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Failed Muso · Post by **Failed Muso** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:59 pm

Liam also used the Korg Prophecy a heck of alot on Fat Of The Land. It's all over it.

Amberience · Post by **Amberience** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 2:12 pm

aallvor wrote:
Amberience wrote:
aallvor wrote:Every single sound was re-recorded with analog synths
Er... no... that's a straight up lie if I ever read one.
Maybe I went a bit overboard there

But - If you read this sos article, there's really not much left of Reason's sounds in the end product
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Oct04/a ... rodigy.htm

Cheers

You've totally missed the point though. The reason that Liam used Reason is not because of the sounds. It was because it got him writing again, it injected itself into his creative vein and he got out of his slump.

The fact he used Reason isn't exciting because "wow! This sounds like Reason gone mad!!" its because Reason enabled Liam to get out of his creative ditch.

The fact he re-recorded most of the sounds isn't even a slur against Reason, and is hardly worth pointing out.

Unless you like music for its technical aspects rather than its emotive aspects.

Either way, the album was shit.

deep'n'dark · Post by **deep'n'dark** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 2:22 pm

I think that it wasn't shit, rather not so good as the others maybe. I would be glad to be author of his new album. As the sound of reason he did say on some article that he thinks that reason's sound ain't so good so he will not use it for next album he is writing right now. I'm reasoner myself and i know that reason sounds often too "glassy" As tool that is the most innovative i find that reason is that to me and to many others as well.

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:05 pm

Amberience wrote:Either way, the album was shit.

in your opinion. in mine, it's actually a very good album, just maybe not as good as the others...

Amberience · Post by **Amberience** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:25 pm

CypherOne wrote:
Amberience wrote:Either way, the album was shit.
in your opinion. in mine, it's actually a very good album, just maybe not as good as the others...

That it was my opinion was implicit. No need to point it out.

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:28 pm

maybe I just like disagreeing with you...

Amberience · Post by **Amberience** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:36 pm

I disagree.

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:38 pm

so do I. Oh hang on, that's not right..

tee boy · Post by **tee boy** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:43 pm

Amberience wrote:
aallvor wrote:Every single sound was re-recorded with analog synths
Er... no... that's a straight up lie if I ever read one.

I read that he WROTE most of it in Reason, but used his MS20 for alot of the recording. Apparently he used this wacky distortion rack unit, but I forget the name.

Mixed on a Mackie, but with some high end compressors and stuff.

All according to article I read.

TB

jivamukti · Post by **jivamukti** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:16 pm

Lovesign wrote:Liam also used the Korg Prophecy a heck of alot on Fat Of The Land. It's all over it.

In an old (I'm 95 % sure it was a pre-Fat of the Land) CM or FM is an interview in which they discuss his gear & methods and in it he says Korg Prophecy is a piece of sh*t which he rarely or never uses.

KTHE · Post by **KTHE** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:24 pm

Here you go:

Audio Valve EQ
Dynatech HD
JVC AK-22 amplifier
Mackie 1604 mixer
Mackie 32 track mixing desk
Sony DTC1000 DAT
Syquest EZ135 hard disk
Tascam DA20 TL
Tascam 32 track mixer
TEAC V3000 cassette deck
Technics SL1200 turntable
TOA 280 ME monitor speakers
TLA stereo valve EQ
Gemini MX2200 DJ mixer
Philips CD 624

Alesis Compressor/Gate
Alesis Quadraverb effects unit
Art multiverb alpha 2
Aphex type C aural exciter
Behringer ultrafex enhancer
BBE Sonic maximiser 322
DBXL60A compressors
Drawmer LX20 compressor x3
Drawmer DL221 gate
Dynacord Leslie effects cabinet
JoeMeek Compressor
Yamaha SPX 1000 FX unit

Kenton MIDI Box
Moog Prodigy synth
Novation bass station
Sequential circuits pro one synth
Macintosh 7100 with Cubase sequencing software
Propellerheads Reason

It's on their site.

KTHE · Post by **KTHE** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:25 pm

http://www.theprodigy.co.yu/equipment.php?type=mixing

needle · Post by **needle** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:43 pm

Some quotes from Howlett regarding Reason

"Reason is purely for sequencing. It has its uses but moving to Pro Tools allowed us to up a gear and get the tracks sounding pretty good."

"I'm not f**king promoting them (Proppellerheads) anymore!

They haven't done anything wrong, I'm just fed up with…you know, I still use it, but I also use Logic, Protools, I use Ableton, I use whatever is there really. Reason is good for getting shit happening quickly, but it doesn't sound like Logic or Protools, they sound better.

So either way, it ends up on Protools anyway."

He used Reason as a sketchpad only. He used it the way an architect would use a piece of paper to design a house - fleshing out ideas and looking for inspiration, but at some point those ideas are eventually moved into another program where the real work is done.

Amberience · Post by **Amberience** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 5:06 pm

Without the sketchpad though, his ideas wouldn't of come to fruition - I reckon anyway.

deep'n'dark · Post by **deep'n'dark** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 5:39 pm

I also find reason good to put ideas down and i also use it almost for everything and getting better results with it as time goes on. After all all you need is good sounds and skills. I think also that props won't leave it there and next upgrade will put final nail to all that soundquality shit.

What did Prodigy use to make The Fat of The Land?