squarepusher Jenkinson discusses recording d'Demonstrator

[Guest Lucy Faringold]

Just saw this on the Dummy website. Very enlightening:

 

http://www.dummymag.com/features/2010/11/08/technique-squarepusher-s-cryptic-motion/

 

What a guy. Can't imagine Ae or Boards ever writing something like this ;-)

[Guest teetime]

Just saw this on the Dummy website. Very enlightening:

 

http://www.dummymag.com/features/2010/11/08/technique-squarepusher-s-cryptic-motion/

 

What a guy. Can't imagine Ae or Boards ever writing something like this ;-)

 

Wow! Thank you very much! Enlightening indeed.

[oscillik]

while it's cool that he's namedropping and termdropping, some of it is a bit obvious. like the following

 

All elements were recorded to my trusty multitrack tape player, a Tascam MSR16. Then the track was mixed through my Euphonix CS3000 console. Automation on mix down was achieved by hooking up various mix parameters via 14bit midi controller messages to the QY700, which was locked via MTC to the tape.

really? because i'm pretty sure you can synchronise MIDI equipment and tape via the amount of times an argument kicks off between a softsynth enthusiast and a hardware enthusiast.

 

also, the following is the best quote from that article

 

The two track master was recorded digitally using the A/D converters of a Neve 1073DPD running at 96khz

lol

[Guest David R James]

Much respect to tom. What i think is wicked about this is that although mystery and intrigue cause hype and can be interesting in itself, doing stuff like this is just as bloody good and i don't think any less of him for it.

[awesomeperson]

Wow, he really knows his stuff, had no idea it took that much work to make Cryptic Motion.

[azatoth]

while it's cool that he's namedropping and termdropping, some of it is a bit obvious. like the following

 

All elements were recorded to my trusty multitrack tape player, a Tascam MSR16. Then the track was mixed through my Euphonix CS3000 console. Automation on mix down was achieved by hooking up various mix parameters via 14bit midi controller messages to the QY700, which was locked via MTC to the tape.

really? because i'm pretty sure you can synchronise MIDI equipment and tape via the amount of times an argument kicks off between a softsynth enthusiast and a hardware enthusiast.

 

also, the following is the best quote from that article

 

The two track master was recorded digitally using the A/D converters of a Neve 1073DPD running at 96khz

lol

[oscillik]

while it's cool that he's namedropping and termdropping, some of it is a bit obvious. like the following

 

All elements were recorded to my trusty multitrack tape player, a Tascam MSR16. Then the track was mixed through my Euphonix CS3000 console. Automation on mix down was achieved by hooking up various mix parameters via 14bit midi controller messages to the QY700, which was locked via MTC to the tape.

really? because i'm pretty sure you can synchronise MIDI equipment and tape via the amount of times an argument kicks off between a softsynth enthusiast and a hardware enthusiast.

 

also, the following is the best quote from that article

 

The two track master was recorded digitally using the A/D converters of a Neve 1073DPD running at 96khz

lol

[azatoth]

while it's cool that he's namedropping and termdropping, some of it is a bit obvious. like the following

 

All elements were recorded to my trusty multitrack tape player, a Tascam MSR16. Then the track was mixed through my Euphonix CS3000 console. Automation on mix down was achieved by hooking up various mix parameters via 14bit midi controller messages to the QY700, which was locked via MTC to the tape.

really? because i'm pretty sure you can synchronise MIDI equipment and tape via the amount of times an argument kicks off between a softsynth enthusiast and a hardware enthusiast.

 

also, the following is the best quote from that article

 

The two track master was recorded digitally using the A/D converters of a Neve 1073DPD running at 96khz

lol

[Guest thepilot]

In the final mix down, the 909 bass drum and snare subtly compress pretty much every instrument.

Thus we have solved the mystery of teh ed banger interest.

[oscillik]

while it's cool that he's namedropping and termdropping, some of it is a bit obvious. like the following

 

All elements were recorded to my trusty multitrack tape player, a Tascam MSR16. Then the track was mixed through my Euphonix CS3000 console. Automation on mix down was achieved by hooking up various mix parameters via 14bit midi controller messages to the QY700, which was locked via MTC to the tape.

really? because i'm pretty sure you can synchronise MIDI equipment and tape via the amount of times an argument kicks off between a softsynth enthusiast and a hardware enthusiast.

 

also, the following is the best quote from that article

 

The two track master was recorded digitally using the A/D converters of a Neve 1073DPD running at 96khz

lol

brilliant

[Stock]

As is the case for most of the songs, we had his drum kit rigged up to trigger a Roland TR909

 

 

I KNEW IT !

Very interesting read, I still convinced he recorded it with a band.

[acidphakist]

Wow, he really knows his stuff, had no idea it took that much work to make Cryptic Motion.

 

You don't have much time "in studio", do you?

[Guest thepilot]

I thought that the point of the article was to obfuscate the process through the use of extreme verbal saturation. I mean I'm sure all those 'tech' words would make any Jonny Mp3 say "whoa". But really, any skilled writer could use overt loquaciousness to complicate the simplest task. I mean does d'Demonstrator make one want to defenestrate one's person, or jump out a window, right?

[awesomeperson]

Wow, he really knows his stuff, had no idea it took that much work to make Cryptic Motion.

 

You don't have much time "in studio", do you?

 

Replace "much" with "none" and you got it. I don't make music in any form but I'm interested in the process.

[Retape]

tx81z represent

[Guest Lucy Faringold]

I thought that the point of the article was to obfuscate the process through the use of extreme verbal saturation. I mean I'm sure all those 'tech' words would make any Jonny Mp3 say "whoa". But really, any skilled writer could use overt loquaciousness to complicate the simplest task. I mean does d'Demonstrator make one want to defenestrate one's person, or jump out a window, right?

 

It may sound complicated to the layman but if you analyse it he's actually being very clear and to the point as to how he went about laying down the sounds. The terminology will be baffling to non-musos but the language itself is straightforward and concise. There's no obfuscation at play - quite the opposite in fact.

[Guest David R James]

I thought that the point of the article was to obfuscate the process through the use of extreme verbal saturation. I mean I'm sure all those 'tech' words would make any Jonny Mp3 say "whoa". But really, any skilled writer could use overt loquaciousness to complicate the simplest task. I mean does d'Demonstrator make one want to defenestrate one's person, or jump out a window, right?

 

It may sound complicated to the layman but if you analyse it he's actually being very clear and to the point as to how he went about laying down the sounds. The terminology will be baffling to non-musos but the language itself is straightforward and concise. There's no obfuscation at play - quite the opposite in fact.

 

Yeah, and any 'jonny mp3' who is a fan of squarepusher and heard or read an interview by him will know he is always like this. where from my point of view, there is no hidden agenda but to maybe perhaps sound like he knows what he is going on about, which he clearly does.

[Berk]

Just saw this on the Dummy website. Very enlightening:

 

http://www.dummymag.com/features/2010/11/08/technique-squarepusher-s-cryptic-motion/

 

What a guy. Can't imagine Ae or Boards ever writing something like this ;-)

Nice one.

[Guest Jimbob]

Lovely

 

:D

[YEK]

i don't understand everything there but that's cool that he is that candid about the process.

 

also, didn't we not know for awhile if he owned an eventide? now we know...

[qnio]

i don't understand everything there but that's cool that he is that candid about the process.

 

also, didn't we not know for awhile if he owned an eventide? now we know...

yes, since go plastic

 

It may sound complicated to the layman but if you analyse it he's actually being very clear and to the point as to how he went about laying down the sounds. The terminology will be baffling to non-musos but the language itself is straightforward and concise. There's no obfuscation at play - quite the opposite in fact.

exactly

[Guest Scrambled Ears]

pretty nice considering that cryptic motion is the tune of the album... still the writing kind of reeks of im such a genius and studio wiz

[Silent Member]

Replace "much" with "none" and you got it. I don't make music in any form but I'm interested in the process.

The mind boggles.

[awesomeperson]

Is there a problem, officer?

[Guest Lucy Faringold]

'Pusherman also talks about his sound in the new issue of XLR8R:

 

http://issuu.com/xlr8r/docs/xlr8r_136

 

It's on pg 54.

 

Seems to imply that an extended interview is up at http://www.xlr8r.com/136extras but that link is dead right now. Might pop up in due course I guess.