By
Dr.Foo
Fri Aug 29, 2003 6:11 pm
yah dog, I aint saying that he dont use it, all I am saying is his sound is a combination of the sp303 and (More so this--->) the stuff he uses to mess up his sounds, (NOT THE 303) have u used one? its a cool little dj efx box, but I am more inclined to believe that he uses the 303 like a dj does, as a efx box, I bet he simply rips samples of his decks and uses the 303 efx, THEN loads all that into the MPC or some other sequencer, simply cuz, the 303 sequencer is a POS cant stay in sync for longer then 1 minute.
that alone leads me to think he uses the 303 to grab samples, usnig it like I use my pc, to just record samples in big globs and add effects before I dump it into something legit to sequence on
anyone who owns a 303 knows that the sequencer is a POS, the effects (for the most part ) are a POS and the only real use is as a dj effects box and phrase sampler or as a means to sample easily with a tiny simple box in globs. THink about it, compared to the 303, there is alot of stuff to do in the mpc to get a clean sample recorded. maybe he just like to skip a step or he likes the lo fi sounds of the 303 better then another piece of gear (this is very likely, I like the lofi on the 202 andI use it for that, grabbing drums I want to sound MAD grimey).
ALl I am saying is that he is saying look, I use this piece of gear to drop LP's, but what he omits is the fact that he uses A LOT more then a sp 303 and an 8 trak, he just has to.
the tone of the interview was to imply that he did a TRUE minimalist production rig, with less then 1000 dollars worth of gear, which is just not true. if anyone else went out and got a 303 and a 8 trak tascam you would be mad heated.
he glosses over the use of the MPC and sp1200 (which can be used to make dope tracks , BUT YOU NEED A SEQUENCER, which he glosses over the whole interview, in fact the only one I saw mentions was the mpc 2000, which is I bet what he uses to sequence, basically making the 303 a effects box and grimey sampler, which is not what he implies in the article. he implies that its him and his sp303 against the world. thats all Im saying, he gotta sequence with something and that sequencer (mpc) means he aint got no "minimalist' rig, he got a tight sampler(s) if you count the sp1200, and a bs grimey sampler much the same as I use a tx16w to get grime on my ish.