Steve Hillage

"With Gong and the Steve Hillage Band, I’m using a Steinberger GL2T guitar, Line 6 PODxt Pro rack unit with a Line 6 pedalboard, and a Fender Twin FSR amp. With System 7, I swap out the Line 6 PODxt Pro for a Zoom 9050 multi-effects processor and also use Cry Baby wah and Boss Compressor pedals. In addition, in System 7, I have a Behringer Xenyx 502 baby mixer that I use to preamp the sound before sending it to our Pioneer DJM-800 Pro DJ mixer with crossfader control."

"With Gong and the Steve Hillage Band, I’m using a Steinberger GL2T guitar, Line 6 PODxt Pro rack unit with a Line 6 pedalboard, and a Fender Twin FSR amp. With System 7, I swap out the Line 6 PODxt Pro for a Zoom 9050 multi-effects processor and also use Cry Baby wah and Boss Compressor pedals. In addition, in System 7, I have a Behringer Xenyx 502 baby mixer that I use to preamp the sound before sending it to our Pioneer DJM-800 Pro DJ mixer with crossfader control."

"Then the LinnDrum came along, and I started using it on record because it was using samples and it sounded, at the time, more like a real drummer - although now if you listen to a LinnDrum it sounds really bizarre!"

"With Gong and the Steve Hillage Band, I’m using a Steinberger GL2T guitar, Line 6 PODxt Pro rack unit with a Line 6 pedalboard, and a Fender Twin FSR amp. With System 7, I swap out the Line 6 PODxt Pro for a Zoom 9050 multi-effects processor and also use Cry Baby wah and Boss Compressor pedals. In addition, in System 7, I have a Behringer Xenyx 502 baby mixer that I use to preamp the sound before sending it to our Pioneer DJM-800 Pro DJ mixer with crossfader control."

"I got into drum machines originally through playing with echo", Hillage reveals. "I first got an Echoplex in 1974, and I got a very early digital stopwatch and calibrated my Echoplex in milliseconds so I could quickly change the timing for different tempos. I had the figures written in big letters onstage so I could see them."

Hillage is fully conversant with both the modern technology of synths, samplers, sequencers and digital audio recording and the impact that this technology has had on the roles of musician and producer, a consequence of his years spent working in studios as a producer. Today, a hi-tech gear setup which includes a Korg Wavestation, two Akai S1000s, an E-Mu Proteus and C-Lab's Creator sequencing software running on an Atari 1040ST allows him to work on ideas and put tracks together at home.

Hillage is fully conversant with both the modern technology of synths, samplers, sequencers and digital audio recording and the impact that this technology has had on the roles of musician and producer, a consequence of his years spent working in studios as a producer. Today, a hi-tech gear setup which includes a Korg Wavestation, two Akai S1000s, an E-Mu Proteus and C-Lab's Creator sequencing software running on an Atari 1040ST allows him to work on ideas and put tracks together at home.

Boss DR550 is included in the equipment list.