Rhys Fulber

What kind of gear did you use at the time?

R: “Caustic” was a pretty minimal set up. All we used was the Atari, an Akai S1000 and S950, a Minimoog, Micromoog, Pro One and a Kawai K4 for strings… Less is more I’m starting to think! We did have a couple disks of Adrian Sherwood drums and Yello bass sounds for the Akai that were used a lot.

What kind of gear did you use at the time?

R: “Caustic” was a pretty minimal set up. All we used was the Atari, an Akai S1000 and S950, a Minimoog, Micromoog, Pro One and a Kawai K4 for strings… Less is more I’m starting to think! We did have a couple disks of Adrian Sherwood drums and Yello bass sounds for the Akai that were used a lot.

What kind of gear did you use at the time?

R: “Caustic” was a pretty minimal set up. All we used was the Atari, an Akai S1000 and S950, a Minimoog, Micromoog, Pro One and a Kawai K4 for strings… Less is more I’m starting to think! We did have a couple disks of Adrian Sherwood drums and Yello bass sounds for the Akai that were used a lot.

What kind of gear did you use at the time?

R: “Caustic” was a pretty minimal set up. All we used was the Atari, an Akai S1000 and S950, a Minimoog, Micromoog, Pro One and a Kawai K4 for strings… Less is more I’m starting to think! We did have a couple disks of Adrian Sherwood drums and Yello bass sounds for the Akai that were used a lot.

"What's sitting at the core of your studio these days??" R: "It's based around Pro Tools and Abelton Live. I do most of my writing in Abelton, develop the song to a certain point and move it over to Pro Tools. I find Pro Tools is a better environment for mixing and finishing, whereas Ableton is great for getting something 75% there. I just like the way Pro Tools handles audio and mixing."

In a 2016 Gearspace post, Rhys Fulber discusses his use of the Waldorf Q+ synthesizer while working on Fear Factory's album "Genexus."

In this Gearspace post from 2016,Rhys tells his experience making Fear Factory´s albums,and the gear he used,the Nord Wave was used in the albums Mechanize (2010),The Industrialist (2012) and Genexus (2015).

What kind of gear did you use at the time?

R: “Caustic” was a pretty minimal set up. All we used was the Atari, an Akai S1000 and S950, a Minimoog, Micromoog, Pro One and a Kawai K4 for strings… Less is more I’m starting to think! We did have a couple disks of Adrian Sherwood drums and Yello bass sounds for the Akai that were used a lot.

"What's sitting at the core of your studio these days??" R: "It's based around Pro Tools and Abelton Live. I do most of my writing in Abelton, develop the song to a certain point and move it over to Pro Tools. I find Pro Tools is a better environment for mixing and finishing, whereas Ableton is great for getting something 75% there. I just like the way Pro Tools handles audio and mixing."

"What software synths do you generally use?" R: "Mostly Massive, because I think it sounds pretty good, although there's something about soft synths I struggle with.

"Is using modular gear a more recent thing for you and what hardware synths have you been using?" R: "The synth I probably use the most is the Studio Electronics Omega 8, that's my go-to analogue polyphonic synth."

In this Gearspace post from 2016 Rhys tells his experience making Fear Factory´s "Demanufacture" and the gear he used

In the YouTube video titled "SOUND AND STRUCTURE 12: RHYS FULBER" by Blush Response, Rhys Fulber is shown using the Elektron Octatrack MKII.

What kind of gear did you use at the time?

R: “Caustic” was a pretty minimal set up. All we used was the Atari, an Akai S1000 and S950, a Minimoog, Micromoog, Pro One and a Kawai K4 for strings… Less is more I’m starting to think! We did have a couple disks of Adrian Sherwood drums and Yello bass sounds for the Akai that were used a lot.

Rhys, this was your first album as a full member of FLA, and you were very young. What was it like stepping into an existing band?

R: Yes I was 19 years old, but because I had already known Bill for a few years and just did the “Gashed Senses” tour it seemed totally natural. I actually hadn’t used the C-Lab Creator program (Atari computer music sequencer software) before and learned as I went.

In this Gearspace post from 2016,Rhys tells his experience making Fear Factory´s "Demanufacture" and the gear he used

In a 2016 post on Gearspace, Rhys Fulber discusses his experience creating Fear Factory's "Demanufacture" and mentions using the Emu Emulator IV.

In this Gearspace post from 2016,Rhys tells his experience making Fear Factory´s "Demanufacture" and the gear he used

In this Gearspace post from 2016,Rhys tells his experience making Fear Factory´s "Obsolete" and the gear he used

In a 2016 Gearspace post, Rhys Fulber discusses his use of the Kurzweil K2500 while working on Fear Factory's album "Obsolete."

In a 2016 Gearspace post, Rhys Fulber discusses his experience creating Fear Factory's "Digimortal" and mentions using the Waldorf Pulse Synthesizer.

In this Gearspace post from 2016,Rhys tells his experience making Fear Factory´s "Genexus" and the gear he used

In this twitter picture an Arturia keystep 37 can be seen at the bottom.

In the middle of the picture it can be seen a korg volca keys

It can be seen on the desk, right to the modular case.

Spotted in a post on his Instagram.

First synth higher on this post.

In an Instagram post by Rhys Fulber, he features the Proteus 1, a rare vintage synthesizer, as part of his studio reorganization.

Spotted this drum machine on a Instagram post.

A Renè can be seen on his modular case on this video.