This page covers the more technical aspects of Block's electronic music.
There's a list of gear I use below, as well as links to gear reviews I've written.
Here's a list of my current setup:
Akai EWI4000s wind synthesizer
Vox Tonelab LE
Boss DD-20 Giga Delay
Here's some other gear I use occasionally:
Alesis Micron
Korg AX3 signal processor
Leblanc Galaxy clarinet (Morgan mouthpiece, Vinson ligature, GC reeds)
Yamaha RBX-4 bass
The following instruments were used to produce my contributions to Shadows On Water:
Roland Juno-G (with Ultimate Keys expansion)
Akai EWI4000s
The following instruments were used to produce Means of Ascent and Escape Velocity:
Roland Fantom-S (with Ultimate Keys expansion)
Korg Electribe ER-1 (used only on Escape Velocity)
The following instruments and processing gear were used to produce Sonic Approach:
Roland XP-50
Waldorf MicroQ (track one only)
Korg Electribe ER-1 (track one only)
The following instruments and processing gear were used to produce The Opposite Of Staring Into Space:
Roland XP-50 (with Vintage Synth and Keyboards of the 60s & 70s expansion boards)
Quasimidi 309 (fully expanded)
Kawai K5000R
Waldorf Microwave II
Boss SX-700 multieffects
The following instruments and processing gear were used to produce the debut Synthetic Block CD:
Roland XP-50 (with Vintage Synth and Keyboards of the 60s & 70s expansion boards)
Quasimidi 309
Clavia Nord Rack
Eventide DSP4000
TC Electronics M2000
Boss SX-700
Behringer Autocom
Behringer Ultrafex
Gear Reviews
To read a review of the Akai EWI4000s, click here.
To read a review of the Roland Juno G, click here.
To read a review of the Emu Vintage Pro, click here.
To read a review of the Elektron MachineDrum, click here.
To read how I used the Quasimidi 309 when making the first Synthetic Block CD, click here.
To read a review of the Emu Audity 2000, click here.
To read a review of the Kawai K5000R, click here.
Here's a list of some of the other gear I've used in the past:
Korg Kontrol49
Roland XP-60
E-mu Vintage Pro
Roland SH-32
Elektron MachineDrum
Jomox XBase 09
Roland JX-305
Emu Audity 2000
Alesis QSR
Emu Classic Keys
Korg 05r/w
Yamaha QY10
Moog Rogue
Moog Modular
Yamaha SY35
Yamaha DX-7
Roland TR-606
Fender Custom Shop Precision bass
Warwick Corvette bass
Epiphone Jack Casady Signature bass
Ashdown EB130-12 bass amp
Ampeg B100R bass amp
Ampeg B2R bass amp