Robert Smith

In this article from the June 1996 issue of Sound On Sound magazine, Robert discusses his home studio setup. "When I do demos at home, I play a lot and build up the song. I use a little Casio home keyboard, a Musicman bass and an electronic Casio guitar with plastic strings, as well as an Ovation 6-string acoustic. Then there's a Tascam 8-track Portastudio. I also use a Roland R8 drum machine, but I always use presets on that, or drum sounds from the Casio keyboard as a basic timing."

In this archived article of an interview from the April 2000 issue of Guitar World, the PCM-70 is listed among Robert's effects. Sound on Sound also writes about The Cure using this effect.

The April 2000 issue of Guitar World, lists the PCM-80 as one of Robert's effects. An archived version of this article can be seen here. This article from the venerable Sound on Sound website also lists the PCM-80 among Robert's outboard equipment.

In this transcription of an article from the June 1996 issue of Sound on Sound magazine, Smith says of his demo recording process, "When I do [them] at home, I play a lot and build up the song. I use a little Casio home keyboard, a Musicman bass and an electronic Casio guitar with plastic strings, as well as an Ovation 6 string acoustic. Then there's a Tascam 8 track Portastudio."

A pair of Mac G5 towers can be seen behind him.

Guitar World magazine's April 2000 issue shows the FireworX unit as listed as being one of Robert's effects. An archived version of this article can be found here.

Robert used an Eventide H3000 during The Cure's live set up. The source here is a screenshot of an archived version of an April 2000 edition of Guitar World magazine. More verification of Robert's and The Cure's use of this can be found in this Sound on Sound article.

The 2290 is among many effects used by Robert per this archived version of an April 2000 edition of Guitar World magazine. Sound on Sound also lists this as part of The Cure's gear set up here.

In this article from the June 1996 issue of Sound On Sound magazine, Robert explains that "the only piece of outboard I know of, which I've used for the last three albums, is a Massenburg 8200 EQ -- just because, again, it's notching out rather than adding."

"I've had a portastudio at home for a few years, the TEAC 144, which is handy."

"I'm very luddite with my equipment, advances in technology, MIDI and stuff. I've just been persuaded to use a DEP-5. I haven't actually opened the manual yet, though I have found a really good backwards echo. Everything else I use is Boss pedals in one of those little carrying cases, and I swap them about depending on what I want. And a Cry Baby wah wah I've had since the group's inception. I've been told it's become a very fashionable guitar accessory again — I keep reading about new designs of wab wah. It's like when you buy a car you always see your make on the road."