Aphex Twin's modular

Morley · Post by **Morley** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 4:20 pm

He was so smart when he got that Synthi 100. Music Control completely rebuilt it for him and what he paid was really a deal. He has many nice machines.
He also has an Albanian Unicorn called Frank.

memes_33 · Post by **memes_33** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:01 pm

Morley wrote: He also has an Albanian Unicorn called Frank.

what distinguishes an albanian unicorn from one from, say, japan?

GrantB · Post by **GrantB** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:29 pm

memes_33 wrote: what distinguishes an albanian unicorn from one from, say, japan?

The Japanese one has a tentacle for a penis. Since you asked.

thetwlo · Post by **thetwlo** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:36 pm

still think he got the Intellijel Shapeshifter and shifted into that cat.

folkroom · Post by **folkroom** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:32 am

pelican wrote:He has a lot more than that

Like?
i know from a common friend in Cornwall he had a Buchla system 100/200 which used a lot 10 years ago

vonschinken · Post by **vonschinken** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:59 pm

the man is watching

petejm · Post by **petejm** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 10:10 am

Looks like that moggy means businessÃ¢â‚¬Â¦ maybe he has turned into the cat!

pelican · Post by **pelican** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:07 am

folkroom wrote:
pelican wrote:He has a lot more than that
Like?
i know from a common friend in Cornwall he had a Buchla system 100/200 which used a lot 10 years ago

Well he has a huge banana system too

FatRocky · Post by **FatRocky** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:39 am

it would be nice if he releases some modular work

valis · Post by **valis** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:08 am

Funny that somebody who claims to of build much of his own gear has no DIY but has empty spaces

He's made some tremendous music but the myth seems to be better than the man.

udbhav · Post by **udbhav** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:42 pm

Myths that aren't better than the men they're about wouldn't be very good myths.

I love speculating wildly as much as the next person, but let's not use an unverified photo on the internet to draw conclusions on the "value" of a notoriously private man.

valis · Post by **valis** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:29 pm

Haha value..

I agree though.

..The DIY mythos has been shattered but not by this picture. I remember an interview with muziq where he talks about RJ painting storebought synths and taking them to his shows and never seeing anything too unique in his studio. Plus, if you read the interview in the recent warp book it's pretty clear he's not the knowledgable DIYer (imho) he was portrayed as in the 90s.

Tinkerer, yes. Studied electronics, dunno. He builds most/all of his own synths, BS.

I've talked to more than a few people who have thought he got his sound from these magical DIY boxes. I always try to explain he gets his sound through meticulous work and attention to details. The playing field is totally level. He just makes stuff that good.

That's my only argument. The rest is in good fun.

maudibe · Post by **maudibe** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 2:50 pm

Whatever

xclark · Post by **xclark** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:54 pm

valis wrote:Plus, if you read the interview in the recent warp book it's pretty clear he's not the knowledgable DIYer (imho) he was portrayed as in the 90s.

Can you elaborate as to what the book suggests? Very interested.

gliiitches · Post by **gliiitches** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:24 pm

FatRocky wrote:it would be nice if he releases some modular work

Selected Modular Works

smetak · Post by **smetak** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:16 pm

xclark wrote:
valis wrote:Plus, if you read the interview in the recent warp book it's pretty clear he's not the knowledgable DIYer (imho) he was portrayed as in the 90s.
Can you elaborate as to what the book suggests? Very interested.

I believe he's referring to this title:

http://blackdogonline.com/music/warp.html

toothless_wonder · Post by **toothless_wonder** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:22 pm

The cat looks like Richard

Sir Ruff · Post by **Sir Ruff** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:11 pm

There might be a DIY surrounding him, but it's been common knowledge for sometime that CAW I was basically made entirely using a Matrix-1000, 303, 808, an alesis reverb and some sort of sampler.

Later stuff was sampler/computer-based.

And wasn't the whole point of the Analord series to exploit the hell out of known synths?

Maybe he's alluded to his DIY prowess, but the actual equipment has been known for a while.

acidbob · Post by **acidbob** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:22 pm

Well I can understand that he wants to tell people lots of crap with all the attention he gets, it must be a little irritating if you are a very private person.

Whatever gear he has used, he use it well and manages to release some great stuff, which I think is very inspiring.. Dunno but for me the Analord series have triggered my approach to analog equipment in another way

leeski · Post by **leeski** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:25 pm

pelican wrote:
folkroom wrote:
pelican wrote:He has a lot more than that
Like?
i know from a common friend in Cornwall he had a Buchla system 100/200 which used a lot 10 years ago
Well he has a huge banana system too

"Oh Noooooooooo, Missus"

thelizard · Post by **thelizard** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 1:08 am

This just in:

An electronic musician owns a modular!

Plus:

We've found a plug-in that makes your songs more analog!

More at 11!

hollowman · Post by **hollowman** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 5:42 am

While it would be interesting to know what gear he has used when etc, it won't improve my tracks at all. Even if I got all the same bits

So.......

capitan mission · Post by **capitan mission** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:31 am

i love the picture, really nice colours. the red cat was funny, i think is richard making some soul transmigration.
i believe he knows a lot about modulars, i bet he owns some buchla also. He loves all equipment and he has money, so why not?
i dont know if he wanted this pic to be public, luckily is not a paris hilton private video style (maybe some porn with bjork will be cool jaja)
richard can make interesting things with only renoise and 1 sample, so im curious about his new music...

Thonk Support · Post by **Thonk Support** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:52 pm

A Dingleberry Monstrosity wrote:wonder what his muff username is

well, he already posted in the thread...

soundwave106 · Post by **soundwave106** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:35 pm

acidbob wrote:Well I can understand that he wants to tell people lots of crap with all the attention he gets, it must be a little irritating if you are a very private person.

I can see throwing random story crap to trainspotting interviewer, especially those who had a "get gear X and you can make Y" mentality.

Too bad this picture finally revealed the secret to his success. (Which obviously is, of course, the cat.)

:cat1:

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Aphex Twin's modular