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Many Small Functions uses a variety of equipment to produce its unique
sound. The equipment lineup for any given track varies, and usually does
not include everything. A partial list of some of the equipment that we
have used to make noise:
- E-Mu Emax HD Synth/Sampler
- Korg Poly 800 Synth
- Korg Mono/Poly Analog Synth
- Korg Prophecy Synth
- Korg Wavestation EX Synth
- Roland MC-202 Analog Synth/Sequencer
- Roland MKS-30 and PG-200 programmer
- Roland TR-505 Drum Machine
- Roland TR-606 Drum Machine
- Roland TR-626 Drum Machine
- Roland TR-707 Drum Machine
- Roland Juno 106 Analog Synth
- Yamaha CS-01 Analog Synth
- Yamaha DX-21 FM Synth
- Yamaha TX-16W Sampler
- Casio RZ-1 Drum Machine
- Casio SK-1 Sampling Keyboard (2)
- Mackie 1202 mixers (2)
- Ensoniq DP/4 effects
- Digitech DSP-256XL effects
- Digitech DSP-128 effects
- Alesis Quadraverb effects
- Tapco spring reverb
- Digitech digital delay
- Boss digital delay
- Boss pitch shifter
- Various stomp-boxes
- Microcassette recorder
- Portable minidisc player
- Rebirth TB303/TR808/TR909 emulation software
- Cubase VST sequencer
- Sound Forge audio editing software
- Various PCs, Macs, and Amigas
To record our work, we use a variety of techniques, ranging from simple
2-track recordings to multi-tracking. Following is a partial list of
recording equipment we have used and/or do presently use:
- Mackie 32*8 mixer
- Mackie SR24 mixer
- Mackie CR1604 mixer
- Mackie 1202 mixer (2)
- Event Layla 8-track PC-based hard disk recorder
- Tascam Portastudio 488 8-track cassette based recorder
- Various cassette decks
- Various DAT decks
- Sony minidisc recorder