I also use Korg Minilogue (this was used on ‘Be Kind’, which an improvisation using just one layer of the synth).

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A classic synth again. I use this for very, very simple sub bass ’cause it’s so warm and powerful. It always cuts through a mix.

I use an RME Fireface 400 soundcard and Mackie HR824 monitors, which I bought ofd a friend recently, because even though they are very old, they sound great!

I have been building this for many years. Many things come and go, but what is here has passed the test. At the centre is an iMac, which runs Cubase.

I have been building this for many years. Many things come and go, but what is here has passed the test. At the centre is an iMac, which runs Cubase.

You can see his Filterbank 2 rack in this picture from his facebook.

You can see his DD-3 in this picture from his studio.

Moog Mother32s I used for some textural things.

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Seen on the screen of his laptop.

Next to the Mackie monitors.

In a studio photo from Xlr8r, Rival Consoles can be seen with a TC Electronic Ditto Looper positioned to the right of a MacBook.

In a studio photo featured on Xlr8r, Rival Consoles' setup includes a KORG nanoKONTROL, visible next to the right Focal monitor.

I got the Matrixbrute at the very end of making Persona so it wasn’t used, but it is amazingly powerful!

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The Yamaha Reface CP I used a lot for ambient delayed-out Rhodes sounds.

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6176 preamp/compressor [and lots of guitar pedals and little gadgets] were used to add character to synths.

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So far I have a beautiful dark ride cymbal and a ludwig snare which I played on Persona with brushes and many small percussion items such as shakers but I really want to get deeper into the power of live percussion recording.

Can be seen in the above picture, probably this one, not sure though.

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In an interview with Stampthewax, Rival Consoles discusses his creative process and mentions using the Doepfer A-124 Wasp Filter to build around magical moments in his music.

Synths can easily sound uninspiring, so here is my growing chain of effects. First off, the Copycat tape delay. This is my second one. I love how it breaks up the sound when cranked. The Moog Midimurf I also use to break up the sound into little fragments of stuttered sound. Finally, there’s a simple loop pedal for building layers of ambience.

I also use the Rode NT1a and the Korg contact microphone. I use the contact mic live to create very subtle rhythms via the loop pedal. It’s great for improvisation, because you create more unpredictable rhythms.

In a user-uploaded photo from Attackmagazine, Rival Consoles' studio setup includes a Korg MicroKORG Synthesizer/Vocoder.

In a studio photo from Xlr8r, Rival Consoles' Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO-80 Closed Studio Headphones are visible on the right studio monitor.

In a user-uploaded photo on Xlr8r, Rival Consoles' studio setup features the Red Panda Lab Particle delay effects pedal, positioned next to the Moogerfooger.

You can see his Minimoog Model D in this picture from his facebook.

Can be spotted at the very left of the picture