In The Studio With Breakbot TECH
everything on my set-up and not have to take it to another studio to finish it off. The fact is that when I first started making music I didn’t have too much equipment and had to get use from what I had. This meant that I got to really know how to use the gear I was using and to get the best from it.”
Do you find using Ableton the key for playing live, as well as what you do in the studio? “I use Ableton because I find it very user-friendly. The cool thing with Ableton is that you can use it for live and studio applications, it can be quite handy at times. I haven’t used other software packages so can’t comment on programs like Logic or Cubase — I couldn’t compare. Ableton, though, lets me just get on with things so I don’t get bogged down in the production stage.”
The album sounds as if it was recorded on a lot of old school analogue gear, not just entirely ‘in the box’ — do you buy into the whole software vs hardware argument, especially when it comes to synths and sounds? “Of course real synths sound better than plug-ins, but it’s also a ‘way of life’ — meaning that I see many friends addicted to hardware who spend a lot of time on eBay chasing synths and gear. It can become an obsession. I personally don’t own any gear at the moment as I do everything on the computer, but I plan to buy some for my next projects and for the second album.”
What is your essential bit of kit? “It’s pretty basic but also very essential, the computer and CDs. I love to have an important record collection, it gives me ideas, and it is a fantastic sound-bank. I listen to a lot of things, and I draw a lot of inspiration from the records I listen to. There are so many artists and bands that I truly love. To be able to listen to good music and get inspiration from that is what helps me make my records, so of course having a source to be able to do this is very important to me.”
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