“Machines
don't get drunk, stoned, or
fired and don't need help to
carry their families with them
from here to everywhere in cases
of emergency." Frank
Zappa
Even since I listened to Jazz from Hell by Frank Zappa I’ve been pretty passionate about the use of computers (or ‘machines’) to produce music. Whilst I was finishing university my friend Conrad showed me Cubase and I was absolutely gobsmacked by its potential for composition.
Cubase has since become an essential tool for my music creation as
Android Boogie. As of now (August 2012) I’m lagging it a bit with Cubase 5, but I also use Native Instruments Komplete 7, Steinberg Hypersonic 2 (yes, a genuine licensed version) and other soft synths to compliment.
As well the software listed above, I use a combination of
cheap vintage hardware synths and drum machines, controlled through MIDI and fed through a Mackie mixer to produce something crazy. I’ve put some pictures of my
digital workspace below.