Squarepusher

This picture, taken from the Squarepusher's Sound On Sound interview, reveals an AXON AX100 MIDI Module that Tom uses with his bass. It's found in the right portion of the picture, near the two bass guitars. It's a blue rack module made by Blue Chip. This is the main visual difference between this AX100 and the AX100MKII, which was actually made by Terratec.

The 6th picture of this interview shows lots of Jenkinson's rack modules. On the right portion of the picture, there are 3 particular pieces together: The bottom piece is the Yamaha TX81Z, the middle one is the Yamaha FS1r (which can also be seen together in other pictures such as this one, below the TB-303). Finally, the top one is the MOTU MIDI Express 128 MIDI Interface, as hinted by several facts: - The blue MOTU brand at the left. - One MIDI connection at the left part of the unit's panel. - A single green light, indicating that the "Computer I/O" LED seen in the unit is lit. - The white and illegible names near the green LED greatly resembles the MIDI IN and MIDI OUT display names present on the actual machine.

This picture has a nice picture of some of Jenkinson's rack gear. In this particular shot, the Roland VB-99 can be seen at the top, followed by the V-Synth XT and the MOTU 24 I/O. On top of the blue piece, however, lies the MOTU 828 MKII USB 2.0 Audio Interface. Although the picture itself doesn't say much due to its quality (zoom helps), it's still possible to spot a green display near the middle (present only in the USB version, as the FireWire version features a light blue display instead), and right next to it it, roughly 5 white lines (as the bad quality makes it look like), 2 wider ones at the top and 3 shorter ones below them.

If compared to the original machine, it is clear that the green display is actually present, showing parameters, mix busses, etc. Also, the white lines are actually some of the interface's features printed on the unit. Some of them are: CueMixDSP, 96kHz, adat sync. After a final comparison, the other display (the one that shows levels) also becomes visible.

In the Squarepusher's Custom Bass Setup section of this interview, a line of 8 Roland EV-5 Expression Pedals can be seen to be put onto a wood piece, forming what looks to be Tom Jenkinson's pedalboard.

In the podcast (43:12-45:10) he mentions that he used to make programs for the VIC20, mainly drum machine tracks and the fact that it is also used in a some songs of his album "Be Up a Hello".

In this Sound On Sound interview, precisely on the "Jumble Sale Studio" section, a bunch of Jenkinson's gear is mentioned. Among them, the TC Electronics D-Two Delay. The item can also be seen in the photo gallery of the interview, along with other pieces in a rack (from top to bottom, TC Electronics D-Two Delay, DBX 1066, Drawmer LX-20 and the Eventide Orville). It is the 8th photo, here's a quick link to it: http://dt7v1i9vyp3mf.cloudfront.net/styles/news_large/s3/imagelibrary/S/Sq_09.jpg?3CE8TrbIbKGqUfDboUWA_6We1exoFnHv=&itok=6tgbEa6N

From the interview: "It's a ragtag collection of stuff, and there's no discernible overall 'vintage' rationale behind the collection as a whole. The most significant pieces are a Roland TR909, TB303, SH101, V?Synth XT and V?Bass 99, Neve 1073 mic pre, AKG BX15 spring reverb, TC Electronics D2 delay, DBX 1066, a self?made mechanical reverb, Tom Jenkinson's custom?made spring reverb: "The reverb uses four pairs of Accutronics type 1, 4, 8 and 9 springs. The stereo input stages incorporate a soft-clip circuit, high shelving EQ and spring selectors that send the input to a given pair of springs. There are four output stages to which the springs can be assigned. Each output stage has signal invert, volume and pan controls. The springs can be used in parallel or series, where one spring signal is fed into another. The circuit grounding uses star topology. It was used extensively on the album Hello Everything, in conjunction with my AKG BX15 and BX20 reverbs. It is clearly audible at the starts of 'Bubble Life', 'Circlewave' and 'Plotinus'.” Tom Jenkinson's custom?made spring reverb: "The reverb uses four pairs of Accutronics type 1, 4, 8 and 9 springs. The stereo input stages incorporate a soft-clip circuit, high shelving EQ and spring selectors that send the input to a given pair of springs. There are four output stages to which the springs can be assigned. Each output stage has signal invert, volume and pan controls. The springs can be used in parallel or series, where one spring signal is fed into another. The circuit grounding uses star topology. It was used extensively on the album Hello Everything, in conjunction with my AKG BX15 and BX20 reverbs. It is clearly audible at the starts of 'Bubble Life', 'Circlewave' and 'Plotinus'.” Axon AX100 MIDI bass module, MOTU 24I/O audio interface, Dynaudio Acoustics M1 monitors, Yamaha CS80, TX81Z and FS1R synths and QY700 sequencer. A huge amount of gear has also been and gone, like the Yamaha VSS80 8?bit toy keyboard sampler shown in some late '90s television footage of Jenkinson."

Right at the intro of the video, behind Tom we can see a lot of gear in a rack. One of those pieces is the Tascam DA-88. At the 0:05 mark, from the top to the bottom, it is the 1st unit.

In this session, Squarepusher performs alongside drummer Alex in his own private studio, as he describes at the introduction scene. Throughout the video, there's a mixer that can be seen in Tom Jenkinson's main desk (which features a computer monitor). Many hints indicate that the mixer is indeed the Mackie 24.8.2: * In the Sound On Sound interview, Tom mentions having the Mackie 28.8 before having the Euphonix CS3000. It's very likely that there was a mistake in this interview, as there is no such Mackie 28.8 mixer. * 0:27 into this video we get a zoom at the mixer's panel, showing the levels as well as some buttons and (partiatly) knobs, which greatly resembles the ones seen in the 24.8.2. * In the Hello Everything album cover, there's a picture of a pair of hands operating a mixer. Again, the knobs, faders, buttons and overall design do match the ones of the 24.8.2.

On the final picture of this Sound On Sound interview, it is possible to spot a microphone between que QY700 and the PC1600x. It resembles the classic Shure SM58, although the microphone head seems to have been slightly crushed.

At one particular moment of this documentary (called "Meet Squarepusher", from The Creators Project), precisely starting on the 7:07 mark, Tom Jenkinson shows (as described by himself) the "current manifestation of his live setup". Along with rack pieces and expression pedals, a Roland PK-5A can also be spotted on it.

At first glance, there's quite a lot of doubt whether it's a PK-5 or a PK-5A. And even though there's tape everywhere hiding the brands (most notably on all of the Roland EV-5s), the PK-5A can still be distinguished by several factors: - The color scheme of the PK-5A is darker compared to the PK-5 one. - The font used on the PK-5A is significantly smaller than the one used on the PK-5. - The function chart on the top right portion of the PK-5A is extensively longer than the one found on the PK-5. Functions such as Transpose, Battery Check and Dump do not appear on the PK-5 chart.

The gear can be seen throughout the entirety of this video that the artist released of themselves making music in a studio.