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TVD · Post by **TVD** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 11:47 pm

Tachikoma wrote:Anybody remember what gear they used, maybe there is a list somewhere, or you remember what they used on top of the pops ?

Did they use Poly Six and MS20 ?

Cheers.

Doublecheck the Dare! album. If I'm right, the synths were mostly Roland.

Before Dare!, the Human League mainly use a miniKorg 700S, but the spinoff band Heaven 17 kept it with them.

TVD · Post by **TVD** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 11:55 pm

woutdrumsticks wrote:On the album with the song called "Human" (the second?) they use a Yamaha DX7 and a Roland JX8P. In the early days they were using a Roland System 100.

Where the drums came from, I'm not sure but it sounds like a Linndrum indeed.

Good luck!

Wout

CORRECTION:

Phil Oakey, Jimmy Jam, & Terry Lewis (The producers for the Crash album) use a Yamaha DX7, Roland SH-101, & Roland TR-808 drum machine.

Jam & Lewis would use this as the foundation of the Janet Jackson Control album soon after.

Notecrusher · Post by **Notecrusher** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 12:43 am

I remember the Human League's singer talking in an interview about the futility of the "DX7 patch hunt", scrolling thru all the presets, "including the bomb drop" looking for a sound.

Jam and Lewis used the TR808 on a lot of their productions, mainly the SOS band, but on Control and the other Janet stuff it was a more modern drum sampler, I forget which. I don't hear much DX7 on there either. Their main piece of kit was a Mirage sampler (the bass on Control is a car horn sample). And that was real piano on What Have You Done for Me Lately.

TVD · Post by **TVD** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 7:24 am

Notecrusher wrote:I remember the Human League's singer talking in an interview about the futility of the "DX7 patch hunt", scrolling thru all the presets, "including the bomb drop" looking for a sound.

Jam and Lewis used the TR808 on a lot of their productions, mainly the SOS band, but on Control and the other Janet stuff it was a more modern drum sampler, I forget which. I don't hear much DX7 on there either. Their main piece of kit was a Mirage sampler (the bass on Control is a car horn sample). And that was real piano on What Have You Done for Me Lately.

Beside 808 & 909, Jimmy Jam also has a MPC60 & MPC2000.

But you're right and I'm was wrong. During the makings of Control, Jam & Lewis were moving away from the 808 as soon as music technology got better with samplers.

As for the Human League, I feel (IMHO) that their only downfall were not being able to change their sound as fast as they should have. But at least their legecy is alive and well today.

vista · Post by **vista** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:37 pm

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scuzzphut · Post by **scuzzphut** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:17 am

get some Linndrum and drumulator samples for your , erm..., drum sample vsti for the "Dare" sound.

for all previous albums, simply select a normal synth patch and wobble the fine tune knob while you play

dreibel · Post by **dreibel** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:26 am

and don't forget that at one point they used a Roland GR300 guitar synth system - that's what they used to produce that bizzarely out-of-tune horn-like riff on "Fascination"

I remember that Future Music article (I was too skint to buy it, I read it at the local Chapters). Oakey made it very clear on one point - he hates soft synths with a passion, and prefers hardware synths, particularly the older analogue ones.

annode · Post by **annode** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:39 am

Man!!!...After reading this thread about the league I dloaded a few human league 80`s vids.
I had fogotten how much my girl at the time modeled herself after the blonde in human league!!!
Wow...watching those vids really took me out!
My girlfriend at that time was really hot looking...but one reason I broke off with her was `cause I hated that real slick ,trendy,look that was cool at that time.
I think I had a flashback!haaaaa

RoyNoahJones · Post by **RoyNoahJones** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:09 am

This is the gear list used on the album octopus

DRUM MACHINES/ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION

Boss DRP I
Drum Synth Pad (x3)
Boss DRP II (x2)
Boss DRP III
Boss DRP IV (x2)
Linn 9000 (x2) & LM-1
Roland TR727
Roland TR808
Roland DDR30
Roland TR606 Drumatix (x2)
Roland Pad 5 Handypad
Roland Pad 8 (x2)
Roland R8 & R8M
Simmons Analogue drums
Yamaha DD10 & MR10
Pearl SY1 Syncussion

SYNTHESIZERS AND EXPANDERS

Exclusively Analogue Aviator synth
Groove Electronics M303+
Kawai K5M
Korg EX800
Oberheim Xpander
Oberheim SEM module
Roland System 100, comprising:
101 (x2)
102 (x2)
103
104
180
181
184
Roland System 100M, comprising:
110
112 (x3)
121 (x3)
130 (x3)
131
132 (x2)
140 (x3)
150
165 (x2)
172 (x2)
173
174
182 (x2)
190 (x2)
191 (x4)
Roland MC202
Roland MKS7
Roland MKS70
Roland SVC350 Vocoder
Roland Bass Guitar Synth
Roland GM70 Guitar Synth
Roland GR33B Bass Controller
Roland GR300 and GR700 Guitar Synth Controllers
Yamaha EMT10
Yamaha TX7
Yamaha TX816

KEYBOARDS

ARP Axxe
ARP Odyssey (white)
Casio CZ1
Casio CZ101 (x2)
Casio VZ1
Korg 770
Korg Delta
Korg Micro-Preset
Korg MS10
Moog Minimoog
Oberheim 4-voice
Roland JD800
Roland Juno 106 (x2)
Roland Jupietr 6
Roland Jupiter 8
Roland JX3P
Roland JX8P (x2)
Roland SH1000
Roland SH3A
Roland SH7
Roland SH101
Yamaha CS15
Yamaha CS30
Yamaha DX1
Yamaha DX5 (x2)
Yamaha DX7
Yamaha PF10

have fun

Interesting reading :
http://www.league-online.com/futuremusic.html

Human League Synths and Drums - what where they ?