The Crystal Method

The Crystal Method post a photo on Instagram of their newly updated Dave Smith Instruments Tempest Analog Drum Machine. They caption the photo, "Updated our #Tempest by Dave Smith Instruments so we invited @baseck to #crystalwerks for a tutorial of its new features #DSI #davesmithinstruments #analog #producersecrets" (Feb 2015)

The Crystal Method can be seen using the ARP Sequencer in the studio in this photo they posted to Instagram.

The Crystal Method tweets a photo of the setup they use to produce their Community Service radio show. The keyboard controller on the table is the Novation 25 SL Mk II USB MIDI Controller. They say, "A look inside prepping for #CommunityService radio on @SiriusXMElectro. #TheCrystalMethod" (Nov 2014)

While their live rig has been overhauled many times over the years, the Ensoniq ASR10 was Kens primary midi controller for triggering sounds for many years. Can be seen at 0:35 in this video.

Scott's primary sampler for live triggering sounds for many years. Great shot of it at 2:40 into this video

Scott Kirkland, During this Interview that the Intro Pad Sound for their Song Keep Hope Alive Came from the the E-MU Vintage Keys.

at 1:55 in the video, they talk about their compressors

you can see the FireoworX at 1:55 in the video

at 1:55 they show the Joemeek SC2

(@2:15) "right now we're using a lot of SSL stereo bus compression"

at 3:03 in the video you can see two Avalon Preamplifiers

you can see the DBX 160A Compressor at 3:03

you can see the DBX 165 Compressor at 3:03

you can see the Electrix Mo-FX on the bottom of the rack at 3:03

(@3:15) "we wanted to be able to record drums and whole bands if we needed to so we got an API 500 series rack"

at 4:58 the TR-606 can be seen on the left

at 5:05 the Linn 9000 can be seen

at 3:40 the TR-909 can be seen behind Scott

at 3:00 they show the machine room, which has some Avid HD I/O interfaces

the Sherman Filterbank can be seen in a picture The Crystal Method posted of their studio

can be seen at the start of the video

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