13 April 2011

Ladytron equipment



This is a list of the Ladytron equipment used in studio and live. The studio equipment list contains the most important items, but it's incomplete. The live gear list also includes mics, computers and pedals. For Marnie equipment go here.


Studio equipment

Synthesizers

Korg MS-10
Korg MS-20
Korg MS2000B
Korg Delta
Korg microKorg
Korg M500 Micro-Preset
Korg Mono/Poly
Roland SH-201
Roland SH-2
Roland SH-09
Roland Juno-6
Roland Juno-G
Roland MKS-80
Roland V-Synth GT
Roland XP-80
Moog Micromoog
Moog Minimoog
Moog Minimoog Voyager
Crumar Stratus
Mellotron
Sequential Circuits Pro-One
Sequential Circuits ProphetVS
Logan String Synth
Casio CT-630
ARP 2600
ARP Solina String
Buchla 200e
Analogue Systems French Connection
Octave The Kitten
Jen SX-1000
JoMox SunSyn
Stylophone
Speak and Spell
Analogue Solutions Fusebox
Simmons Electronics Digital Clap Trap

Guitars, basses and accessories

Vox Phantom Six Strings guitar
Ovation Breadwinner guitar
Vox Phantom Bass
EBow

Pianos and organs

Farfisa organ
Conn organ
Fender Rhodes electric piano
Harmonium (through a Leslie amp)
Moog CDX-0652 (aka White Elephant)

Drums and drum machines

Live drum kit
Native Instruments Battery 3 (virtual drums)
Korg DDD-1
Yamaha RY-8
Roland TR-707 (samples)
Korg Electribe-R
Simmons Clap Trap drum module

Mics, mic preamps, EQs, compressors, effects/plug-ins

Neumann TLM 103 mic
Shure SM7 mic (for background vocals)
API 2500 stereo compressor
Crane Song HEDD signal processor (for synth parts)
Electro-Harmonix Bass Micro Synthesizer effects unit
Roland RE-201 Space Echo tape echo
Shadow Hills GAMA preamp, The Equinox preamp/summing mixer
SoundToys EchoBoy plug-in
Tonelux MP1a preamp, EQ4P EQ and TXC compressor
URS Classic Console Strip Pro plug-in

Computer, DAW, recording hardware (Velocifero)

Steinberg Cubase SX software
Apple MacBook Pro 2.16 GHz running Logic Pro 8
Digidesign Control|24 console
Digidesign Pro Tools software
Guitar Rig software
Komplete software bundle



Live equipment

604 tour (2001-2002)

Helen Marnie: Korg M500 Micro-Preset
Mira Aroyo: Korg MS-20, Jen SX-1000, Stylophone, Speak and Spell
Daniel Hunt: Roland SH-09, Crumar Stratus
Reuben Wu: Korg MS-10, Roland SH-2


Light & Magic tour (2002-2004)

Config 1
Helen Marnie: Roland Juno-6
Mira Aroyo: Korg MS-20, Roland Juno-6
Daniel Hunt: Sequential Circuits Pro One, Korg Delta, Roland SH-09
Reuben Wu: Korg MS-10, Korg microKorg
Pop Levi: Fender Jazz Bass
Keith York: drum kit, syndrums

Config 2
Helen Marnie: Roland Juno-6
Mira Aroyo: Korg MS-20, Jen SX-1000
Daniel Hunt: Sequential Circuits Pro One, Korg Delta, Roland SH-09
Reuben Wu: Korg MS-10, Roland SH-2, Korg Mono/Poly
Pop Levi: Fender Jazz Bass
Keith York: drum kit, syndrums


Witching Hour tour (2005-2007)

Config 1
Helen Marnie: Korg MS2000B (Cleopatra)
Mira Aroyo: Korg MS-20, Korg MS2000B (Babylon)
Daniel Hunt: Vox Phantom Six Strings guitar, Roland SH-09, Korg MS2000B (Ulysses)
Reuben Wu: Korg MS-10, Korg MS2000B (Gloria)
tour bassist: Fender Jazz Bass
Keith York: drum kit, syndrums

Config 2
Helen Marnie: Korg MS2000B
Mira Aroyo: Korg MS-20, Korg MS2000B
Daniel Hunt: Vox Phantom Six Strings guitar
Reuben Wu: Korg MS-10, Korg MS2000B
Andrea Goldsworthy: Fender Jazz Bass, Korg MS2000B
Keith York: drum kit, syndrums


Velocifero tour (2008-2009)

Helen Marnie: Korg microKorg / Roland Juno-G / Korg Delta
Mira Aroyo: Korg MS-20, Korg MS2000B
Daniel Hunt: Vox Phantom Six Strings guitar, Roland SH-201, Korg MS2000B
Reuben Wu: Korg MS-10, Korg MS2000B, Moog Minimoog Voyager
Dino Gollnick: Vox Phantom Bass
Billy Brown: drum kit, syndrums


Best of 00-10 & Gravity the Seducer tours (2011)

Helen Marnie: Korg Delta
Mira Aroyo: Korg MS-20
Daniel Hunt: Crumar Stratus
Reuben Wu: Moog Minimoog Voyager
Billy Brown: drum kit, syndrums


Ladytron tour (2018-2019)

Glasgow, Liverpool, London (2018)
Helen Marnie: Korg Minilogue
Mira Aroyo: Korg MS-20
Daniel Hunt: Vox Phantom Six Strings guitar, Roland JX-3P, Roland PG200
Reuben Wu: Moog Subsequent 37 CV
Sarah Stanley: computer, guitar
Peter Kelly: drum kit, syndrums

American tour (2019)
Helen Marnie: Korg Minilogue
Mira Aroyo: Korg MS-20, Roland JD-Xi
Daniel Hunt: Vox Phantom Six Strings guitar, Korg Minilogue
Reuben Wu: Moog Subsequent 37 CV
Sarah Stanley: computer, guitar
Peter Kelly: drum kit, syndrums


Sources

- interviews: IGN interview (2002), XLR8R interview (2005), Remix Mag interview (2005), Roland US - Insider interview (2008), Electronic Musician interview (2008), Ology interview (2011), Korg interview;
- various concerts: La Route Du Rock 2001 (604 era gear), Sofia 2003 and XFM 2003 (L&M era gear), Exit Festival 2005 and KCRW 2006 (WH era gear), KCRW 2009 (Velocifero era gear), MTV Iggy 2011 (Best of 00-10 + GTS eras gear);
- various live pictures.