Stan Ridgway

“I recently purchased a Kurzweil K2500 and maxed that out with all the memory and sound blocks and the sampler. I like that a lot, especially for soundtracks and orchestral textures."

“I recently purchased a Kurzweil K2500 and maxed that out with all the memory and sound blocks and the sampler. I like that a lot, especially for soundtracks and orchestral textures. I also have two Roland 770s that I use for sampling. I’m pretty lean and mean here.”

He plays the item throughout the video. Recorded live in Italy, 2011.

"I found a machine made by Sony called the TC-630, which came with its own set of speakers, and you ping-ponged from one side to the other. It also had a wonderful echo dial on it, and the compression you’d get going back and forth was interesting. It made you commit, because once you ping-ponged for real, you couldn’t go home again, and that was an interesting process for me.”

"I used partial amounts of my recording budget to buy an MTR-90 and an old Allen & Heath board that I got from Stewart Copeland; it was actually the board that the early Police stuff had been recorded on."

“I use Cubase audio-the VST full-blown 24 program. I even used that sequencer back when it was called Pro 24. I hard disk record on a Macintosh. I also have two ADATs and a Tascam DA-98, which I use for films, but most of the time if I’m making my own stuff I do it in the computer, and I spit it out either directly as a CD master, or I go through a Lightpipe to a DAT player. I do all my mixing and panning and EQ’ing within the domain of the panels of Cubase.” Ridgway currently uses a Mackie 24o8 console but says he’s seriously considering buying a digital board in the near future. “I recently purchased a Kurzweil K2500 and maxed that out with all the memory and sound blocks and the sampler. I like that a lot, especially for soundtracks and orchestral textures. I also have two Roland 770s that I use for sampling. I’m pretty lean and mean here.”

“I use Cubase audio-the VST full-blown 24 program. I even used that sequencer back when it was called Pro 24. I hard disk record on a Macintosh. I also have two ADATs and a Tascam DA-98, which I use for films, but most of the time if I’m making my own stuff I do it in the computer, and I spit it out either directly as a CD master, or I go through a Lightpipe to a DAT player. I do all my mixing and panning and EQ’ing within the domain of the panels of Cubase.” Ridgway currently uses a Mackie 24o8 console but says he’s seriously considering buying a digital board in the near future. “I recently purchased a Kurzweil K2500 and maxed that out with all the memory and sound blocks and the sampler. I like that a lot, especially for soundtracks and orchestral textures. I also have two Roland 770s that I use for sampling. I’m pretty lean and mean here.”

Ridgway currently uses a Mackie 24o8 console but says he’s seriously considering buying a digital board in the near future. “I recently purchased a Kurzweil K2500 and maxed that out with all the memory and sound blocks and the sampler. I like that a lot, especially for soundtracks and orchestral textures. I also have two Roland 770s that I use for sampling. I’m pretty lean and mean here.”

Used for vocals on Mosquitos, as stated by co-producer Joe Chiccarelli in this November 20, 2020 Mix Online interview.

“I would say maybe half the record was made from something that Stan started by himself, and about 60 percent of all of the tracks were recorded in Stan’s studio,” Chiccarelli says. “I believe we rented a Telefunken U47 for Stan’s voice. Stan’s vocal would also have been through a Neve 1073 preamp into an LA2A compressor."

Used for vocals on Mosquitos, as stated by co-producer Joe Chiccarelli in this November 20, 2020 Mix Online interview.

“I would say maybe half the record was made from something that Stan started by himself, and about 60 percent of all of the tracks were recorded in Stan’s studio,” Chiccarelli says. “I believe we rented a Telefunken U47 for Stan’s voice. Stan’s vocal would also have been through a Neve 1073 preamp into an LA2A compressor."

Used for vocals on Mosquitos, as stated by co-producer Joe Chiccarelli in this November 20, 2020 Mix Online interview.

Chiccarelli brought along some of his own equipment, as well: Focusrite and Neve preamps, UREI 1176 and LA2A compressors, a pair of Tannoy SGM10B monitors, and various microphones. (...) “I would say maybe half the record was made from something that Stan started by himself, and about 60 percent of all of the tracks were recorded in Stan’s studio,” Chiccarelli says. “I believe we rented a Telefunken U47 for Stan’s voice. Stan’s vocal would also have been through a Neve 1073 preamp into an LA2A compressor."

Used for the guitar on Mosquitos, as stated by co-producer Joe Chiccarelli in this November 20, 2020 Mix Online interview.

Chiccarelli brought along some of his own equipment, as well: Focusrite and Neve preamps, UREI 1176 and LA2A compressors, a pair of Tannoy SGM10B monitors, and various microphones. (...) On guitars Ridgway and Chiccarelli used a Neumann U87 or Shure SM57 going into the producer’s Focusrite 115 preamps and 1176 or LA3A compression.

Used for the guitar on Mosquitos, as stated by co-producer Joe Chiccarelli in this November 20, 2020 Mix Online interview.

Chiccarelli brought along some of his own equipment, as well: Focusrite and Neve preamps, UREI 1176 and LA2A compressors, a pair of Tannoy SGM10B monitors, and various microphones. (...) On guitars Ridgway and Chiccarelli used a Neumann U87 or Shure SM57 going into the producer’s Focusrite 115 preamps and 1176 or LA3A compression.

Used for the guitar on Mosquitos, as stated by co-producer Joe Chiccarelli in this November 20, 2020 Mix Online interview.

Chiccarelli brought along some of his own equipment, as well: Focusrite and Neve preamps, UREI 1176 and LA2A compressors, a pair of Tannoy SGM10B monitors, and various microphones. (...) On guitars Ridgway and Chiccarelli used a Neumann U87 or Shure SM57 going into the producer’s Focusrite 115 preamps and 1176 or LA3A compression.

Used for the guitar on Mosquitos, as stated by co-producer Joe Chiccarelli in this November 20, 2020 Mix Online interview.

Chiccarelli brought along some of his own equipment, as well: Focusrite and Neve preamps, UREI 1176 and LA2A compressors, a pair of Tannoy SGM10B monitors, and various microphones. (...) On guitars Ridgway and Chiccarelli used a Neumann U87 or Shure SM57 going into the producer’s Focusrite 115 preamps and 1176 or LA3A compression.

Used for the guitar on Mosquitos, as stated by co-producer Joe Chiccarelli in this November 20, 2020 Mix Online interview.

Chiccarelli brought along some of his own equipment, as well: Focusrite and Neve preamps, UREI 1176 and LA2A compressors, a pair of Tannoy SGM10B monitors, and various microphones. (...) On guitars Ridgway and Chiccarelli used a Neumann U87 or Shure SM57 going into the producer’s Focusrite 115 preamps and 1176 or LA3A compression.